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quo quidem tempore, cum is excessisset qui
caedi et flammae vobis auctoribus restiterat, cum ferro et
facibus homines tota urbe volitantis, magistratuum tecta
impugnata, deorum templa inflammata, summi viri et clarissimi
consulis fascis fractos, fortissimi atque optimi tribuni
plebis sanctissimum corpus non tactum ac violatum manu
sed vulneratum ferro confectumque vidistis. qua strage
non nulli permoti magistratus partim metu mortis, partim
desperatione rei publicae paululum a mea causa recesserunt:
reliqui fuerunt quos neque terror nec vis, nec spes nec metus,
nec promissa nec minae, nec tela nec faces a vestra auctoritate,
a populi Romani dignitate, a mea salute depellerent.
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