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vidi ego hoc, iudices1, nisi recenti memoria
senatus auctoritatem huius indici monumentis publicis testatus
essem, fore ut aliquando non Torquatus neque Torquati
quispiam similis—nam id me multum fefellit—sed ut aliquis
patrimoni2 naufragus, inimicus oti, bonorum hostis, aliter indicata3
haec esse diceret, quo facilius vento aliquo in optimum
quemque excitato posset in malis rei publicae portum aliquem4
suorum malorum invenire. itaque introductis in senatum
indicibus constitui5 senatores qui omnia indicum dicta,
interrogata, responsa perscriberent.
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