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Cic. Brut. 85: Memoria teneo Smyrnae me ex P. Rutilio Rufo audisse, cum diceret
adulescentulo se accidisse, ut ex senatus consulto P. Scipio et D. Brutus, ut opinor,
consules de re atroci magnaque quaererent. nam cum in silva Sila facta caedes esset
notique homines interfecti insimulareturque familia, partim etiam liberi societatis eius,
quae picarias de P. Cornelio L. Mummio censoribus redemisset, decrevisse senatum, ut
de ea re cognoscerent et statuerent consules.
I still remember an anecdote which I heard from Publius Rutilus at Smyrna: how
in his early youth the consuls Publius Scipio and Decimus Brutus, I believe, were
instructed by a resolution of the senate to investigate a great and shocking crime. It
seems that in the forest of Sila murderer had been committed, resulting in the death of
well-known men; and that slaves of the company’s household were under accusation, as
well as some free members of the corporation which had leased the pine-pitch product
from the censors Publius Cornelius and Lucius Mummius. The senate therefore had
decreed that the consuls should make investigation of the charges and pass judgment.
(G. L. Hendrickson).
Cic. Div. 1.48: Hannibalem Coelius scribit, cum columnam auream, quae esset in fano
Iunonis Laciniae, auferre vellet dubitaretque, utrum ea solida esset an extrinsecus
inaurata, perterebravisse; cumque solidam invenisset, statuisse tollere; ei secundum
quietem visam esse Iunonem praedicere, ne id faceret, minarique, si fecisset, se
curaturam, ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret. Idque ab homine acuto
non esse neglectum; itaque ex eo auro quod exterebratum esset buculam curasse
faciendam et eam in summa columna collocavisse.
Coelius writes that Hannibal wished to carry off a golden column from Juno’s
temple at Lacinium, but since he was in doubt whether it was solid or plated, he bored into
it. Finding it solid he decided to take it away. But at night Juno came to him in a vision and
warned him not to do so, threatening that if he did she would cause the loss of his good
eye. That clever man did not neglect the warning. Moreover out of the gold filings he
ordered an image of a calf to be made and placed on top of the column.
(W. Armistead Falconer).
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Cod. Theod. 10.19.2: IMP. IULIAUS A. AD RUFIUM COM(ITEM) OR(IETIS).
Quoniam marmorum cupiditate in immensum quoddam saxorum pretia aucta sunt, ut
sumptuosa voluntas copia relaxetur, permittimus omnibus, ut qui volunt caedere habeant
licentiam adtributam. Fore enim arbitramur, ut etiam conplures saxorum nitentium venae
in lumen usumque perveniant. DAT. XI KAL. OV. ATIOCHIAE IULIAO A. III ET
SALLUSTO COSS.
EMPEROR JULIAN AUGUSTUS TO RUFINUS, COUNT OF THE ORIENT.
Since the desire for marble has enormously increased the price of such stone, in order that
this expensive wish may be alleviated by an abundant supply, we permit that all men who
wish to quarry shall have the license granted to them. For we consider that the result will
be that very many veins of glistering stone will also come to light and into use. Given on
the eleventh day before the kalends of October in the year of the third consulship of Julian
Augustus and the consulship of Sallustius. - October 22, 363. (C. Pharr).