Age, ut a singulis ad universos transgrediar, quanto et quam aequali amore patriae tota civitas flagravit! nam cum secundo Punico bello exhaustum aerarium ne deorum quidem cultui sufficeret, publicani ultro aditos censores hortati sunt ut omnia sic locarent tamquam res publica pecunia abundaret, seque praestaturos cuncta nec ullum assem nisi bello confecto petituros polliciti sunt.
And now, to pass from individuals to the whole body, with what ardent and steady love of country was the entire community inspired! In the Second Punic War when the exhausted treasury did not even suffice for the worship of the gods, the tax farmers approached the Censors on their own initiative and urged them to let out all contracts as though the commonwealth had funds in abundance, promising to meet all requirements themselves and not to ask for a penny until the war was over.
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