Man. 22.1Quā rē videant nē sit perinīquum et nōn ferendum illōrum auctōritātem dē Pompēī dignitāte ā vōbīs comprobātam semper esse, vestrum ab illīs dē eōdem homine iūdicium populīque Rōmānī auctōritātem improbārī, praesertim cum iam suō iūre populus Rōmānus in hōc homine suam auctōritātem vel contrā omnīs quī dissentiunt possit dēfendere, proptereā quod īsdem istīs reclāmantibus vōs ūnum illum ex omnibus dēlēgistis quem bellō praedōnum praepōnerētis.Let them take care, therefore, that it is not most unfair and intolerable that their authority concerning Pompey's dignity has always been approved by you, while your judgement and the authority of the Roman people concerning the same man are rejected by them, especially since the Roman people can now by its own right defend its authority in the case of this man even against all who disagree, because, with these same men protesting, you chose him alone out of all to put in charge of the war against the pirates. Man. 22.64Hoc sī vōs temerē fēcistis et reī pūblicae parum cōnsuluistis, rēctē istī studia vestra suīs cōnsiliīs regere cōnantur.If you did this rashly and took too little thought for the state, these men are right in trying to guide your inclinations by their counsels.
Man. 22.64Sīn autem vōs plūs tum in rē pūblicā vīdistis, vōs eīs repugnantibus per vōsmet ipsōs dignitātem huic imperiō, salūtem orbī terrārum attulistis, aliquandō istī prīncipēs et sibi et cēterīs populī Rōmānī ūniversī auctōritātī pārendum esse fateantur.But if you then saw further in public affairs, if you, in spite of their opposition, by your own efforts brought dignity to this empire and safety to the world, then let these leading men at last admit that both they and everyone else must obey the authority of the Roman people as a whole. Man. 22.64Atque in hōc bellō Asiāticō et rēgiō, Quirītēs, nōn sōlum mīlitāris illa virtūs quae est in Pompeiō singulāris sed aliae quoque animī virtūtēs magnae et multae requīruntur.And in this Asian war against the kings, citizens, there is need not only for that military merit which is singular in Pompey, but also for many other great virtues of the mind. Man. 22.64Difficile est in Asiā, Ciliciā, Syriā regnīsque interiōrum nātiōnum ita versārī nostrum imperātōrem ut nihil aliud nisi dē hoste ac dē laude cōgitet.It is difficult for our commander to move about in Asia, Cilicia, Syria and the kingdoms of the inland nations in such a way that he thinks of nothing but the enemy and glory.
Man. 22.64Deinde, etiam sī quī sunt pudōre ac temperantiā moderātiōrēs, tamen eōs esse tālīs propter multitūdinem cupidōrum hominum nēmō arbitrātur.Then, even if there are some who are more restrained by modesty and self-control, nevertheless no one believes them to be such, because of the great number of greedy men. Man. 22.65Difficile est dictū, Quirītēs, quantō in odiō sīmus apud exterās nātiōnēs propter eōrum quōs ad eās per hōs annōs cum imperiō mīsimus libīdinēs et iniūriās.It is hard to say, citizens, how much we are hated among foreign nations because of the lusts and wrongs of those whom we have sent to them with military command during these years. Man. 22.65Quod enim fānum putātis in illīs terrīs nostrīs magistrātibus religiōsum, quam cīvitātem sānctam, quam domum satis clausam ac mūnītam fuisse?For what temple in those lands do you think has been held sacred by our magistrates, what city inviolable, what house sufficiently closed and protected? Man. 22.65Vrbēs iam locuplētēs et cōpiōsae requīruntur quibus causa bellī propter dīripiendī facultātem īnferātur.Rich and well-stocked cities are now sought out, so that a pretext for war may be brought against them for the chance of plundering them.
Man. 22.66Libenter haec cōram cum Catulō et Hortēnsiō, summīs et clārissimīs virīs, disputārem;I would gladly discuss these things face to face with Catulus and Hortensius, very great and very illustrious men; Man. 22.66nōrunt enim sociōrum volnera, vident eōrum calamitātēs, querimōniās audiunt.for they know the wounds of the allies, they see their disasters, they hear their complaints. Man. 22.66Prō sociīs vōs contrā hostīs exercitūs mittere putātis an hostium simulātiōne contrā sociōs atque amīcōs?Do you think you are sending armies on behalf of the allies against the enemy, or, on the pretence of an enemy, against allies and friends? Man. 22.66Quae cīvitās est in Asiā quae nōn modo imperātōris aut lēgātī sed ūnīus tribūnī mīlitum animōs ac spīritūs capere possit?What state is there in Asia that can contain the pride and arrogance not only of a commander or a legate but of a single military tribune?