qui Vecilio lenoni, bonorum Vibieni possessionem secundum tabulas testamenti <petenti>, non dedit, quia vir nobilissimus et gravissimus fori ac lupanaris separandam condicionem existimavit, nec aut factum illius comprobare voluit, qui fortunas suas in stabulum contaminatum proiecerat aut huic tamquam integro civi iura reddere, qui se ab omni honesto vitae genere abruperat.
He refused to grant Vecilius the pimp possession of Vibienus estate as claimed under his will. A gentleman of the highest birth and repute, Metellus considered that the status of Forum and brothel should be kept separate. He was unwilling to approve the act of a man who had cast his wealth into a filthy whorehouse or to render judgment to one who had broken away from every respectable kind of life as though to a citizen in good standing.
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