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But shall I first speak of his arrogance towards the Roman people, or his cruelty?
Beyond all question, cruelty is the graver and more atrocious crime. Do you think
then that these men have forgotten how that fellow was accustomed to beat the common
people of Rome with rods? And indeed a
tribune of the people touched on that matter in the public assembly, when he
produced in the sight of the Roman people the man whom he had beaten with rods. And
I will give you the opportunity of taking cognisance of that business at its proper
time.
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