"Those who commit private theft pass their lives in confinement and fetters; plunderers of the public, in gold and purple."
— Cato the Elder

January 1, 1970

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Gellius was referring to a speech by Cato "On Dividing Spoils among the Soldiers". Gold and purple possibly alludes to the toga picta worn by the victorious general at a .