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hunc ordinem si dignitate antecellere non
existimabas,
ne hoc quidem sciebas, iudicare? antea cum equester
ordo iudicaret, improbi et rapaces magistratus in provinciis
inserviebant publicanis; ornabant eos qui1 in operis erant;
quemcumque equitem Romanum in provincia viderant,
beneficiis ac liberalitate prosequebantur; neque tantum
illa res nocentibus proderat quantum obfuit multis, cum
aliquid contra utilitatem eius ordinis voluntatemque fecissent.
retinebatur hoc tum nescio quo modo quasi communi
consilio ab illis diligenter, ut, qui unum equitem
Romanum contumelia dignum putasset, ab universo ordine
malo dignus iudicaretur:
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