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Do you not see, then, what a great difference
there is between the Roman people and an assembly? Do you not see that the
masters of the assemblies are the object of the hatred of the Roman people?
and that those who are not permitted to appear without insult in the
assembly of artisans, are honoured by every possible mark of respect by the
Roman people?
Do you speak to me of Marcus Atilius Regulus, who of his own accord preferred
returning to Carthage to
execution, to remaining at Rome
without those prisoners by whom he had been sent to the Senate, and then do
you deny that I ought to be anxious for a recall procured by means of
trained households of slaves and bands of armed men?
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