M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 46

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[46] 16 C. et L. Lucii Fabricii fratres gemini fuerunt ex municipio Aletrinati¹, homines inter se cum forma tum moribus similes, municipum autem suorum dissimillimi; in quibus quantus splendor sit, quam prope aequabilis, quam fere omnium constans et moderata ratio vitae nemo vestrum, ut mea fert opinio, ignorat. his Fabriciis semper est usus² Oppianicus familiarissime. iam³ hoc fere scitis omnes quantam vim habeat ad coniungendas amicitias studiorum ac naturae similitudo. cum illi ita viverent ut nullum quaestum esse turpem⁴ arbitrarentur, cum omnis ab eis⁵ fraus, omnes insidiae circumscriptionesque adulescentium nascerentur, cumque essent vitiis atque improbitate omnibus noti, studiose⁶, ut dixi, ad eorum se familiaritatem multis iam ante annis Oppianicus applicarat. itaque tum sic statuit, per C.

Pro A. Cluentio. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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Pro A. Cluentio (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

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For A. Cluentius Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 46 focus

[46]
There were two twin brothers of the municipality of Aletrinum, by name Caius and Lucius Fabricius, men very like one another in appearance and disposition, but very unlike the rest of their fellow-citizens; among whom what uniform respectability of character, and what consistent and moderate habits of life prevail, there is not one of you, I imagine, who is ignorant. Oppianicus was always exceedingly intimate with these Fabricii. You are all pretty well aware what great power in causing friendship a similarity of pursuits and disposition has. As these two men lived in such a way as to think no gain discreditable; as every sort of fraud, and treachery, and cheating of young men was practiced by them; as they were notorious for every sort of vice and dishonesty, Oppianicus, as I have said, had cultivated their intimacy for many years.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. Aletrinati Priscian. ( K. ii. 348): Allerinati Σ: Aletrinate M σψ1: Larinati b ψ2a

2. est usus Σa: usus est M μ

3. iam nam Madvig

4. esse turpem Σa: turpem esse M μ

5. iis a: his M μ

6. studiose Σa: studio M μ

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