quin etiam in hunc modum egit: non reddo, patres conscripti, aerario vestro sestertii quadragies rationem, alieni imperii minister, quod meo ductu meisque auspiciis bis milies sestertio uberius feci: neque enim huc puto [eo] malignitatis ventum ut de mea innocentia quaerendum sit: nam cum Africam totam potestati vestrae subiecerim, nihil ex ea quod meum diceretur praeter cognomen rettuli.
Moreover he spoke as follows: Conscript Fathers, I am not rendering to your treasury as the servant of another mans authority an account of four million sesterces, a treasury which by my leadership and auspices I made richer by two hundred million. For I do not think malignity has reached such a pitch that my innocence needs investigation. For when I subjected all Africa to your power, I brought nothing back to be called mine except a surname.
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