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Shall the senate, according to this custom which has now obtained, style a man
imperator if he has slain a thousand or two of
Spaniards, or Gauls, or Thracians; and now that so many legions have been
routed, now that such a multitude of enemies has been slain,—yes,
enemies, I say, although our enemies within the city do not fancy this
expression,—shall we pay to our most illustrious generals the honor of
a supplication, and refuse them the name of imperator? For with what great honor, and joy, and exultation
ought the deliverers of this city themselves to enter into this temple, when
yesterday, on account of the exploits which they have performed, the Roman
people carried me in an ovation, almost in a triumph from my house to the
Capitol, and back again from the Capitol to my own house?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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