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an tu populum Romanum
esse illum putas qui constat ex iis qui mercede conducuntur,
qui impelluntur ut vim adferant magistratibus, ut obsideant
senatum, optent1 cotidie caedem, incendia, rapinas? quem
tu tamen populum nisi tabernis clausis frequentare non
poteras, cui populo duces Lentidios, Lollios, Plaguleios,
Sergios praefeceras. O speciem dignitatemque populi
Romani, quam reges, quam nationes exterae, quam gentes
ultimae pertimescant, multitudinem hominum ex servis, ex
conductis, ex facinerosis2, ex egentibus congregatam!
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