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And since our tributary nations and our
provinces are, as it were, farms belonging to the Roman people; just as one is most
pleased with those farms which are nearest to one, so too the suburban character of
this province is very acceptable to the Roman people. And as to the inhabitants
themselves, O judges, such is their patience their virtue, and their frugality, that
they appear to come very nearly up to the old-fashioned manners of our country, and
not to those which now prevail. There is nothing then like the rest of the Greeks;
no sloth, no luxury; on the contrary there is the greatest diligence in all public
and private affairs, the greatest economy, and the greatest vigilance. Moreover,
they are so fond of our nation that they are the only people where neither a
publican nor a money-changer is unpopular.
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