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And he was not only the minister of Verres's pleasures, he also took equally good
care of himself. He not only picked up whatever money had slipped through his
principal's fingers, by which he amassed great riches, but he also picked up the
relics of his pleasures and of his profligacy. Therefore do not fancy that Athenio
1 reigned in
Sicily, for he took no city; but know ye
that the runaway slave Timarchides reigned in every city of Sicily for three years; that the children, the
matrons, the property, and all the fortunes of the most ancient and most devoted
allies of the Roman people were all that time in the power of Timarchides. He
therefore, as I say, he, Timarchides, sent censors into every city, having taken
bribes for their appointment. Comitia for the election of censors, while Verres was
praetor, were never held not even for the purpose of making a presence of legality.
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