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Why need I speak of his authority, which is as great as
it ought to be, springing from such great virtue and glory?
Is it not then, O judges, a shameful thing for the Roman people, that after
the senate and people of Rome have
conferred on that man the rewards of the most honourable dignity; when he
not only did not ask for commands, but when he even refused them, an inquiry
into his conduct should be now taking place, in such terms that there should
be a discussion as to whether it was lawful for him to do what he has done;
or whether, I will not say, it was lawful, but whether it was impious for
him to do so? (for he is said to have done it in contravention of a
treaty,—that is to say, in contradiction to the religion and good
faith of the Roman people.) Is it not disgraceful to you yourselves?
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