"Semper pluris feci ego potioremque habui libertatem [multo] quam pecuniam."
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:Ever have I valued and esteemed freedom of speech Far more than money.
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Gnaeus Naevius
Gnaeus Naevius (c. 270 – c. 201 BC) was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metellus family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes (who had the tribunician power, in essence the power of habeas corpus). After a second offense he was exiled to Tunisia, where he wrote his own epitaph and committed suicide.
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