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He supported in his palaces and from his own resources
the army of Cnaeus Domitius, that most distinguished man. He sent money to
Ephesus to him whom you selected as the most faithful and most highly
esteemed of all your friends. He gave him money a second time; he gave him
money a third time for you to employ in the war, though be was forced to
sell property by auction in order to raise it. He exposed his own person to
danger and he was with you, serving in your army against Pharnaces, and he
considered him as his own enemy because he was yours. And all those actions
of his were accepted by you, O Caius Caesar, in such a spirit that you paid
him the highest possible honours, and confirmed hint in the
dignity and title of king.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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