“Three times, in my own name, I gave gladiatorial shows and five times in the name of my sons and grandsons; about ten thousand men fought in these shows.”
“Twice in my name I put on athletic games, with participants gathered from all parts, and once in the name of my grandson. “
“I put on games under my own name four times, and in the name of other magistrates twenty three times. “
“On behalf of the college of the quindecimviri,””I celebrated the Secular Games”,
“In my thirteenth consulship, I first put on the Games of Mars," " the consuls were to celebrate by senatorial decree and by law. “
“Twenty six times in my name, or in the names of my sons or grandsons, I gave to the people hunts of African beasts in the circus or the amphitheatre”
” about three thousand five hundred beasts were killed.”