Come back! Where are you running to, now? Hold you!LYCONIDESWhy are you crying out, you stupid?EUCLIOBecause this instant I shall give your name to the Triumvirs To the Triumvirs: Trisviros. Though the scene is in Greece he refers to the Triumviri capitales, who were Roman magistrates. They took cognizance of capital crimes, and they apprehended criminals. In conjunction with the Aediles, they had to preserve the public peace, to prevent unlawful assemblies, and to enforce the payment of fines due to the state. They had also the care of the public prisons, and to them was entrusted the punishment of criminals. They had authority to inflict summary punishment upon the slaves and the lower orders, though, probably, not upon those who enjoyed the rights of Roman citizens..LYCONIDESWhy? EUCLIOBecause you’ve got a knife.LYCONIDES’Tis the proper thing for a cook. EUCLIOWhy did you threaten me?LYCONIDESI think that it was badly managed, that I didn’t pierce your side with it.EUCLIOThere’s not a person that’s living this day a greater rascal than you,