Note 2490 — BOOK XXXVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
John Bostock translation
Owing to the liberality of Cæsar, he amassed great riches. He is repeatedly attacked by Catullus (Carm. xxix., xliii., lvii.), and accused of extortion, and other vices. Horace also speaks of him in terms of ridicule, I Sat. 5, 37.