insequente praetura ampliato honore vectigalia quae Metellus inposuisset a senatu petisse et ea pecunia provinciam liberasse simulque patrocinio suscepto multis legationibus ab se in senatum inductis simul publicis privatisque causis multorum inimicitiis susceptis defendisse;
that when subsequently he had been promoted to the praetorship he had asked the Senate to rescind the taxes which Metellus had imposed, and had secured the province immunity from paying the money in question; that having once taken upon himself to champion the province he had defended it, not only introducing numerous deputations into the Senate but also undertaking legal actions both public and private, and thereby incurring the enmity of many men.
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