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There was another upholder and assiduous defender of my fortunes, Caius Piso, my son-in-law,
a man of the greatest virtue and piety, who disregarded the threats of my enemies, the
hostility of my connection, and his own near relation, the consul; who, as quaestor, passed
over Pontus and Bithynia for the sake of ensuring my safety. The senate never decreed anything
respecting Publius Popillius; no mention was ever made in this assembly of Quintus Metellus.
They were restored by motions made by the tribunes, after their enemies had been slain, and,
above all, they were not restored by the interposition of any authority on the part of the
senate, though one of them had done what he did in obedience to the senate, the other had fled
from violence and bloodshed. For Caius Marius, the only man of consular dignity in the memory
of man who was ever driven from the city in times of civil discord before me, was not only not
restored by the senate, but by his return almost destroyed the senate. There was no unanimity
of magistrates in their cases,—no summoning of the Roman people to come to the
defence of the republic,—no commotion throughout Italy,—no decrees of
municipalities and colonies in their favour.
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