[50] Wherefore, when I perceive that nearly the whole of this law is made ready, as if it were an engine, for the object of overthrowing his power, I will both resist the designs of the men who have contrived it, and I will enable you not only to perceive, but to be entire masters of the whole plot which I now see in preparation.
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He orders everything to be sold which belonged to the people of Attalia , and of Phaselus, and of Olympus , and the land of Agera, of Orindia, and of Gedusa. All this became your property owing to the campaigns and victory of that most illustrious man, Publius Servilius. He adds the royal domain of Bithynia , which is at present farmed by the public contractors; after that, he adds the lands belonging to Attalus in the Chersonesus ; and those in Macedonia , which belonged to king Philip or king Perses; which also were let out to contractors by the censors, and which are a most certain revenue.
He orders everything to be sold which belonged to the people of Attalia , and of Phaselus, and of Olympus , and the land of Agera, of Orindia, and of Gedusa. All this became your property owing to the campaigns and victory of that most illustrious man, Publius Servilius. He adds the royal domain of Bithynia , which is at present farmed by the public contractors; after that, he adds the lands belonging to Attalus in the Chersonesus ; and those in Macedonia , which belonged to king Philip or king Perses; which also were let out to contractors by the censors, and which are a most certain revenue.
De Lege Agraria. M. Tullius Cicero. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). London. 1856.
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