propter, at hand. quo: abl. of degree of difference with aegrius. adventa ipso, by his mere coining. maritimum, i.e. the war against the pirates, which Pompey had just finished with great glory. ceterarum provinciarum, i.e. those assigned to Pompey by the Gabinian Law, which gave him power over the entire Mediterranean and the coasts fifty miles inland. This would not include the province of Bithynia, nor the greater part of Asia. The Manilian Law extended his power over the entire East. quorum . . . commendetis: ยง 535,f(320,f); B. 282,3; G. 631,1; H. 591, 7 (503, ii, 2); H.-B. 513, 3. etiam si defendant: subj. of integral part. non multum, etc.: the expression was hardly too strong for the general type of provincial governors. cf. "The Plunder of Syracuse," (Verr. 2.4.42, Verr. 2.4.46) where Cicero contrasts the moderation of Marcellus in time of war with the rapacity of Verres in time of peace.
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