"Tum pietate gravem!" The Consul was sent for.

He called on the people to follow him out of the theatre to the Temple of Bellona, and there addressed to them that wonderful oration by which they were sent away not only pacified but in good-humor with Otho himself.

"Iste regit dictis animos et pectora mulcet." I have spoken of Pliny's eulogy as to the great Consul's doings of the year.

The passage is short and I will translate it:[175] "But, Marcus Tullius, how shall I reconcile it to myself to be silent as to you, or by what special glory shall I best declare your excellence?
How better than by referring to the grand testimony given to you by the whole nation, and to the achievements of your Consulship as a specimen of your entire life?
At your voice the tribes gave up their agrarian law, which was as the very bread in their mouths.

At your persuasion they pardoned Otho his law and bore with good-humor the difference of the seats assigned to them.