Suetonius, Lives of Illustrious Men: On Grammarians 13
“Staberius Eros, who was bought with his own money at a public auction and was then freed because of his dedication to literature, taught Brutus and Cassius, among others.
There are those who report that he was so noble that during the Sullan period he accepted the children of proscribed men into his school free and without any additional payment.”
XIII. Staberius Eros, suomet aere emptus de catasta et propter litterarum studium manumissus, docuit inter ceteros Brutum et Cassium. Sunt qui tradant tanta eum honestate praeditum, ut temporibus Sullanis proscriptorum liberos gratis et sine mercede ulla in disciplinam receperit.
- He taught the republican assassins.
- He taught children of political assassinations for free.
- Staberius Eros sounds like a good man.
Beautiful.
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