For his predecessors having entered into a contract with the farmers of the revenue, who at that time were possessed of the judiciary power at Rome, had infected the province with all manner of corruption.
Izan ere, haren aurrekoek loturak sorturik zerga-biltzaileekin-ordurako Erromako epaiketen ardura zuten hauek-, era guztietako lege-haustez beteta zeukaten probintzia.