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He was thus precluded from a public life, and he disdained the career of a speculator he had no desire, as he once said, to "cease to be Lucilius in order to become an Asiatic revenue-farmer."
This explains how it was that the first wife of Caesar, Cossutia, was the daughter of a knight; that is, of a financier and revenue-farmer.
This Jew was the well-known Yankel. He was there as revenue-farmer and tavern-keeper. He had gradually got nearly all the neighbouring noblemen and gentlemen into his hands, had slowly sucked away most of their money, and had strongly impressed his presence on that locality. For a distance of three miles in all directions, not a single farm remained in a proper state.
He was thus precluded from a public life, and he disdained the career of a speculator he had no desire, as he once said, to "cease to be Lucilius in order to become an Asiatic revenue-farmer."
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