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I am afraid all this may seem to some people
too ancient, and long ago obsolete. For at that time all men were so uniformly
disposed in the same manner, that this credit of eminent virtue and incorruptibility
appears to belong, not only to those men, but also to those times. Publius
Servilius, a most illustrious man, who has performed the noblest exploits, is
present. He will deliver his opinion on your conduct. He, by his power, had forces;
his wisdom and his valour took Olympus, an
ancient city, and one strengthened and embellished in every possible manner. I am
bringing forward recent example of a most distinguished man. For Servilius, as a
general of the Roman people, took Olympus
after you, as lieutenant of the quaestor in the same district, had taken care to
harass and plunder all the cities of our friends and allies even when they were at
peace.
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