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And if the consideration of the provinces has more weight with you than that of your own
interests, I not only do not object, but I even demand that you should be influenced by the
authority of the provinces. In truth, we will oppose to the province of Asia first of all a
great part of the same province, which has sent deputies and panegyrists to stand up and
defend this man from danger; in the next place we will set against it the province of Gaul,
the province of Cilicia, the province of Spain, and the province of Crete; and against Greeks,
whether they be Lydians, Mysians, or Phrygians, shall be set the men of Massilia, the
Rhodians, the Lacedaemonians, the Athenians, and all Achaia, Thessaly, and Boeotia. Septimius
and Caelius, the witnesses for them, shall be balanced by Publius Servilius and Quintus
Metellus, as witnesses of this man's moderation and integrity. The Asiatic jurisdiction shall
be replied to by the jurisdiction of the city; and the whole conduct and entire life of Lucius
Flaccus shall defend him from accusations brought against him, all relying on the transactions
of a single year.
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