Sallust Chapter 19
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posteā Pīsō in citeriōrem Hispāniam quaestor prō praetōre missus est , annītente Crassō , quod eum īnfestum inimīcum Cn . Pompeiō cognōverat . 2 neque tamen senātus prōvinciam invītus dederat , quippe foedum hominem ā rē pūblicā procul esse volēbat ; simul , quia bonī complūrēs praesidium in eō putābant , et iam tum potentia Pompeī formīdulōsa erat . 3 sed is Pīsō in prōvinciā ab equitibus Hispānīs quōs in exercitū ductābat , iter faciēns occīsus est . 4 sunt quī ita dīcant , imperia eius iniūsta , superba , crūdēlia barbarōs nequīvisse patī ; 5 aliī autem equitēs illōs , Cn . Pompeī veterēs fīdōsque clientīs , voluntāte eius Pīsōnem aggressōs ; numquam Hispānōs praetereā tāle facinus fēcisse , sed imperia saeva multa anteā perpessōs . nōs eam rem in mediō relinquēmus . 6 dē superiōre coniūrātiōne satis dictum .
Some
time
afterward
,
Piso
was
sent
as
quæstor
,
with
Prætorian
authority
,
into
Hither
Spain
;
Crassus
promoting
the
appointment
,
because
he
knew
him
to
be
a
bitter
enemy
to
Cneius
Pompey
.
Nor
were
the
senate
,
indeed
,
unwilling
to
grant
him
the
province
;
for
they
wished
so
infamous
a
character
to
be
removed
from
the
seat
of
government
;
and
many
worthy
men
,
at
the
same
time
,
thought
that
there
was
some
security
in
him
against
the
power
of
Pompey
,
which
was
then
becoming
formidable
.
But
this
Piso
,
on
his
march
toward
his
province
,
was
murdered
by
some
Spanish
cavalry
whom
he
had
in
his
army
.
These
barbarians
,
as
some
say
,
had
been
unable
to
endure
his
unjust
,
haughty
,
and
cruel
orders
;
but
others
assert
that
this
body
of
cavalry
,
being
old
and
trusty
adherents
of
Pompey
,
attacked
Piso
at
his
instigation
;
since
the
Spaniards
,
they
observed
,
had
never
before
committed
such
an
outrage
,
but
had
patiently
submitted
to
many
severe
commands
.
This
question
we
shall
leave
undecided
.
Of
the
first
conspiracy
enough
has
been
said
.