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It would have been very easy for him, by means of his riches and the connections he had formed during his travels in Asia, to hire brave troops of the savage Isaurian mountain people, who then played the part of the Swiss of the sixteenth century; but this procedure had two very straitened limits. On the one side he could not, without exhausting the means that were indispensable for other purposes, keep more than a comparatively small band, the kernel of an army, not an army itself. On the other side it was impossible to bring these mercenaries in larger numbers to Italy or Rome, without arousing suspicion. He was obliged to smuggle them over with much cunning--by pairs, singly, or in small groups, to his scattered villas and estates, as his slaves, freedmen, clients, or guests; and to employ them as sailors and ship-officials in the harbour of Ostia, or as workmen in Rome. "Se on tapahtunut", kuiskasi Rusticiana hiljaa venheen liukuessa rannasta. Ensiksikin han saattoi talla tavalla, tuhlaamatta kokonaan varojaan, joita tarvittiin muihinkin tarkoituksiin, hankkia vain verraten pienen joukon, vain sotajoukon rungon, ei sotajoukkoa.
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