Lucius Cornelius Cinna concerning Caesar's Acta

O Conscript Fathers, I speak to you once again at this most crucial moment in the long history of Rome. Publius Cornelius Dolabella has called upon us to decide what should be done with Caesar’s Acta but I find myself insulted once again that this sacred Senate should even debate such a matter. I understand that the Acta already carried out should be left in place to retain order, but concerning those which have not been enacted, why do we even meet when some of you would rather be told what to do by the no doubt deranged writings of a dead dictator? Do you wish to abandon your office and allow the recordings of a tyrant to lead Rome? Unfortunately I fear many of you have already done just that. I maintain that it is impossible to support the Republic of Rome while still yielding to the wishes of Julius Caesar! Did we not all take a sacred oath to serve the Republic?! You claim that the liberators betrayed Julius Caesar, and in response I ask you to examine yourselves. Have you not betrayed the Roman Republic and its people’s liberty by pledging allegiance to a tyrant who neglected its noble democratic principles? Should we not consider this a much more grave crime? To support these Acta is to support the continued hindrance of Rome’s republicanism. Why should we continue to let Caesar, through these decrees, fill the senate with his corrupt peons who will mindlessly carry out his desires and continue to snatch power from the people of Rome! My fellow Romans is our duty to protect the people’s democratic powers under which Rome prospered and was transformed into the greatest power in the world! I beg you to remember you devotion to the principles, which governed this nation for over 400 years! Despite my feelings on the matter, in the name of democracy I support the reading of Caesars Acta and will, and that a fair vote be carried out afterwards.