Cicero 57

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Tu quae ex fanis religiossimis per scelus er latrocinium abstuliti

The things which you carried off from the holiest temples through wickedness and robbery,

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ea nos videre nisi in tuis amicorumque tuorum tectis non possumus.

we cannot see, except in your own houses, or in those of your friends.

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P.Servilius quae signa atque ornamenta ex urbe hostium vi et virtute

The statues and decorations which P.Servilius brought away from the cities of our enemies, taken by his courage and valour

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capta belli lege atque atque imperatorio isure sustulit, ea populo Romano adportavit.

according to the laws of war and his own rights as a general, he brought home for the Roman people.

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Per triumphum venit, in tabula publica as aerarium perscribenda curavit.

He carried them in his triumph, and took care that a description of them should be written on public tablets in the treasury.

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Cognoscite ex litteris publicis hominis amplissimi diligentiam.

You may learn from public documents the industry of that most honourable man.

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Recita rationes relatae P.Servili.

Read- the accounts delivered by Publius Servilius.

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Non solum numerum signorum, sed etiam unius cuiusque magnitudinem, figuram, statum litteris definiri vides.

You see not only the number of the statues, but the size, the figure, and the condition of each one among them accurately described in writing.

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Certe maior est virtutis victoriaeque iucunditas quam ista voluptas quae percipitur ex libidine et cupiditate.

Certainly, the delight arising from virtue and from victory is much greater than that pleasure which is derived from licentiousness and covetousness.

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Multo diligentius habere dico Servilium praedam populi Romani quam te tua furta notata atque perscripta.

I say that Servilius took much more care to have the booty of the Roman people noted and described, than you took to have your private plunder noted and described.

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ea nos videre nisi in tuis amicorumque tuorum tectis non possumus.

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we cannot see, except in your own houses, or in those of your friends.

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P.Servilius quae signa atque ornamenta ex urbe hostium vi et virtute

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capta belli lege atque atque imperatorio isure sustulit, ea populo Romano adportavit.

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Per triumphum venit, in tabula publica as aerarium perscribenda curavit.

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Cicero 57