Relatis Q. Fabii laudibus, offerunt se mirificae constantiae viri, qui legati a senatu Tarentum ad res repetendas missi, cum gravissimas ibi iniurias accepissent, unus etiam urina respersus esset, in theatrum, ut est consuetudo Graeciae, introducti, legationem quibus acceperant verbis peregerunt, de iis quae passi erant questi non sunt, ne quid ultra ac mandatum esset loquerentur, insitusque pectoribus eorum antiqui moris respectus dolore, qui ex contumelia gravissimus sentitur, convelli non potuit.
Now that the commendable actions of Q. Fabius have been related, some men of remarkable imperturbability present themselves. Sent to Tarentum by the senate as envoys to demand restitution, they received gross insults there, one of them being actually splashed with urine. Introduced into the theatre according to the custom of Greece, they discharged their office in the words prescribed to them, but concerning what they had suffered they made no complaint, lest they speak outside their instructions. Their ingrained respect for ancient custom could not be subverted by the profound indignation felt at such contumely.
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