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M. Cispium, tribunum plebis, vi depellunt, caedem in foro
maximam faciunt, universique destrictis gladiis et cruentis
in omnibus fori partibus fratrem meum, virum optimum,
fortissimum meique amantissimum1, oculis quaerebant, voce
poscebant. quorum ille telis libenter in tanto luctu ac
desiderio mei non repugnandi, sed moriendi causa23 corpus
obtulisset suum, nisi suam vitam ad spem mei reditus reservasset.
subiit tamen vim illam nefariam consceleratorum
latronum et, cum ad fratris salutem a populo Romano deprecandam
venisset, pulsus e rostris in comitio iacuit4, seque
servorum et libertorum corporibus obtexit, vitamque tum
suam noctis et fugae praesidio non iuris iudiciorumque
defendit.
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