The amount of the gold is known;
 the gold is in the treasury; no theft is imputed to him; but it is attempted to render him
 unpopular. The speaker turns away from the judges, and addresses himself to the surrounding
 multitude. Each city, O Laelius, has its own peculiar religion we have ours. While Jerusalem was
 flourishing, and while the Jews were in a peaceful state, still the religious ceremonies and
 observances of that people were very much at variance with the splendour of this empire and the
 dignity of our name and the institutions of our ancestors. And they are the more odious to us
 now because that nation has shown by arms what were its feelings towards our supremacy. How dear
 it was to the immortal gods is proved by its having been defeated, by its revenues having been
 farmed out to our contractors, by its being reduced to a state of subjection. Wherefore, since you see that all that which you wished to impute to him as a crime is turned
 to his credit, let us now come to the complaints of the Roman citizens. And let the first be
 that of Decianus. What injury, then, O Decianus, has been done to you? You are trading in a free
 city. First of all, allow me to be a little curious. How long shall you continue to live there
 as a trader, especially since you are born of such a rank as you are? You have now for thirty
 years been frequenting the forum,—the forum, I mean, of Pergamus. After a very long interval, if
 at any time is convenient to you to travel, you come to Rome. You bring a new face, an old name;
 Tyrian garments, in which respect I envy you, that with only one cloak you look so smart for
 such a length of time.