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Take care lest, as
it was a most glorious thing for them, to leave you such wide renown and such a powerful
empire, it should be a most discreditable thing for you, not to be able to defend and preserve
that which you have received. What more shall I say? Shall I say, that the safety of our
allies is involved in the greatest hazard and danger? King Ariobarzanes has been driven from
his kingdom, an ally and friend of the Roman people; two kings are threatening all Asia, who are not only most hostile to you, but also to your
friends and allies. And every city throughout all Asia, and throughout all Greece, is compelled by the magnitude of the danger to put its
whole trust in the expectation of your assistance. They do not dare to beg of you any
particular general, especially since you have sent them another, nor do they think that they
can do this without extreme danger.
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