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Then, he himself, being roused, comes
forth; he hears the whole news from Timarchides; he takes his military cloak. It was
now nearly dawn. He comes forth into the middle of the crowd, bewildered with wine,
and sleep, and debauchery. He is received by all with such a shout that it seemed to
bring before his eyes a resemblance to the dangers of Lampsacus. 1 But this present
appeared greater than that, because, though both the mobs hated him equally, the
numbers here were much greater. People began to talk to one another of his tent on
the shore, of his flagitious banquets; the names of his women were called out by the
crowd; men asked him openly where he had been, and what he had been doing for so
many days together, during which no one had seen him. Then they demanded Cleomenes,
who had been appointed commander-in-chief by him; and nothing was ever nearer
happening than the transference of the precedent of Utica in the case of Hadrian 2 to Syracuse; so that two graves of two most infamous governors would
have been contained in two provinces. However, regard was had by the multitude to
the time, regard was had to the impending danger, regard was had, too, to their
common dignity and character, because the body of settlers of Roman citizens at
Syracuse is such as to be considered
the most dignified body, not only in that province, but even in this republic.
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1 See the first book of this second pleading, c. 26.
2 See the 27th chapter of the first book of the second pleading against Verres.
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