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Shall those men then, who at that time used to run about armed night and day, who
spent all their time in rapine and murder, object to Sextus Roscius the bitterness and
iniquity of that time? and will they think that troops of assassins, among whom they
themselves were leaders and chiefs, can be made a ground of accusation against him? who
not only was not at Rome, but who was utterly
ignorant of everything that was being done at Rome, because he was continually in the country, as you yourself admit.
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