De Agricultura

Of all these contests, then, there is not one which is truly sacred; no, not though all the men in the world should combine to bear witness in their favour, but they must be convicted by themselves of bearing false witness if they do so: for they who admire these things have established laws

against men who behave with insolent violence, and have affixed punishments to assaults, and have appointed judges to decide on every action of that kind.