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And now I, for the first time in this affair, ask this question: —What connection
the reading of these laws had with this trial? Had the slaves of Marcus Tullius assaulted any
tribune of the people? I think not. Had they come by night to the house of Publius Fabius to
steal? Not even that. Had they come by day to steal, and then had they defended themselves
with a weapon? It cannot be affirmed. Therefore, according to those laws which you have read,
certainly that man's household had no right to slay the slaves of Marcus Tullius.
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