Man. 23.1Quā rē, etiam sī quem habētis quī conlātīs signīs exercitūs rēgiōs superāre posse videātur, tamen, nisi erit īdem quī ā pecūniīs sociōrum, quī ab eōrum coniugibus ac līberīs, quī ab ōrnāmentīs fānōrum atque oppidōrum, quī ab aurō gazāque rēgiā manūs, oculōs, animum cohibēre possit, nōn erit idōneus quī ad bellum Asiāticum rēgiumque mittātur.Therefore, even if you have someone who seems able to overcome royal armies in pitched battle, still, unless he is also a man who can keep his hands, his eyes and his mind from the money of the allies, from their wives and children, from the adornments of temples and towns, and from the gold and treasure of kings, he will not be fit to be sent to an Asian war against the kings. Man. 23.67Ecquam putātis cīvitātem pācātam fuisse quae locuplēs sit, ecquam esse locuplētem quae istīs pācāta esse videātur?Do you think there is any state that is rich has been left at peace, any state rich that seems to these men to be at peace? Man. 23.67Ōra maritima, Quirītēs, Pompeium nōn sōlum propter reī mīlitāris glōriam sed etiam propter animī continentiam requīsīvit.The sea coast, citizens, asked for Pompey not only because of his military glory but also because of his self-restraint.
Man. 23.67Vidēbat enim praetōrēs locuplētārī quotannīs pecūniā pūblicā praeter paucōs, neque nōs quicquam aliud adsequī classium nōmine nisi ut dētrīmentīs accipiendīs maiōre adficī turpitūdine vidērēmur.For it saw that praetors, with a few exceptions, were enriched every year with public money, and that we achieved nothing else in the name of fleets except that by suffering losses we seemed to incur greater disgrace. Man. 23.67Nunc quā cupiditāte hominēs in prōvinciās, quibus iactūrīs quibusque condiciōnibus proficīscantur ignōrant vidēlicet istī quī ad ūnum dēferenda omnia esse nōn arbitrantur.Now, with what greed men set out for the provinces, at what outlay and on what terms, those men are, of course, unaware who do not think everything should be entrusted to one man. Man. 23.67Quasi vērō Pompeium nōn cum suīs virtūtibus tum etiam aliēnīs vitiīs magnum esse videāmus.As if we did not see that Pompey is great not only through his own virtues but also through the vices of others. Man. 23.68Quā rē nōlīte dubitāre quīn huic ūnī crēdātis omnia quī inter tot annōs ūnus inventus est quem sociī in urbīs suās cum exercitū vēnisse gaudērent.Therefore do not hesitate to entrust everything to this one man, who in so many years is the only one found whose arrival with an army in their cities the allies were glad of.
Man. 23.68Quod sī auctōritātibus hanc causam, Quirītēs, cōnfirmandam putātis, est vōbīs auctor vir bellōrum omnium maximārumque rērum perītissimus, Servīlius, cuius tantae rēs gestae terrā marīque exstitērunt ut, cum dē bellō dēlīberētis, auctor vōbīs gravior esse nēmō dēbeat;But if you think this cause should be supported by authorities, citizens, you have as your authority a man most experienced in all wars and the greatest affairs, Servilius, whose achievements on land and sea have been so great that, when you deliberate about war, no one ought to carry weightier authority with you; Man. 23.68est C. Cūriō, summīs vestrīs beneficiīs maximīsque rēbus gestīs, summō ingeniō et prūdentiā praeditus, est Lentulus in quō omnēs prō amplissimīs vestrīs honōribus summum cōnsilium, summam gravitātem esse cognōstis, est Cassius, integritāte, vēritāte, cōnstantiā singulārī.there is Gaius Curio, endowed with your highest favours and very great achievements, and with the highest talent and wisdom; there is Lentulus, in whom you have all recognised, in keeping with the very high honours you gave him, the highest judgement and the greatest dignity; there is Cassius, of singular integrity, truthfulness and steadfastness. Man. 23.68Quā rē vidēte ut hōrum auctōritātibus illōrum ōrātiōnī quī dissentiunt respondēre posse videāmur.See, then, how with the authority of these men we seem able to answer the arguments of those who disagree.