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Marcus Tullius had a farm, inherited from his father, in the territory of Thurium, O judges, which he was never sorry to have, till he
got a neighbor who preferred extending the boundaries of his estate by arms, to defending them
by law. For Publius Fabius lately purchased a farm of Caius Claudius, a senator,—a
farm bordering on that of Marcus Tullius,—dear enough, for nearly half as much again
(though in a wretched state of cultivation, and with all the buildings burnt down) as Claudius
himself had given for it when it was in a good and highly ornamented condition, though he had
paid an extravagant price for it.
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