17 utique = one at any rate.

Result. ‘The principle was established that Patricians and Plebeians were both citizens of the State, and equally eligible to the honours and dignities of the Republic.’—Ihne.

[D29]

THE LICINIAN LAWS, 376-366 B.C. (2)
The Origin of the Floralia, 238 B.C.

‘Dic, dea,’ respondi, ‘ludorum quae sit origo.’

Vix bene desieram; rettulit illa mihi:

‘Cetera luxuriae nondum instrumenta vigebant:

Aut pecus, aut latam dives habebat humum;

Hinc etiam locuples, hinc ipsa pecunia dicta est.