Nam a legibus delicta puniri; quanto fore mitius in ipsos, melius in socios, provideri ne peccaretur? Adversum quae disseruit Caesar: non quidem sibi ignara quae de Silano vulgabantur, sed non ex rumore statuendum.
For delinquencies were punished by the law; but how much more merciful to the delinquent, how much better for the provincial, to provide against all irregularities before-hand! The Caesar spoke in opposition:'True, the reports with regard to Silanus were not unknown to him; but judgments could not be based on rumour.
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