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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 the things which I have said about Caesar and about his army, are, indeed,
already well known to you. For by the admirable valor of Caesar, and by the
firmness of the veteran soldiers, and by the admirable discernment of those
legions which have followed our authority, and the liberty of the Roman people,
and the valor of Caesar, Antonius has been repelled from his attempts upon our
lives. But these things, as I have said, happened before; but this recent edict
of Decimus Brutus, which has just been issued, can certainly not be passed over
in silence. For he promises to preserve the province of Gaul in obedience to the senate and people of
Rome. O citizen, born for the
republic; mindful of the name he bears; imitator of his ancestors! Nor, indeed,
was the acquisition of liberty so much an object of desire to our ancestors when
Tarquinius was expelled, as, now that Antonius is driven away, the preservation
of it is to us.
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