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alter unguentis adfluens, calamistrata coma, despiciens
conscios stuprorum ac veteres vexatores aetatulae suae,
puteali et faeneratorum gregibus inflatus1, a quibus2 compulsus
olim, ne in3 Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni tamquam4 in5
fretu ad columnam adhaeresceret, in tribunatus portum perfugerat,
contemnebat equites Romanos, minitabatur senatui,
venditabat se operis atque ab iis se ereptum ne de ambitu
causam diceret praedicabat, ab isdemque se etiam invito
senatu provinciam sperare dicebat; eamque nisi adeptus
esset, se incolumem nullo modo fore arbitrabatur.
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