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multa Sosippus1 Agrigentinus apud Cn. Pompeium
consulem nuper, homo disertissimus et omni doctrina et
virtute2 ornatissimus, pro tota Sicilia de aratorum miseriis
graviter et copiose dixisse ac deplorasse dicitur; ex quibus
hoc iis qui aderant,—nam magno conventu acta res est,—
indignissimum videbatur, qua in re senatus optime ac
benignissime cum aratoribus egisset, large liberaliterque
aestimasset, in ea re praedari praetorem, bonis everti aratores,
et id non modo fieri sed ita fieri quasi liceat concessumque
sit.
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