hinc auctus opes largusque rapinae, infima dum vulgi fovet oblatratque senatum, tantum in quassata bellis caput extulit urbe, momentum ut rerum et fati foret arbiter unus, quo conservari Latium victore puderet.
Thus he got wealth, and he was liberal with his plunder; and so, by courting the dregs of the people and railing at the Senate, he rose so high in the war-stricken city that he alone could turn the scale of events and settle the course of destiny, though Italy might blush to owe even victory and safety to such a man.
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