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18.
At Romae tropaea de Parthis arcusque medio Capitolini montis sistebantur, decreta ab senatu integro adhuc
bello neque tum omissa, dum aspectui consulitur spreta con-
scientia. quin et dissimulandis rerum externarum curis Nero
frumentum plebis vetustate corruptum in Tiberim iecit quo
securitatem annonae sustentaret. cuius pretio nihil additum
est, quamvis ducentas ferme navis portu in ipso violentia
tempestatis et centum alias Tiberi subvectas fortuitus ignis
absumpsisset. tres dein consularis, L. Pisonem, Ducenium
Geminum, Pompeium Paulinum vectigalibus publicis praeposuit, cum insectatione priorum principum qui gravitate
sumptuum iustos reditus antissent: se annuum sexcenties
sestertium rei publicae largiri.
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