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Now, O judges, hear a little about the
misery of the Sicilians. Both Heraclius the Syracusan, and Epicrates of Bidis, being
stripped of all their property, came to Rome. They lived at Rome
nearly two years in mourning attire, with unshaven beard and hair. When Lucius
Metellus went to the province, then they also go back with Metellus, bearing with
them letters of high recommendation. As soon as Metellus came to Syracuse he rescinded both the
sentences—the sentence in the case of Epicrates, and that against
Heraclius. In the property of both of them there was nothing which could be
restored, except what was not able to be moved from its place.
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