When reading Beard's book on Pompeii, I read "During this war, Pompeii itself was besieged in 89 by the famous general Lucius Cornelius Sulla," and my brain immediately went
et nos ergo manum ferulae subduximus, et nos
consilium dedimus Sullae, priuatus ut altum
dormiret....
(New Loeb: "Well, I too have snatched my hand from under the cane. I too have given Sulla advice, to retire and enjoy a deep sleep." Old Loeb: "Well, I too have slipped my hand from under the cane ; I too have counselled Sulla to retire from public life and take a deep sleep....")
(AND YET CAN I EVER REMEMBER MY HUSBAND'S CELL PHONE NUMBER? WHY NO.)
descensus Averno facilis est