M. Tullius Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino, 17

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[17] He had an ancient quarrel with two Roscii of Ameria , one of whom I see sitting in the seats of the accusers, the other I hear is in possession of three of this man's farms; and if he had been as well able to guard against their enmity as he was in the habit of fearing it, he would be alive now. And, O judges, he was not afraid without reason. In these two Roscii, (one of whom is surnamed Capito; the one who is present here is called Magnus,) are men of this sort. One of them is an old and experienced gladiator, who has gained many victories, but this one here has lately betaken himself to him as his tutor: and though, before this contest, he was a mere tyro in knowledge, he easily surpassed his tutor himself in wickedness and audacity.

Pro S. Roscio Amerino. M. Tullius Cicero. London. 1903.

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For Sextus Roscius of Ameria (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.)

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Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.) — 17 focus

[17] erant ei veteres inimicitiae cum duobus Rosciis Amerinis, quorum alterum sedere in accusatorum subselliis video, alterum tria huiusce praedia possidere audio; quas inimicitias si tam cavere potuisset quam metuere solebat viveret. neque enim, iudices, iniuria metuebat. nam duo isti sunt T. T iti Roscii, quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, iste qui adest Magnus vocatur, homines eius modi:¹ alter plurimarum palmarum vetus ac nobilis gladiator habetur, hic autem nuper se ad eum lanistam contulit, quique² ante hanc pugnam tiro esset quod sciam³, facile ipsum magistrum scelere audaciaque superavit.

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Notes on Pro S. Roscio Amerino (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

hic , my client.

de , in accordance with .

cognatorum , blood-relations: these were accustomed to hold a consilium, or formal deliberation, on important family affairs,—like the modern 'family council' of the French.

Caeciliam : see sect. 50 .

honoris causa : cf. note on sect. 5 , p. 3, l. 28 , above.

qua . . . plurimum , whose especial friendship his father had enjoyed.

Id quod , etc., i.e. she showed on this occasion (

nunc ) the generous traits which everybody supposed she possessed

quasi causa as if to serve as a model.

antiqui offici , old-fashioned fidelity:

officium means the performance of duties as well as the duties themselves

domo , without the prep., while

bonis requires

ex § 42 ;7 I (258, a); B. 229, 2, b; G. 390, 2; H.462, 4 (412, ii i) H-B 451 a

vivus . . . referretur , brought alive to trial, rather than murdered and put on the proscription list § 5

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