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Which appeared to the citizens of Ameria so
scandalous, that there was weeping and lamentation over the whole city. In truth, many
things calculated to cause grief were brought at once before their eyes; the most cruel
death of a most prosperous man, Sextus Roscius, and the most scandalous distress of his
son; to whom that infamous robber had not left out of so rich a patrimony even enough
for a road to his father's tomb; the flagitious purchase of his property, the flagitious
possession of it; thefts, plunders, largesses. There was no one who would not rather
have had it all burnt, than see Titus Roscius acting as owner of and glorying in the
property of Sextus Roscius, a most virtuous and honourable man.
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