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And first of all, listen to a brief tale concerning the people of
Agyrium, a loyal and illustrious people.
The state of Agyrium is among the first in
all Sicily for honour;—a state of
men wealthy before this man came as praetor, and of excellent cultivators of the
soil. When this same Apronius had purchased the tenths of that district, he came to
Agyrium; and when he had come thither
with his regular attendants—that is to say, with threats and
violence,—he began to ask an immense sum, so that when he had got his
profit, he might depart. He said that he did not wish to have any trouble, nut that,
when he had got his money, he would depart as soon as possible to some other city.
All the Sicilians are not contemptible men, if only our magistrates leave them
alone; but they are many, of sufficient courage, and very economical and temperate,
and among the very first is this city of which I am now speaking, O judges.
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