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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7907568, member: 75937&quot;]Officials had better be careful when accepting gifts on Saturnalia, lest one be charged with accepting bribes. However, the practice was apparently widespread. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gaius Julius Bassus, for example, was indicted in the Roman Senate on such charges, but was successfully defended by Pliny the Younger [Pliny <i>Ep</i>. 4, 9, §7],&nbsp; who argued <i>sola se munuscula dumtaxat natali suo aut Saturnalibus accepise et plerisque misisse --</i> that he had only received gifts on his birthday and Saturnalia such as were sent to most people.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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