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Among them he has distributed the lands of Semurium. The Campus Martius was all that was left, if he
had not first fled with his brother. But this allotment of lands was put an end
to a little while ago, O Romans, by the declaration of his opinion by Lucius
Caesar, a most illustrious man and a most admirable senator. For we all agreed
with him and annulled the acts of the septemvirs. So all the kindness of
Nucula1 goes for nothing; and the
patron Antonius is at a discount. For those who had taken possession will depart
with more equanimity. They had not been at any expense; they had not yet
furnished or stocked their domains, partly because they did not feel sure of
their title, and partly because they had no money.
1 He had been one of the septemvirs appointed to preside over the distribution of the lands.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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