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quanta enim illa erit1 rei publicae
turpitudo, quantum dedecus, quanta labes, dicere in hoc
ordine sententiam M. Antonium consulari loco! cuius ut
omittam innumerabilia scelera urbani consulatus, in quo
pecuniam publicam maximam dissipavit, exsules sine lege
restituit, vectigalia divendidit, provincias de populi Romani
imperio sustulit, regna addixit pecunia, leges civitati per
vim imposuit, armis aut2 obsedit aut exclusit senatum: ut
haec, inquam, omittam, ne hoc quidem cogitatis, eum qui
Mutinam, coloniam populi Romani firmissimam, oppugnarit,
imperatorem populi Romani3, consulem designatum, obsederit,
depopulatus agros sit, hunc4 in eum ordinem recipi
a quo totiens ob has ipsas causas hostis iudicatus sit quam
foedum flagitiosumque sit5?
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