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Cum ignaviae ratio te in fugam atque in latebras impelleret,
improbitas et furor L. Saturnini in Capitolium arcesseret,
consules ad patriae salutem ac libertatem vocarent, quam
tandem auctoritatem, quam vocem, cuius sectam sequi,
cuius imperio parere potissimum velles? 'patruus,' inquit,
'meus cum Saturnino fuit.' quid? pater quicum? quid?
propinqui vestri, equites Romani? quid? omnis praefectura,
regio, vicinitas vestra? quid? ager Picenus universus
utrum tribunicium furorem, an consularem auctoritatem
secutus est?
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