Nimirum insignis et nobilis iustitia Romana ab ipsis imperii nascentis incunabulis auspicata est! Nonne in ortu suo et scelere collecti et muniti immanitatis suae terrore creverunt? Nam asylo prima plebs congregata est: confluxerant perditi, facinerosi, incesti, sicarii, proditores, et ut ipse Romulus imperator et rector populum suum facinore praecelleret, parricidium fecit.
Say you the noble and majestic fabric of Roman justice drew its auspices from the cradle of infant empire! Yet were they not in origin a collection of criminals? did they not grow by the iron terror of their own savagery? The plebs first congregated in a city of refuge; thither had flocked ruffians, criminals, profligates, assassins and traitors; and Romulus himself, to secure criminal pre-eminence in office and rule, murdered his own brother.
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