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atque ut ceteros omittamus, de ipsis Syracusanis cognoscite.
ad quos ego cum venissem, sic primum1 existimabam,
ut Romae ex istius amicis acceperam, civitatem
Syracusanam propter Heracli hereditatem non minus esse
isti amicam quam Mamertinam propter praedarum ac
furtorum omnium societatem; simul et verebar ne mulierum
nobilium et formosarum gratia, quarum iste arbitrio praeturam
per triennium gesserat, virorumque quibuscum illae
nuptae erant, nimia in istum non modo lenitudine2 sed etiam
liberalitate oppugnarer, si quid ex litteris Syracusanorum
conquirerem.
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