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A motion was lately brought forward before our body concerning the pay of the
army. I not only voted for it myself, but I laboured earnestly to induce you
to vote for it; I replied to many of the arguments of those who objected to
it; I supported it also by writing. In that case also, I was rather
considering the dignity of the man who commanded the army, than any
particular necessity that existed for the measure. For I thought that he,
even without this additional supply of money, was able to maintain his army
with the booty that he had already acquired, and to terminate the war. But I
thought it would be unbecoming to diminish the glory and splendour of that
triumph of his by any parsimony on our part.
A discussion took place also about the ten lieutenants whom he wished to have
appointed; and some voted altogether against giving them, others asked for
precedents, others wished to adjourn the consideration of the question, and
others declared their opinion in favour of it without any complimentary
expressions to Caesar himself. But on that occasion, I spoke in such a
manner as to let all men see that, though I thought the measure advantageous
to the republic, I was promoting it more cordially out of a
desire to pay due honour to the dignity of Caesar.
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