Is it the pleasure of the emperor to raise a favourite above his fellow citizens? It is not for us to estimate the merit of the man, nor ours to weigh the motives that determined the choice. The supreme power is in the hands of the prince;
Ez baikenuen Seiano Boltsenakoa zerbitzatzen, Klaudia eta Julia etxeen osagai bat baizik, etxe haietan ezkon ahaidetasunez sartu zena. Zeure suhia ohoratzen genuen, Zesar, zeure kontsulkidea, zeure eginkizun politiko berak betetzen zituena.