Namque, uti paucis verum absolvam, post illa tempora quicumque rem publicam agitavere honestis nominibus, alii sicuti populi iura defenderent, pars quo senatus auctoritas maxuma foret, bonum publicum simulantes pro sua quisque potentia certabant.
For, to tell the truth in a few words, after that time, whoever disturbed the state under the guise of honorable slogans'some as though defending the rights of the people, others so that the senates influence might be dominant'under pretense of the public good, each in reality strove for his own influence.
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