Note 150 — XXVI (A II, 1)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
Clodius is shewing off his modesty. It was usual for persons returning from a province to send messengers in front, and to travel deliberately, that their friends might pay them the compliment of going out to meet them. Entering the city after nightfall was another method of avoiding a public reception. See Suet. Aug. 53.