Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
Between Heathenism and Christianity - College of Stoic Philosophers
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"<br />
De Providentia<br />
with oysters from the Upper <strong>and</strong> the Lower sea? or if<br />
he had encircled with a huge pile <strong>of</strong><br />
different fruits,<br />
the finest game captured at the cost <strong>of</strong> many a hunts<br />
man s life?<br />
7. Is Rutilius unfortunate because those who con<br />
demned him decided a case against themselves for all<br />
time to come? because he was more willing to be de<br />
prived <strong>of</strong> his country than to be recalled from exile?<br />
because he alone dared to deny anything to the<br />
dictator Sulla, <strong>and</strong> when invited to return, not only<br />
refused, but fled farther? Let those manage affairs,"<br />
said he, "whom thy good fortune keeps<br />
them look upon the pool<br />
in Rome! Let<br />
<strong>of</strong> blood in the Forum <strong>and</strong><br />
the heads <strong>of</strong> senators floating on the Servilian lake,-<br />
for that was the field <strong>of</strong> carnage <strong>of</strong> those proscribed<br />
by Sulla <strong>and</strong> the b<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> assassins roaming through<br />
the city, <strong>and</strong> the many thous<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Roman citizens<br />
slain in one place after pledges <strong>of</strong> immunity had<br />
been given, yes, because <strong>of</strong> those very pledges!<br />
those look upon these things who are not able to<br />
Let<br />
en<br />
dure exile."<br />
8. Shall we say that Sulla is to be congratulated<br />
because, when he descends to the Forum, a way is<br />
opened for him with the sword? because he allows<br />
the heads <strong>of</strong> men <strong>of</strong> consular rank to be shown him<br />
in public, <strong>and</strong> paid the price <strong>of</strong> their slaughter by the<br />
h<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> the quaestor <strong>and</strong> from the fisc? And Inwho<br />
did these things is the same man that enacted<br />
the Cornelian law! Let us return to Regulus. What<br />
injury did his destiny do him by making him, the