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For they themselves have desired the Campanian district
which they hold out a hope of to you. They will lead thither their own friends, in whose name
they themselves may occupy it and enjoy it. Besides all this, they will make purchases; they
will add the other ten acres to their present estate. For if they say that that is not lawful
by the law; by the Cornelian law it certainly is not. But we see (to say nothing about lands
at a distance) that the district of Praeneste
is occupied by a few people. And I do not see that anything is wanting to their fortunes,
except farms of such a description that they may be able by the supplies which they derive
from them to support their very large households, and the expense of their farms near
Cumae and Puteoli. But if he be thinking of what is for your advantage, then let him
come, and let him discuss with me, face to face, the decision of the Campanian district.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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