Quanta enim illa erit rei publicae turpitudo, quantum dedecus, quanta labes, dicere in hoc ordine sententiam M. Antonium consulari loco! cuius ut omittam innumerabilia scelera urbani consulatus, in quo pecuniam publicam maximam dissipavit, exsules sine lege restituit, vectigalia divendidit, provincias de populi Romani imperio sustulit, regna addixit pecunia, leges civitati per vim imposuit, armis aut obsedit aut exclusit senatum:
For what a dishonor to the Republic, what a disgrace, what a blot it will be, if Marcus Antonius gives his opinion in this body among the ex-consuls! To say nothing of the countless misdeeds of his consulship in the city, during which he dissipated a vast sum of public money, brought back exiles without a law, sold off state revenues, removed provinces from the empire of the Roman people, granted kingdoms for money, imposed laws on the community by employing violence, beleaguered or excluded the senate with arms'
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