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See, now, how much more undisguisedly than before he proceeds on his course. For it has
been already shown by how they attacked Pompeius in the earlier part of the law; and now they
shall show it also themselves. He orders the lands belonging to the men of Attalia and Olympus
to be sold. These lands the victory of Publius Servilius, that most gallant general, had made
the property of the Roman people. After that, the royal domains in Macedonia, which were acquired partly by the valour of Titus
Flamininus, and part by that of Lucius Paullus, who conquered Perses. After that, that most
excellent and productive land which belongs Corinth, which was added to the revenues of the Roman people by the campaigns
and successes of Lucius Mummius. After that, they sell the lands in Spain near Carthagena, acquired by the distinguished valour of
the two Scipios. Then Carthagena itself, which Publius Scipio, having stripped it of all its
fortifications, consecrated to the eternal recollection of men, whether his purpose was to
keep up the memory of the disaster of the Carthaginians, or to bear witness to our victory,
or to fulfill some religious obligation.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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