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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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And he, now that he has been prevented from
succeeding in this attempt by the wisdom and forces of Caesar, and the unanimity
of the veterans, and the valor of the legions, even now that his fortunes are
desperate, does not diminish his audacity, nor, mad that he is, does he cease
proceeding in his headlong career of fury. He is leading his mutilated army into
Gaul; with one legion, and that too
wavering in its fidelity to him, he is waiting for his brother Lucius, as he can
not find any one more nearly like himself than him. But now what slaughter is
this man, who has thus become a captain instead of a matador, a general instead
of a gladiator, making, wherever he sets his foot! He destroys stores, he slays
the flocks and herds, and all the cattle, wherever he finds them; his soldiers
revel in their spoil; and he himself, in order to irritate his brother, drowns
himself in wine. Fields are laid waste; villas are plundered; matrons, virgins,
well-horn boys are carried off and given up to the soldiery; and Marcus Antonius
has done exactly the same wherever he has led his army.
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