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foederum interpretes, societatis, pactionis1, religionis auctores!
numquam in Sicilia frumentum publice est emptum
quin Mamertinis pro portione imperaretur, antequam hoc
delectum praeclarumque consilium iste dedit, ut ab his
nummos acciperet ac sui similis esset. itaque tantum
valuit istius decreti auctoritas quantum debuit eius hominis
qui, a quibus frumentum emere debuisset, iis decretum
vendidisset. nam statim L. Metellus ut isti successit, ex
C. Sacerdotis et ex2 Sex. Peducaei instituto ac litteris frumentum
Mamertinis imperavit.
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