pro templis: see plan of Forum. The guards held the entrances to these temples as important strategic points for defence against the mob. non . . . non adferunt aliquid, do not fail to bring something (of terror or constraint). ut . . . possimus, so that we cannot even be relieved of fear (non timere) without some fear. foro, judicio: such a display of arms in places especially devoted to occupations of peace must necessarily cause some uneasiness. si . . . putarem: Cicero artfully assumes throughout the oration that the authorities (including Pompey) are on the side of Milo. me recreat: to preserve the emphatic position we may change the voice, —I am reassured; so reficit, I am revived. justitiae suae: § 343, c (214, d); cf. B. 198, 3; cf. G. 366; cf. H. 439 (401); H.-B. 340; 50 sapientiae in 1.19. putaret, would not have thought: § 446 (311, a); B. 280, 4; G. 258; H. 552, 554, 2, 3 (485 and N.1); H.-B. 519, 2. tradidisset, subj. of integral part.
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