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ac ne illud quidem vobis neglegendum est quod mihi
ego extremum proposueram, cum essem de belli genere1
dicturus, quod ad multorum bona civium Romanorum
pertinet; quorum vobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda
est ratio diligenter. nam et publicani, homines
honestissimi atque2 ornatissimi, suas rationes et copias in
illam provinciam contulerunt, quorum ipsorum per se res
et fortunae vobis curae esse debent. etenim, si vectigalia
nervos esse rei publicae semper duximus, eum certe ordinem
qui exercet illa firmamentum ceterorum ordinum recte esse3
dicemus.
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