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The next thing is, since it is evident that the Sicilians have demanded this of me, for
us to inquire whether it is right that this fact should have any influence on you and on
your judgments; whether the allies of the Roman people, your suppliants, ought to have
any weight with you in a matter of extortion committed on themselves. And why need I say
much on such a point as this? as if there were any doubt that the whole law about
extortion was established for the sake of the allies.
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