Haec igitur habenda gratia est D. Bruto qui illum, nondum interposita auctoritate vestra, suo consilio atque iudicio, non ut consulem recepit, sed ut hostem arcuit Gallia seque obsideri quam hanc urbem maluit.
For this, then, we have Decimus Brutus to thank, who, prior to the confirmation by your authority, exercising his own initiative and judgment, did not admit Antonius as a consul but barred him from Gaul as an enemy and preferred to have himself, rather than this city, besieged.
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