interrogatus deinde ab eo cur non se quoque accusaret, da inquit praedes rei publicae te, si postulatus fueris, civile bellum non excitaturum, et iam de tuo prius quam de Manilii capite in consilium iudices mittam.
Then asked by Pompey why he did not prosecute himself as well, he answered: Give sureties to the commonwealth that if you are accused you will not start a civil war and I will now have a jury consider a capital indictment against you too ahead of Manilius.
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