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What has Murena been doing in the meantime? He was lieutenant to Lucius Lucullus, a very
brave and wise man, and a consummate general; and in this post he commanded an army, he fought
a battle, he engaged the enemy, he routed numerous forces of the enemy, he took several
cities, some by storm, some by blockade. He traversed that populous and luxurious Asia you
speak of; in such a manner as to leave in it no trace either of his avarice or of his luxury;
in a most important war he so behaved himself that he performed many glorious exploits without
the commander-in-chief; but the commander-in-chief did nothing without him. And all these
things, although I am speaking in the presence of Lucius Lucullus, yet that we may not appear
to have a licence of invention granted us by him on account of the danger we are in, we are
borne witness to in the public despatches; in which Lucius Lucullus gives him such praise as
no ambitious nor envious commander-in-chief could have given another while dividing with him
the credit of his exploits.
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