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Tanto cum adsensu senatus auditus est Montanus ut spem caperet Helvidius posse etiam Marcellum prosterni. igitur a laude Cluvii Rufi orsus, qui perinde (perinde dives et eloquentia clarus: ‘just as rich and famous for his eloquence’) dives et eloquentia clarus nulli umquam sub Nerone periculum facessisset, (nulli umquam sub Nerone periculum facessisset: alicui periculum facessere is legal idiom, ‘to bring charges against someone’.) crimine simul exemploque Eprium urgebat, (crimine simul exemploque Eprium urgebat: ‘he attacks Marcellus by the charge of crimes as well as by the example of Rufus.’) ardentibus patrum animis. quod ubi sensit Marcellus, velut excedens curia (velut excedens curia: ‘as if about to leave the chamber’) ‘imus’ inquit, ‘Prisce, et relinquimus tibi senatum tuum: regna praesente Caesare.’ (regna praesente Caesare: Marcellus lashes out at Helvidius for allegedly taking over control of the Senate, a function that properly belonged to Domitianus Caesar as praetor urbanus (see ch. 3). A word like regna or any reference to kingship was offensive to a Roman.) sequebatur Vibius Crispus, ambo infensi, vultu diverso, Marcellus minacibus oculis, Crispus renidens, donec adcursu amicorum retraherentur. (donec … retraherentur: subjunctive is used after donec if any idea of design or intention is being (expressed.) cum glisceret certamen, hinc multi bonique, inde pauci et validi pertinacibus odiis tenderent, (cum glisceret … tenderent: for use of subjunctive after temporal cum, see note for caede nobili imbuisti, cum … prosterneres, cum … incusares in previous chapter.) consumptus per discordiam dies.