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tam...quam and Subjunctive

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"tam et hoc gentes humanae patiantur aequo animo quam imperium patiuntur"

Why is "pati" a Subjunctive after "tam" but Indicative after "quam"? This is from Livy's preface to his history of Rome. This is the full passage to give you some context:

"Datur haec venia antiquitati ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat; et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano ut cum suum...

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