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potentissimo et nobilissimo tribuno
pl., M. Druso, novam in equestrem ordinem quaestionem
ferenti: '“si qvis ob rem ivdicandam pecvniam cepisset”'
aperte equites Romani restiterunt. quid? hoc licere
volebant? minime; neque solum hoc genus pecuniae
capiendae turpe sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur.
ac tamen ita disputabant, eos teneri legibus eis oportere
qui suo iudicio essent illam condicionem vitae secuti. delectat
amplissimus civitatis gradus, sella curulis, fasces,
imperia, provinciae, sacerdotia, triumphi, denique imago
ipsa ad posteritatis memoriam prodita;
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