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For the case of Caius Marius, who, after those two most illustrious men of consular rank, is
in the recollection of you and of your ancestors the third man of the same rank who, though a
man of the most excessive renown, met with the same most unworthy fortune, was very dissimilar
to mine. For he did not return because of the prayers that were offered for his return; but he
recalled himself amid the discords of the citizens with an army and by force of arms. But it
was the godlike and unheard-of authority and virtue of Caius Piso, my son-in-law, and of my
most unhappy and admirable brother, and their daily tears and mournful appearance, which
obtained my safety from you, though I was destitute of all other relations, fortified by no
extensive connections, and by no fear of war or of disturbance.
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