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occurrences were passing in the senate, and while rewards were being voted, on
approbation of their evidence, to the Allobrogian deputies and to Titus
Volturcius, the freedmen, and some of the other dependents of Lentulus, were
urging the artisans and slaves, in various directions throughout the city, to attempt
his rescue; some, too, applied to the ringleaders of the mob, who were always
ready to disturb the state for pay. Cethegus, at the same time, was soliciting,
through his agents, his slaves and freedmen, men trained to deeds of audacity,
to collect themselves into an armed body, and force a way into his place of
confinement. The consul, when he heard that these things were in agitation, having distributed armed bodies of men, as the circumstances and occasion demanded, called a meeting of the senate, and desired to know “what they wished to be done concerning those who had been committed to custody.” A full senate, however, had but a short time before declared them traitors to their country. On this occasion, Decimus Junius Silanus, who, as consul elect, was first asked his opinion, moved that capital punishment should be inflicted, not only on those who were in confinement, but also on Lucius Cassius, Publius Furius, Publius Umbrenus, and Quintus Annius, if they should be apprehended; but afterwards, being influenced by the speech of Caius Caesar, he said that he would go over to the opinion of Tiberius Nero, who had proposed that the guards should be increased, and that the senate should deliberate further on the matter. Caesar, when it came to his turn, being asked his opinion by the consul, spoke to the following effect: |
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