spurious Cicero quote

[Jonathan Lighter]

You mean civilizing 'em with a gladius doesn't count?

JL

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
>> assistance to foreign lands
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> That phrase all by itself certifies that this "quote" is utterly
> spurious. The Romans did not supply any form of "assistance" to
> "foreign lands."
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