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sed haec leviora fortasse: illud quaero cur
tam mansuetus in senatu fuerit, cum in edictis tam fuisset1
ferus. quid enim2 attinuerat L. Cassio tribuno plebis,
fortissimo et constantissimo civi, mortem denuntiare, si in
senatum venisset; D. Carfulenum, bene de re publica
sentientem, senatu vi et minis mortis expellere; Ti. Cannutium3,
a quo erat honestissimis contionibus4 et saepe et iure
vexatus, non templo solum verum etiam aditu prohibere
Capitoli? cui senatus consulto ne intercederent verebatur?
de supplicatione, credo, M. Lepidi, clarissimi viri.
atque id erat5 periculum, de cuius honore extraordinario
cotidie aliquid cogitabamus, ne eius usitatus honos impediretur.
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