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freedom of the city was given him in accordance with the provisions of the law of Silvanus and
Carbo: “If any men had been enrolled as citizens of the confederate cities, and if,
at the time that the law was passed, they had a residence in Italy, and if within sixty days
they had made a return or themselves to the praetor.” As he had now had a residence
at Rome for many years, he returned himself as a citizen to the praetor, Quintus Metellus, his
most intimate friend.
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