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(A) Tell me, how was it that you ruined such a mighty commonwealth as yours so quickly?
(B) There came forward new-fangled orators, silly little youngsters.

— Gnaeus Naevius

Cedo qui vestram rem publicam tantam amisistis tam cito?
Proveniebant oratores novi, stulti adulescentuli.

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