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He says that "the same Josephus is, nevertheless, guilty of an evident mistake when he asserts that Cumanus was convicted in Rome, and that Claudius thence sent to Judaea the brother of his freedman Pallas, Felix; for Felix was sent along with Cumanus to that province, which was so divided between them, that Felix ruled Samaria, but Cumanus the remainder of the province": "Sed patentis erroris nihilominus idem Josephus arguitur, dum ait esse damnatum Romae Cumanum ac inde Claudium Felicem Pallantis liberti Claudii Augusti germanum missum esse in Judaeam.
The loss of freedom is bewailed in words, which, if declamatory, are fatally courageous, and reflect perilous honour on him that used them: "Fugiens civile nefas redituraque nunquam Libertas ultra Tigrim Rhenumque recessit, Ac toties nobis iugulo quaesita, vagatur, Germanum Scythicumque bonum, nec respicit ultra Ausoniam."
Curious subterranean influences seem to have been at work to save the Senate from the infamy of restoring Ptolemy. Perhaps Cicero was concerned in this. Ad Quintum Fratrem, ii. 3. "Tito Annio devota et constituta hostia esse videtur." De Haruspicum responsis. Ibid. "Otium cum dignitate." Abridged from the Oratio pro Sextio. "Me germanum asinum fuisse."
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