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            "text": "hoc autem tempore ita censeo decernendum: quod C. Caesar, Gai filius, pontifex, pro praetore, summo rei publicae tempore milites veteranos ad libertatem populi Romani cohortatus sit eosque conscripserit, quodque legio Martia quartaque summo studio optimoque in rem publicam consensu C. Caesare duce et auctore rem publicam, libertatem populi Romani defendant, defenderint, et quod C. Caesar pro praetore Galliae provinciae cum exercitu subsidio profectus sit, equites, sagittarios, elephantos in suam populique Romani potestatem redegerit, difficillimoque rei publicae tempore saluti dignitatique populi Romani subvenerit, ob eas causas senatui placere, C. Caesarem, Gai filium, pontificem, pro praetore, senatorem esse sententiamque loco praetorio dicere, eiusque rationem, quemcumque magistratum petet , ita haberi ut haberi per leges liceret, si anno superiore quaestor fuisset. quid est enim,",
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            "text": "At the present time, however, I propose the following decree: Whereas Gaius Caesar, son of Gaius, pontiff and propraetor, at a moment of supreme danger to the republic exhorted veteran soldiers to defend the liberty of the Roman people and enrolled them; and whereas the Martian and Fourth Legions, with the greatest zeal and the finest agreement in the republic's cause, under Gaius Caesar's leadership and authority defend and have defended the republic and the liberty of the Roman people; and whereas Gaius Caesar, propraetor, has set out with an army to reinforce the province of Gaul, has brought cavalry, archers, and elephants under his own and the Roman people's authority, and at the republic's most difficult moment has aided the safety and dignity of the Roman people: for these reasons the Senate resolves that Gaius Caesar, son of Gaius, pontiff and propraetor, shall be a senator and deliver his opinion with praetorian rank, and that his candidacy for whatever magistracy he seeks shall be considered as the laws would permit if he had been quaestor in the preceding year. For what reason,",
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            "text": "pour le moment, je propose le décret suivant: puisque C. César, fils de Gaius, pontife et propréteur, dans une conjoncture suprêmement critique pour la république, a exhorté les soldats vétérans à défendre la liberté du peuple romain et les a enrôlés; puisque la légion de Mars et la quatrième légion, avec un zèle extrême et un parfait accord au service de la république, sous la conduite et l’autorité de C. César, défendent et ont défendu la république et la liberté du peuple romain; puisque C. César, propréteur, est parti avec une armée au secours de la province de Gaule, a réduit cavaliers, archers et éléphants sous son autorité et celle du peuple romain, et a secouru le salut et la dignité du peuple romain dans une conjoncture très difficile pour la république; pour ces motifs, que le Sénat décide que C. César, fils de Gaius, pontife et propréteur, soit sénateur et exprime son avis au rang prétorien; et que, quelle que soit la magistrature qu’il briguera, sa candidature puisse être reçue comme les lois le permettraient s’il avait été questeur l’année précédente. Car pourquoi,",
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