26Lentulus and his associates were executed, and Caesar, in view of the charges and accusations made against him to the senate, took refuge with the people and was stirring up and attaching to himself the numerous diseased and corrupted elements in the commonwealth. Cato was therefore alarmed and persuaded the senate to conciliate the poor and landless multitude by including them in the distribution of grain, the annual expenditure for which was twelve hundred and fifty talents.29Cf. the Caesar, viii. 4. By this act of humanity and kindness the threatening danger was most successfully dissipated.
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[29] Cf. the Caesar, viii. 4.