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iam accepta in Ponto calamitate ex eo
proelio de quo vos paulo ante invitus admonui, cum socii
pertimuissent, hostium opes1 animique crevissent, satis firmum
praesidium provincia non haberet, amisissetis Asiam, Quirites,
nisi ad2 ipsum discrimen eius temporis divinitus Cn.
Pompeium ad eas regiones Fortuna3 populi Romani attulisset.
huius adventus et Mithridatem insolita4 inflatum5
victoria continuit et Tigranen6 magnis copiis minitantem
Asiae retardavit. et quisquam dubitabit quid virtute perfecturus7
sit qui tantum auctoritate perfecerit8, aut quam
facile imperio atque exercitu socios et vectigalia conservaturus
sit qui ipso nomine ac rumore defenderit?
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