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Therefore, now learn the justice of the grief and complaints of a city, a
moderate city, as I have always considered it, and a worthy one, as the citizens themselves
wish it to be thought. They complain that the money which was deposited amongst them, in the
name of Flaccus's father,—money which had been collected from different
cities,—has been taken away from them. At another time I will inquire of them what
power Flaccus had in the matter. At present I only ask the Trallians, whether they say the
money, which they complain has been taken from them, was their own,—was a
contribution from the other cities for their use. I wish to hear this. We do not
say so, says he. What then? We say that it was brought to us—entrusted to us in the
name of Lucius Flaccus, the father of this man, for the days of festival and the games which
were to be celebrated in his honour.
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