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verum haec furiosa vis vaesani
tribuni plebis facile superari frangique potuit virorum bonorum
vel virtute vel multitudine. quid? cum Gabinio Syria
dabatur, Macedonia Pisoni, utrique infinitum imperium, ingens
pecunia, ut tibi omnia permitterent, te adiuvarent, tibi
manum, copias, tibi suos spectatos1 centuriones, tibi pecuniam,
tibi familias compararent, te suis sceleratis contionibus sublevarent,
senatus auctoritatem inriderent, equitibus Romanis
mortem proscriptionemque minitarentur, me terrerent minis,
mihi caedem et dimicationem denuntiarent, meam domum
refertam viris bonis per amicos suos complerent proscriptionis
metu, me frequentia nudarent virorum bonorum, me
praesidio spoliarent senatus, pro me non modo pugnare
amplissimum ordinem, sed etiam plorare et supplicare mutata
veste prohiberent, ne tum quidem vis erat?
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1 spectatos auct. Koch, Muell.: speratos codd. praeter Hbk (paratos): perditos Lahmeyer
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