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Tresviriwerealsoresponsibleforthesupervisionandpossible
punishmentofslavespresentinRome,especiallyrelatingtotheir
presenceduringthenight,whentheserviinthestreetswereforbid-
den.Suchaconclusioncanbedrawnfromthestatementofahero-
ineofPlautus)comedy,buttheeventsof52B.C.,whenP.Clodius
Pulcherwasmurdered,areamoreimportantsign.Aslavewhobe-
longedtothegangofT.AnniusMilowassleepinginthetavern
atthatmoment.Treatedasarunaway,hewasbroughtbeforethe
tresviriwhosentencedhimtodeathforthehomicide.59
Tresviricapitalesmighthavenotbeencompetentenoughto
takelegalstepsexofciotowardsthefreepeople.60Still,weknow
twocaseswhensuchpeoplewerearrested(withoutthedecision
ofahigh-rankingmagistrate).Tefirstcaseconcernedacomedy
writer,Cn.Naevius,whowasimprisonedin206B.C.becauseofthe
attackswhichhehadlevelledfromasceneagainstthemembersof
theMetellifamily.Eventually,hewassetfreeduetotheplebeian
tribune)sintervention.61TesecondcasereferredtoC.Cornelius
whowasarrestedprobablyin149B.C.byatriumvir,C.Pescennius,
onachargeofhomosexualrelations.AlsoC.Corneliuswassetfree
asaresultoftheauxiliumoftheplebeiantribune.62Itispossible
thatinthecaseofC.Corneliusthekindofcrimecausedadegra-
dationoftheculpritintheeyesoftheRomans;Cn.Naeviuscould
havebeentreatedsimilarlyasanactor.63Oneshouldbearinmind
thatimprisonmentinRomewasnotaself-containedpunishment
butmerelyaprotectivecountermeasureagainstanescapeofthe
suspectedorconvicted.64
59Plaut.Aul.415-20;Asin.129-33;Amph.155;Val.Max.8.4.2;Cic.Clu.38-9;Verr.
2.2.30;Div.Caec.50;Asc.37;Asc.-Ps.Div.120;Hor.Epod.4.11.RE7A.1(1939)518;
Kunkel(1962)73,75,91-2;(1974)14,26;Lintott(1968)102;Robinson(1981)214;Nip-
pel(1988)35;Santalucia(1999)32=(2000a)831;(2000b)423-4.
60RE4.1(1900)1252;Kunkel(1962)72-3;Lintott(1968)102;Kaser&Hackl(1996)46n.
4;Santalucia(1998)93;(1999)=(2000a);(2000b)423,428-9;Cascione(1999)97-8.
61Gell.NA3.3.15;cf.Cic.Brut.60;Plaut.Mil.211-12.
62Val.Max.6.1.10.Broughton(1951-2)i460,ii600;Cascione(1999)208no.6.
63Lintott(1968)103;cf.Hugoniot(2004).
64Mommsen(1899)960-3;LaRosa(1957)234;cf.Santalucia(1999)=(2000a).
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