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This really is what an unequal contest is; not that one in which you
were skirmishing against Alphenus. You did not leave him any place where he could make a
stand against you. You must therefore either prove that Alphenus denied he was his
agent, did not tear down the bills, and refused to go to trial; or, if all this was
done, you must admit that you did not take possession of the goods of Publius Quinctius
in accordance with the edict.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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