Their exchange of views gradually grew into a formal and acrimonious debate. Helvidius inquired why it was that Marcellus was so afraid of the magistrates' judgement, seeing that he himself had great advantages of wealth and of eloquence over many others.
Eta astiro-astiro, eztabaidan zehar, diskurtso peto eta horzkarietara iritsi ziren, Helvidiok galdetzen zuela ea Martzelo zergatik zen magistratuen ebatziaren beldur: