Cicero de Imperio- Chapter 32

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quam provinciam tenuistis a praedonibus liberam per hosce annos?

what province did you hold free from the pirates throughout those years?

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quod vectigal vobis tutum fuit?

what revenue was safe for you?

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quem socium defendistis?

what ally did you defend?

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cui praesidio classibus vestris fuistis?

to whom where you a source of protection with your fleets?

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quam multas existamatis insulas esse desertas, quam multas aut metu relictas aut a praedonibus captas urbes esse sociorum?

how many islands do you judge were deserted, how many cities of the allies were either abandoned out of fear or were captured by pirates?

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sed qui ego longinqua commemmoro?

but why do i speak of things far away?

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fuit hoc quondam, fuit proprium populi Romani, longe a domo bellare et propugnaculis imperii sociorum fortunas, non sua tecta defendere.

once this was, this was characteristic of the Roman people to carry on its wars far away from home, and to defend by the fortifications of its power the fortunes of its allies, not its own buildings.

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sociis ego nostris mare per hosce annos clausum fuisse dicam, cum excercitus vestri numquam Brundisionisi hieme summa transmiserint?

am i to say, that our allies the sea the sea throughout these years been closed since your armies never crossed form Brundusium, except in the deepest winter?

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qui ad vos ab exteris nationibus venirent, captos querar, cum legati populi Romani redempti sint?

am i to lament that men who were coming to you from foreign nations were captured, when ambassadors of the Roman people were ransomed?

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mercatoribus tutum mare non fuisse dicam, cum duodecim secures in praedonum potestatem pervenerint?

am i to say that the sea was not safe for merchants, when twelve axes [=2 praetors] came into power of the pirates?

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Cicero de Imperio- Chapter 32