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The people were astonished and kept perfect silence, and the magistrates were awed and delighted at the sight. Then the senior censor put the question:
‘Pompeius Magnus, I ask thee whether thou hast performed all the military services required by law?’ Then Pompey said with a loud voice:
‘I have performed them all, and all under myself as imperator.’ On hearing this, the people gave a loud shout, and it was no longer possible to check their cries of joy, but the censors rose up and accompanied Pompey to his home, thus gratifying the citizens, who followed with applause.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1917. 5.
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