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This auction, however, the heirs of Lucius Rubrius prevented from proceeding,
being armed with a decree of Caesar to that effect. The spendthrift was
embarrassed. He did not know which way to turn. It was at this very time that an
assassin sent by him was said to have been detected with a dagger in the house
of Caesar. And of this Caesar himself complained in the senate, inveighing
openly against you. Caesar departs to Spain, having granted you a few days delay for making the
payment, on account of your poverty. Even then you do not follow him. Had so
good a gladiator as you retired from business so early? Can any one then fear a
man who was as timid as this man in upholding his party, that is, in upholding
his own fortunes?
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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