Rosc. Am. 46.1aptam et ratiōne dispositam sē habēre exīstimant, quī in Sallentīnīs aut in Bruttiīs habent unde vix ter in annō audīre nūntium possunt.... think they have one well suited and well arranged, those who have it in the Sallentine country or among the Bruttii, from where they can hardly hear news three times a year. Rosc. Am. 46.133Alter tibi dēscendit dē Palātiō et aedibus suīs;Here is the other, coming down from the Palatine and his house; Rosc. Am. 46.133habet animī causā rūs amoenum et suburbānum, plūra praetereā praedia neque tamen ūllum nisi praeclārum et propinquum.he has, for his amusement, a pleasant estate near the city, and several farms besides, yet none that is not splendid and near at hand. Rosc. Am. 46.133Domus referta vāsis Corinthiīs et Dēliacīs, in quibus est authepsa illa quam tantō pretiō nūper mercātus est ut quī praetereuntēs quid praecō ēnumerāret audiēbant fundum vēnīre arbitrārentur.His house is crammed with Corinthian and Delian vessels, among them that famous self-cooker which he recently bought at so high a price that passers-by who heard the auctioneer calling out the bids thought a farm was being sold. Rosc. Am. 46.133Quid praetereā caelātī argentī, quid strāgulae vestis, quid pictārum tabulārum, quid signōrum, quid marmoris apud illum putātis esse?What quantity besides of chased silver, of coverlets, of paintings, of statues, of marble, do you suppose he has?
Rosc. Am. 46.133Tantum scīlicet quantum ē multīs splendidīsque familiīs in turbā et rapīnīs coacervārī ūnā in domō potuit.As much, of course, as could be heaped up in one house from many splendid households amid the confusion and plunder. Rosc. Am. 46.133Familiam vērō quantam et quam variīs cum artificiīs habeat quid ego dīcam?As for his household of slaves, how large it is and with what varied skills, why should I speak of it? Rosc. Am. 46.134Mittō hāsce artīs volgārīs, coquōs, pistōrēs, lēctīcāriōs;I pass over these common trades, cooks, bakers, litter-bearers; Rosc. Am. 46.134animī et aurium causā tot hominēs habet ut cōtīdiānō cantū vōcum et nervōrum et tībiārum nocturnīsque convīviīs tōta vīcīnitās personet.for the pleasure of mind and ear he keeps so many men that the whole neighbourhood rings with the daily music of voices, strings and pipes, and with banquets at night. Rosc. Am. 46.134In hāc vītā, iūdicēs, quōs sūmptūs cōtīdiānōs, quās effūsiōnēs fierī putātis, quae vērō convīvia?In such a life, gentlemen, what daily expenses, what extravagances do you suppose occur, and what banquets indeed? Rosc. Am. 46.134honesta, crēdō, in eius modī domō, sī domus haec habenda est potius quam officīna nēquitiae ac dēversōrium flāgitiōrum omnium.respectable ones, I suppose, in a house of that kind, if this is to be considered a house rather than a workshop of wickedness and a lodging-house of every outrage.
Rosc. Am. 46.135Ipse vērō quem ad modum compositō et dīlibūtō capillō passim per forum volitet cum magnā catervā togātōrum vidētis, iūdicēs;And the man himself — you see, gentlemen, how, with his hair arranged and drenched in perfume, he flits about all over the forum with a great throng of men in togas; Rosc. Am. 46.135vidētis ut omnīs dēspiciat, ut hominem prae sē nēminem putet, ut sē sōlum beātum, sōlum potentem putet.you see how he looks down on everyone, how he thinks no one a man compared with himself, how he thinks himself alone fortunate, alone powerful. Rosc. Am. 46.135Quae vērō efficiat et quae cōnētur sī velim commemorāre, vereor, iūdicēs, nē quis imperītior exīstimet mē causam nōbilitātis victōriamque voluisse laedere.But if I wished to recount what he does and what he attempts, I fear, gentlemen, that some less experienced person might think I had wished to injure the cause and the victory of the nobility. Rosc. Am. 46.135Tametsī meō iūre possum, sī quid in hāc parte mihi nōn placeat, vituperāre;And yet I have every right, if anything on this side displeases me, to find fault with it; Rosc. Am. 46.135nōn enim Vereor nē quis aliēnum mē animum habuisse ā causā nōbilitātis exīstimet.for I do not fear that anyone will think my mind has been hostile to the cause of the nobility.