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It's fate that makes Metelli consuls at Rome.

— Gnaeus Naevius

Fato Metelli Romae fiunt consules.

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Dabunt malum Metelli Naevio poetae. The Metelli will make the poet Naevius rue it. | W. Beare, The Roman Stage, 3rd ed. (1964), p. 40 | The Metelli are made consuls at Rome by Fate. The Metelli will give a whipping to Naevius the poet.

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