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Valerium Catullum, a quo sibi uersiculis de Mamurra perpetua stigmata imposita non dissimulauerat, satis facientem eadem die adhibuit cenae hospitioque patris eius, sicut consuerat, uti perseuerauit.
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Valerius Catullus, who had – by Caesar’s own admission – inflicted a permanent stain on his reputation with his verses about Mamurra, Caesar invited to dinner on the very same day when he apologised, and he continued to accept the hospitality of Catullus’ father.
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