Nothing could then be worse than for you to pardon those who have disgraced your country and allowed our national glory, won through many hardships, to perish by the wickedness of men. Lycurgus. Against Leocrates. Section 82.
Image: Cerealis pardons and relieves Roman soldiers who helped Julius Civilis during the Batavian Revolt. Etching published in 1612 courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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