Cael. 10.1Itaque illam partem causae facile patior graviter et ōrnātē ā M. Crassō perōrātam dē sēditiōnibus Neāpolītānīs, dē Alexandrīnōrum pulsātiōne Puteolānā, dē bonīs Pallae .And so I readily accept that that part of the case has been argued out weightily and eloquently by Marcus Crassus — about the riots at Naples, about the assault on the Alexandrians at Puteoli, about the property of Palla. Cael. 10.1Vellem dictum esset ab eōdem etiam dē Diōne.I could wish he had also spoken about Dio. Cael. 10.1Dē quō ipsō tamen quid est quod exspectētis?Yet about that very matter, what is there for you to expect? Cael. 10.1quod is quī fēcit aut nōn timet aut etiam fatētur;The man who did the deed either has no fear or even confesses it; Cael. 10.1est enim rēx;for he is a king; Cael. 10.1quī autem dictus est adiūtor fuisse et cōnscius, P. Asicius, iūdiciō est līberātus.and the man who was said to have been his helper and accomplice, Publius Asicius, has been acquitted in court. Cael. 10.1Quod igitur est eius modī crīmen ut quī commīsit nōn neget, quī negāvit absolūtus sit, id hic pertimēscat quī nōn modo ā factī vērum etiam ā cōnscientiae suspīciōne āfuit?Is a charge of such a kind, then, that the man who committed it does not deny it and the man who denied it has been acquitted, to be dreaded by this man, who was free not only from suspicion of the deed but even from suspicion of knowing of it?
Cael. 10.1Et, sī Asiciō causa plūs prōfuit quam nocuit invidia, huic oberit maledictum tuum quī istīus factī nōn modo suspīciōne sed nē īnfāmiā quidem est aspersus?And if his case did Asicius more good than ill will did him harm, will your abuse harm this man, who has been tainted not only by no suspicion of that deed but not even by rumour? Cael. 10.24At praevāricātiōne est Asicius līberātus.But, you say, Asicius was acquitted through collusion. Cael. 10.24Perfacile est istī locō respondēre, mihi praesertim ā quō illa causa dēfēnsa est.It is very easy to answer that point, especially for me, by whom that case was defended. Cael. 10.24Sed Caelius optimam causam Asicī esse arbitrātur;But Caelius thinks that Asicius' case is excellent; Cael. 10.24cuicuimodī autem sit, ā suā putat esse sēiūnctam.whatever it may be, however, he thinks it is separate from his own. Cael. 10.24Neque sōlum Caelius sed etiam adulēscentēs hūmānissimī et doctissimī, rēctissimīs studiīs atque optimīs artibus praeditī, Titus Gāiusque Copōniī quī ex omnibus maximē Diōnis mortem doluērunt, quī cum doctrīnae studiō atque hūmānitātis tum etiam hospitiō Diōnis tenēbantur.And not only Caelius thinks so, but also those most cultivated and learned young men, endowed with the soundest pursuits and the finest accomplishments, Titus and Gaius Coponius, who more than anyone grieved at the death of Dio, and who were bound to him both by a devotion to learning and culture and also by ties of hospitality.
Cael. 10.24Habitābat apud Titum, ut audīstis, Diō, erat eī cognitus Alexandrīae.Dio was staying, as you have heard, with Titus, and had become known to him at Alexandria. Cael. 10.24Quid aut hic aut summō splendōre praeditus frāter eius dē M. Caeliō exīstimet ex ipsīs, sī prōductī erunt, audiētis.What either he or his brother, a man of the greatest distinction, thinks of Marcus Caelius, you will hear from themselves, if they are brought forward. Cael. 10.25Ergō haec removeantur, ut aliquandō, in quibus causa nītitur, ad ea veniāmus.So let these matters be set aside, so that at last we may come to the points on which the case rests.