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And, that my oration may take its origin from the same source from which all this cause is
to be maintained; an important war, and one perilous to your revenues and to your allies, is
being waged against you by two most powerful kings, Mithridates and Tigranes. One of these
having been left to himself, and the other having been attacked, thinks that an opportunity
offers itself to him to occupy all Asia. Letters are
brought from Asia every day to Roman knights, most
honourable men, who have great property at stake, which is all employed in the collection of
your revenues; and they, in consequence of the intimate connection which I have with their
order, have come to me and entrusted me with the task of pleading the cause of the republic,
and warding off danger from their private fortunes.
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