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He was very intimate with Clodius at the time
of his tribuneship; he, who now enumerates the kindnesses which he did me. He
was the firebrand to handle all conflagrations; and even in his house he
attempted something. He himself well knows what I allude to. From thence he made
a journey to Alexandria, in
defiance of the authority of the senator and against the interests of the
republic, and in spite of religious obstacles; but he had Gabinius for his
lender, with whom whatever he did was sure to be right. What were the
circumstances of his return from thence? what sort of return was it? He went
from Egypt to the farthest extremity of
Gaul before he returned home. And
what was his home! For at that time every man had possession of his own house;
and you had no house any where, O Antonius. House, do you say? what place was
there in the whole world where you could set your foot on any thing that
belonged to you, except Mienum, which you farmed with your partners, as if it
had been Sisapo?1
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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