ut semper et in omni re, quidquid sincera fide gereretur, id Romani Attica fieri praedicarent Ceterum tum oppressi Mithridatis armis homines miserrimae condicionis cum ab inimicis tenerentur, oppugnabantur ab amicis et animos extra moenia, corpora necessitati servientes intra muros habebant.
that always and invariably, whenever the Romans referred to any act of unqualified loyalty, they called it an example of Attic faith. But at this time, overwhelmed as they were by the arms of Mithridates, the Athenians were in a most unhappy plight. Held in subjection by their enemies and besieged by their friends, although in obedience to necessity they kept their bodies within the walls, their hearts were outside their fortifications.
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