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When Cæsar had ended his speech, the rest briefly expressed their assent,LII. The rest briefly expressed their assent, etc.] Cæteri verbo, alius alii, variè assentiebantur. Verbo assentiebantur signifies that they expressed their assent merely by a word or two, as assentior Silano, assentior Tiberio Neroni, aut Cæsari, the three who had already spoken. Variè, "in support of their different proposals." some to one speaker, and some to another, in support of their different proposals; but Marcius Porcius Cato, being asked his opinion, made a speech to the following purport: