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Wherefore, since you see that all that which you wished to impute to him as a crime is
turned to his credit, let us now come to the complaints of the Roman citizens. And let the
first be that of Decianus. What injury, then, O Decianus, has been done to you? You are
trading in a free city. First of all, allow me to be a little curious. How long shall you
continue to live there as a trader, especially since you are born of such a rank as you are?
You have now for thirty years been frequenting the forum,—the forum, I mean, of
Pergamus. After a very long interval, if at any time is convenient to you to travel, you come
to Rome. You bring a new face, an old name; Tyrian garments, in which respect I envy you, that
with only one cloak you look so smart for such a length of time.
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