It is proper that there should be fighting where necessary, on any frontier, and corpses scattered about.
"Also corpses are in place on any arena of any amphitheatre anywhere inside our frontiers; fighting inside amphitheatres is proper and seemly.
"But I will tolerate no fighting inside our frontiers outside the amphitheatres.

I'll not condone any corpses on the pavement of any street or on the road of any highway or byways.

I'll not permit any battles, set- tos, affrays or brawls in towns or villages or on roads.

You hear me?
You hear me, Vedius?
You hear me, Satronius?
You hear me, all of you?
"Now it so happened that I had heard of your disgraceful Sabine feud, which mars the peace of a whole countryside near Reate, and I had sent a competent and reliable agent with four assistants to investigate and report.

For once luck was with me: generally my luck as a ruler is as bad as it is good for me as an athlete.