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Ergo loquitur umquam Cicero ut non timeat
Antonius, loquitur umquam Antonius ut Cicero timeat?
Ciuilis sanguinis Syllana sitis in ciuitatem redit, et
ad triumuiralem hastam pro uectigalibus ciuium
manorum mortes locantur; unius tabellae albo
Pharsalica ac Mundensis Mutinensisque ruina uincitur,
consularia capita auro rependentur: tuis uerbis
Cicero utendum est: ‘o tempora, o mores!’ Videbis 1
ardentes crudelitate simul ac superbia oculos;
uidebis illum non hominis sed belli ciuilis uultum;
uidebis illas fauces per quas bona Cn. Pompei
transiuerunt, illa latera, illam totius corporis gladiatoriam
firmitatem; uidebis illum pro tribunali locum quem
modo magister equitum, cui ructare turpe erat,
uomitu foedauerat: supplex accadens genibus
deprecaberis? eo ore cui se debet salus publica humilia in
adulationem uerba summittes? Pudeat: Verres
quoque proscriptus fortius periit.
1 in Catil.I1, 2
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