In the Circus I learned to parley with the crowd from the height of the tribune, speaking through heralds, and not to impose silence upon the throngs save with deference (which they repaid me hundred-fold);
Neure burua behartu egiten nuen gladiadoreen eskrimaren antzetasuna aintzat hartzen ikasteko, baldintza bat ezarriz beti ere, inor ez zedila, alegia, ofizio hau bere gogoaren kontra egitera bortxatua izan.