Will language fail him in which to assert such a doctrine? or, when the same person makes the
 statement and judges of the truth of it, will it be impossible to induce him to give a false
 decision? or, if he is unwilling to pass sentence on Asia , will he not estimate at his own price its release from the dread of
 condemnation? 
 What will he say—(and it is quite impossible
 for any one to argue against this, since it has been already settled and decided by you, and
 since we have already voted it to be our inheritance,)—what will he say to the kingdom of
 Bithynia ? which has undoubtedly become the public
 property of the Roman people. Is there any reason why the decemvirs should not sell all the
 lands, and cities, and military stations and harbours, and in short all Bithynia ? 
 What will they do at Mitylene ? which has undoubtedly
 become yours, O Romans, by the laws of war and by the rights of victory; a city both by nature
 and situation, and by the description of its houses, and by its general beauty, most eminently
 remarkable; and its lands are pleasant and productive. That city, forsooth, comes under the
 same head. What will become of Alexandria , and of all Egypt ? How much it is out of sight! how completely is it hidden! how stealthily
 is it abandoned entirely to the decemvirs! For who is there among you who is ignorant that that
 kingdom has become the property of the Roman people by the will of king Alexander? Here now I,
 the consul of the Roman people, not only give no decision, but I do not even express my
 opinion. For it appears to me a most important matter not merely to decide oil, but even to
 speak of. I see a man who assures me that the will was certainly made; I know that there is a
 resolution of the senate extant to the effect that it accepted the inheritance; which was
 passed when, after the death of Alexander, we sent ambassadors to Tyre , to recover for the people money which had been deposited there by him.