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But at the present moment I give my vote that we should pass a decree in this
form:
“As Caius Caesar, the son of Caius, pontiff and propraetor, has at a
most critical period of the republic exhorted the veteran soldiers to defend the
liberty of the Roman people, and has enlisted them in his army; and as the
Martial legion and the fourth legion, with great zeal for the republic, and with
admirable unanimity, under the guidance and authority of Caius Caesar, have
defended and are defending the republic and the liberty of the Roman people; and
as Caius Caesar, propraetor, has gone with his army as a reinforcement to the
province of Gaul; has made cavalry, and
archers, and elephants, obedient to himself and to the Roman people, and has, at
a most critical time for the republic, come to the aid of the safety and dignity
of the Roman people;—on these accounts, it seems good to the senate
that Caius Caesar, the son of Caius, pontiff and propraetor, shall be a senator,
and shall deliver his opinions from the bench occupied by men of praetorian
rank; and that, on occasion of his offering himself for any magistracy, he shall
be considered of the same legal standing and qualification as if he had been
quaestor the preceding year.”
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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