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Wherefore, since the city and embassy of the Leontini has failed me on account of
the cause which I have mentioned, I must devise a plan and contrive a way for myself
by which I may get at the gain of Apronius, or even at his enormous and wicked
booty. The tenths of the Leontini territory were sold in the third year of Verres's
praetorship for thirty-six thousand medimni of wheat;
that is, for two hundred and twenty-six thousand modii
of wheat. A great price, O judges, a great price; and I cannot deny it. Therefore it
is certain that there must have been a loss, or at all events not a great gain to
the farmers. For this very often happens to men who have taken a contract at a high
rate.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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