Asiam bello captam Attalo regi muneris loco possidendam tradidit, eo excelsius et speciosius urbi nostrae futurum imperium credens si ditissimam atque amoenissimam partem terrarum orbis in beneficio quam in fructu suo reponere maluisset.
They handed over Asia, taken in war, into the possession of king Attalus by way of gift, believing that empire for our city would gain in loftiness and splendour if they chose to make a benefaction rather than a profit to themselves out of the richest and most delightful part of the world.
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