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But you may easily, both in belief and in speaking of it, have exaggerated the terms on
which Roscius concluded his business; in fact and reality you will find them moderate
and unimportant. For he got a farm at a time when the prices of farms were very
low,—a farm which had not a house on it, and was not well cultivated in any
respect, which is worth much more now than it was. And no wonder, for at that time, on
account of the calamities of the republic, every one's possessions were uncertain; now,
by the kindness of the immortal gods, the fortunes of every one are well assured: then
it was an uncultivated farm, without a house; now it is beautifully cultivated, with an
excellent villa on it.
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