On an old scrap of rolled-up papyrus you find one of Quintus Cicero's pieces of campaign advice for his brother Marcus.
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"For now, don't debate in the Senate or in the assemblies, so that the Senate will think you support its authority because of your past record; so that the equestrians and other wealthy interests will interpret your behavior as favoring peace; and so that the people, remembering your popular speeches in the courts and assemblies, will decide that you will not work against their interests." --Quintus suo fratri Marco |