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Therefore, O
conscript fathers, I give my vote that a resolution of the senate be passed a
these words:
“As Decimus Brutus, imperator, consul
elect, is maintaining the province of Gaul in obedience to the senate and people of Rome; and as he has enlisted and collected in
so short a time a very numerous army, being aided by the admirable zeal of the
municipal towns and colonies of the province of Gaul, which has deserved and still does deserve admirably well
of the republic; he has acted rightly and virtuously, and greatly for the
advantage of the republic. And that most excellent service done by Decimus
Brutus to the republic, is and always will be, grateful to the senate and people
of Rome. Therefore, the senate and the
Roman people is of opinion that the exertions, and prudence, and virtue of
Decimus Brutus, imperator and consul-elect, and the
incredible zeal and unanimity of the province of Gaul, have been a great assistance to the republic, at a most
critical time.”
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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