Quo tamen victo ad Masinissam regem munere populi Romani concessimus ac deinceps veteranorum militum novo conditu splendidissima colonia sumus, in qua colonia patrem habui loco principis duoviralem cunctis honoribus perfunctum, cuius ego locum in illa re publica, exinde ut participare curiam coepi, nequaquam degener pari, spero, honore et existimatione tueor.
Still, after his defeat we passed by gift of the Roman people to king Massinissa, and thereafter, newly refounded with veteran soldiers, we became a most distinguished colony, in which colony my father had the position of mayor in the emperors place, when he had held every office. I have maintained his position in that city from when I first began to be a member of the city council, not at all unworthily of him and, I hope, with equal honor and repute.
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