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Lucian, The Double Indictment, 26

nan Rhet. Before all things, men of Athens, I pray the Gods that you may listen to me throughout this trial with feelings not less warm than those that I have ever entertained towards my country and towards each one of you, my countrymen. And if, further, I pray them so to dispose your hearts that you will suffer me to conduct my case in accordance with my original intention and design, without interruption from my adversary, I shall be asking no more than justice. When I listen to the defendant’s words, and then reflect upon the treatment I have received from him, I know not how I am to reconcile the two. You will presently find him holding a language scarcely distinguishable from my own: yet examine into his conduct, and you will see, from the lengths to which he has already gone, that I am justified in taking steps to prevent his going yet further. But enough of preamble: I am wasting time that might be better employed in accusing my adversary.

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antiochos iv of commagene	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
commagene,culture,history	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
elite,commagenian	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
identity,ethnic	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
lucian of samosata	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
provincialisation	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
rome (city)	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28
soldiers'	Merz and Tieleman (2012) 28