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the danger on one side, the danger from Sertorius and from Spain, which had much the most solid foundation and the most
formidable strength, was warded off by the divine wisdom and extraordinary valour of Cnaeus
Pompeius. And on the other side of the empire, affairs were so managed by Lucilius Lucullus,
that most illustrious of men, that the beginning, of all those achievements in those
countries, great and eminent as they were, deserve to be attributed not to his good fortune
but to his valour; but the latter events which have taken place lately, ought to be imputed
not to his fault, but to his ill-fortune. However, of Lucullus I will speak hereafter, and I
will speak, O Romans, in such a manner, that his true glory shall not appear to be at all
disparaged by my pleading, nor, on the other hand, shall any undeserved credit seem to be
given to him.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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