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He at that time gained the affection of Quintus Metellus, that great man who was the
conqueror of Numidia, and his son Pius. He was eagerly listened to by Marcus Aemilius; he
associated with Quintus Catulus,—both with the father and the sons. He was highly
respected by Lucius Crassus; and as for the Luculli, and Drusus, and the Octavii, and Cato,
and the whole family of the Hortensii, he was on terms of the greatest possible intimacy with
all of them, and was held by them in the greatest honour. For, not only did every one
cultivate his acquaintance who wished to learn or to hear anything, but even every one
pretended to have such a desire.
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