spurious Cicero quote

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Mon Nov 14 00:41:28 UTC 2011


On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David A. Daniel <dad at pokerwiz.com> wrote:
> assistance to foreign lands

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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