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quid enim cavendum
est in coloniis deducendis? si luxuries, Hannibalem
ipsum Capua corrupit, si superbia, nata inibi esse haec ex
Campanorum fastidio videtur, si praesidium, non praeponitur
huic urbi ista colonia, sed opponitur. at quem
ad modum armatur, di immortales! nam bello Punico
quicquid potuit Capua, potuit ipsa per sese; nunc omnes
urbes quae circum Capuam sunt a colonis per eosdem xviros
occupabuntur; hanc enim ob causam permittit ipsa lex, in
omnia quae velint oppida colonos ut xviri deducant quos
velint. atque his colonis agrum Campanum et Stellatem
campum dividi iubet.
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