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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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Marcus Antonius disapproves of my consulship; but it was approved of by Publius
Servilius—to name that man first of the men of consular rank who had
died most recently. It was approved of by Quintus Catulus, whose authority will
always carry weight in this republic; it was approved of by the two Luculli, by
Marcus Crassus, by Quintus Hortensius, by Caius Curio, by Caius Piso, by Marcus
Glabrio, by Marcus Lepidus, by Lucius Volcatius, by Caius Figulus, by Decimus
Silanus and Lucius Murena, who at that time were the consuls elect, the same
consulship also which was approved of by those men of consular rank, was
approved of by Marcus Cato; who escaped many evils by departing from this life,
and especially the evil of seeing you consul. But, above all, my consulship was
approved of by Cnaeus Pompeius, who, when he first saw me, as he was leaving
Syria, embracing me and
congratulating me, said, that it was owing to my services that he
was about to see his country again. But why should I mention individuals? It was
approved of by the senate, in a very full house, so completely, that there was
no one who did not thank me as if I had been his parent, who did not attribute
to me the salvation of his life, of his fortunes, of his children, and of the
republic.
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