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and as he is also
retaining the province of Gallia Citerior, a province full of most virtuous and
brave men, and of citizens most devoted to the republic, and his army, in
obedience to the senate, I vote that the senate judges that he, and his army,
and the municipalities and colonies of the province of Gaul, have acted and are acting properly, and
regularly, and in a manner advantageous to the republic. And the senate thinks
that it will be for the general interests of the republic that the provinces
which are at present occupied by Decimus Brutus and by Lucius Plancus, both
imperators, and consuls elect, and also by the officers who are in command of
provinces, shall continue to be held by them in accordance with the provisions
of the Julian law, until each of these officers has a successor appointed by a
resolution of the senate; and that they shall take care to maintain those
provinces and armies in obedience to the senate and people of Rome, and as a defense to the republic. And
since, by the exertions and valor and wisdom of Caius Caesar, and by the
admirable unanimity of the veteran soldiers, who, obeying his authority, have
been and are a protection to the republic, the Roman people has been defended,
and is at this present time being defended, from the most serious dangers.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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