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Do we
wonder now that this man should be so far superior to all others, when his legions arrived in
Asia in such order that not only no man's hand in so
numerous an army, but not even any man's footstep was said to have done the least injury to
any peaceful inhabitant? But now we have daily rumours—yes, and letters
too—brought to Rome about the way in which
the soldiers are behaving in their winter quarters; not only is no one compelled to spend
money on the entertainment of the troops, but he is not permitted to do so, even if he wish.
For our ancestors thought fit that the houses of our allies and friends should be a shelter to
our soldiers from the winter, not a theatre for the exercise of their avarice.
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