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Publius Junius, O judges, had the
guardianship, of the temple of Castor. He died in the consulship of Lucius Sulla and
Quintus Metellus. He left behind him a young son under age. When Lucius Octavius and
Caius Aurelius the consuls had let out contracts for the holy temple, and were not
able to examine all the public buildings to see in what repair they were; nor could
the praetors to whom that business had been assigned, namely, Caius Sacerdos and
Marcus Caesius; a decree of the senate was passed that Caius Verres and Publius
Caelius, the praetors should examine into and decide about those public buildings as
to which no examination or decision had yet taken place. And after this power was
conferred on him, that man, as you have learnt from Caius Fannius and from Quintus
Tadius, as he had committed his robberies in every sort of affair without the least
disguise and with the greatest effrontery, wished to leave this as a most visible
record of his robberies, which we might, not occasionally hear of, but see every day
of our lives.
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