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THE SIXTH ORATION OF M. T. CICERO AGAINST MARCUS ANTONIUS. CALLED ALSO THE SIXTH PHILIPPIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE.
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Antonius has invaded Gaul; Dolabella, Asia;
each a province with which he had no business whatever. Brutus has opposed
himself to the one, and at the peril of his own life has checked the onset of
that frantic man wishing to harass and plunder every thing, has prevented his
farther progress, and has cut him off from his return. By allowing himself to be
besieged he has hemmed in Antonius on each side.
The other has forced his way into Asia.
With what object! If it was merely to proceed into Syria, he had a road open to him which was sure, and was not
long. What was the need of sending forward some Marsian, they call him Octavius,
with a legion; a wicked and necessitous robber; a man to lay waste the lands, to
harass the cities, not from any hope of acquiring any permanent property, which
they who know him say that he is unable to keep (for I have not the honor of
being acquainted with this senator myself), but just as present food to satisfy
his indigence?
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