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is where that golden ring came from, with which you presented him in the public
assembly; a gift which was an act of such extraordinary impudence that it seemed
novel to all the Sicilians, and to me incredible. For our generals, after a defeat
of the enemy, after some splendid success, have often presented their secretaries
with golden rings in a public assembly; but you, for what exploit, for the defeat of
what enemy did you dare to summon an assembly for the purpose of making this
present? Nor did you only present your clerk with a ring, but you also presented a
man of great bravery, a man very unlike yourself, Quintus Rubrius, a man of eminent
virtue, and dignity, and riches, with a crown, with horse trappings, and a chain;
and also Marcus Cossutius, a most conscientious and honourable man, and Marcus
Castritius, a man of the greatest wealth, and ability, and influence.
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