in hoc miserando pariter atque erubescendo statu civitatis tantum non manibus tribunorum pro rostris Piso collocatus, cum hinc atque illinc ambissent ac Palicanum <num> suffragiis populi consulem creatum renuntiaturus esset interrogaretur, primo respondit non existimare se tantis tenebris offusam esse rem publicam ut huc indignitatis veniretur.
In this no less pitiable than shameful state of the community Piso was placed on the rostra almost by the Tribunes hands. From this side and from that they canvassed him, asking whether he would return Palicanus as elected Consul by the peoples suffrages. At first he replied that he did not believe the commonwealth was plunged into such darkness that things would come to so outrageous a pass.
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