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And that month you were able to form an opinion as to what
was the difference between me and my enemies. I abandoned my own safety, in order to save the
republic from being (for my sake) stained with the blood of the citizens; they thought fit to
hinder my return, not by the votes of the Roman people, but by a river of blood. Therefore,
after those events, you gave no answers to the citizens, or the allies, or to kings; the
judges gave no decisions; the people came to no vote on any matter; this body issued no
declarations by its authority; you saw the forum silent the senate-house mute, the city dumb
and dispirited.
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