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And since I have shown for what reason and for whose sake be has proposed this, let him
show whether I am defending any particular proprietor, while I resist this agrarian law. You
are selling the Scantian wood. The Roman people is in possession of it. I am defending the
Roman people. You are dividing the district of Campania It is you, O Romans, who are now its
proprietors. I will not give it up. In the next place, I see possessions in Italy and in Sicily,
and in the other provinces, put up for sale and advertised. The farms are yours, the
possessions are yours, O Romans. I will resist and oppose such a measure; and I will not
permit the Roman people to be ousted from its possessions by any one, while I am consul.
Especially when no advantage is sought for you by the proceeding.
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