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Quotes About Modestus

Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs."
~ Pliny (the Younger)
Modestus, , m., Modestus, Roman cognomen from an adj. meaning "temperate" or "unassuming" another notice for the man's election reads MODESTVM AED • O • V • F, where the last three letters, as we have seen before, are the standard abbreviation for r vs facitis, I ask you to make (elect), and in another inscription we have the candidate's full name, Marcus Samellius Modestus.
~ Richard A. LaFleur