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But the Gauls are attacking Fonteius with hostile standards as it were; they pursue him, and
press upon him with the most extreme eagerness, with the most extreme audacity. I see it. But
we, O judges, you being our helpers, with many and strong defences, will resist that savage
and intolerable band of barbarians. Our first bulwark against their attacks is Macedonia, a province loyal and well affected to the Roman
people, which says, that itself and its cities were preserved, not only by the wisdom, but
even by the hand of Fonteius, and which now repels the attacks and dangers of the Gauls from
his head, as it was defended itself from the invasion and desolation of the Thracians.
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