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I saw, that if the senate and people of Rome existed, I should have a speedy
return with the greatest dignity, and I did not think it possible that such
a state of affairs should longer continue to exist, as for me not to be
allowed to live in that republic which I myself had saved. And if I were not
allowed to live there, I had heard and read that some of the most
illustrious men of our country had rushed into the middle of the enemy to
manifest death for the sake of the safety of their army. And could I doubt
that if I were to sacrifice myself for the safety of the entire republic, I
should in this point be better off than the Decii, because they could not
even hear of their glory, while I should be able to be even a spectator of
my own renown?
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