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This I do say, that they had not many, and that they
concealed them. But this post was attended by an army of armed men. Classitius,
Mustela, and Tiro, openly displaying their swords, led troops of fellows like
themselves through the forum. Barbarian archers occupied their regular place in
the army. And when they armed at the temple of Concord, the steps were crowded,
the litters full of shields were arranged; not because he wished the shields to
be concealed, but that his friends might not be fatigued by carrying the shields
themselves.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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