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There is a town on the Hellespont, O judges, called Lampsacus, among the first in the province of
Asia for renown and for nobleness. And
the citizens themselves of Lampsacus are
most especially kind to all Roman citizens, and also are an especially quiet and
orderly race; almost beyond all the rest of the Greeks inclined to the most perfect
ease, rather than to any disorder or tumult. It happened, when he had prevailed on
Cnaeus Dolabella to send him to king Nicomedes and to king Sadala, and when he had
begged this expedition, more with a view to his own gain than to any advantage for
the republic, that in that journey he came to Lampsacus, to the great misfortune and almost ruin of the city. He is
conducted to the house of a man named Janitor as his host; and his companions also,
are billeted on other entertainers. As was the fellow's custom, and as his lusts
always instigating him to commit some wickedness prompted him, he immediately gives
a commission to his companions, the most worthless and infamous of men, to inquire
and find out whether there is any virgin woman worthy of his staying longer at
Lampsacus for her sake.
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