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It was, O judges,
a very large sum of money. This Dio, O judges, is now, by the kindness of Quintus
Metellus, become a Roman citizen; and in his case it was proved to your satisfaction
at the former pleading, by the evidence of many men of the highest consideration,
and by the account-books of many men, that a million of sesterces had been paid in order that, after Verres had inquired into
the cause, in which there could no possible doubt exist, he might have a decision in
his favour;—that, besides that all herds of the highest-bred mares were
driven away, that all the plate and embroidered robes which he had in his home were
carried off; so that Quintus Dio lost eleven hundred thousand sesterces because an inheritance had come to him, and for no other
reason.
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