In the next place, that which the same Asia , and that same Mithridates taught us, at the beginning of
 the Asiatic war that, at all events, we, having learnt by disaster, ought to keep in our
 recollection. For we know that then, when many had lost large fortunes in Asia , all credit failed at Rome , from payments being hindered. For it is not possible for many men to lose
 their property and fortunes in one city, without drawing many along with them into the same
 vortex of disaster. But do you now preserve the republic from this misfortune; and believe me,
 (you yourselves see that it is the case,) this credit, and this state of the money-market which
 exists at Rome and in the forum, is bound up with, and
 is inseparable from, those fortunes which are invested in Asia . Those fortunes cannot fall without credit here being undermined by the came
 blow, and perishing along with them. Consider, then, whether you ought to hesitate to apply
 yourselves with all zeal to that war, in which the glory of your name, the safety of your
 allies, your greatest revenues, and the fortunes of numbers of your citizens, will be protected
 at the same time as the republic.