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And therefore, neither was permission given to
Lucius Philo to bring forward an accusation against Caius Servilius, nor to Marcus
Aurelius Scaurus to prosecute Lucius Flaccus, nor to Cnaeus Pompeius to accuse Titus
Albucius; not one of whom was refused this, permission because of any personal
unworthiness, but in order that the desire to violate such an intimate connection might
not be sanctioned by the authority of the judges. And that great man Cnaeus Pompeius
contended about that matter with Caius Julius,
just as you are contending with me. For he had been the quaestor of Albucius, just as
you were of Verres: Julius had on his side this reason for conducting the prosecution,
that, just as we have now been entreated by the Sicilians, so he had then been entreated
by the Sardinians, to espouse their cause. And this argument has always had the greatest
influence; this has always been the most honourable cause for acting as accuser, that by
so doing one is bringing enmity on oneself in behalf of allies, for the sake of the
safety of a province, for the advantage of foreign nations—that one is for
their sakes incurring danger, and spending much care and anxiety and labour.
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