M. Tullius Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 29

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[29] hoc consilio atque adeo hac amentia impulsi quem ipsi, cum cuperent, non potuerunt occidere, eum iugulandum vobis tradiderunt.

11 quid primum querar aut unde potissimum, iudices, ordiar aut quod aut a quibus auxilium petam? deorumne immortalium, populine Romani, vestramne qui summam potestatem habetis hoc tempore fidem implorem?

Pro S. Roscio Amerino. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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

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For Sextus Roscius of Ameria Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.) — 29 focus

[29] With this plan, and urged on to such a degree by this madness, they have handed the man over to you to be put to death, whom they themselves, when they wished, were unable to murder. 11 What shall I complain of first? or from what point had I best begin, O judges? or what assistance shall I seek, or from whom? Shall I implore at this time the aid of the immortal gods, or that of the Roman people, or of your integrity, you who have the supreme power?

Commentary

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

cum , etc.: the proscriptions nominally ceased June 1, B.C. 81 ; the murder was committed some months after this date (see below sect. 39 ).

jam , already (with reference to time preceding) ; nunc would refer only to the moment itself.

defunctos , rid of, sc. esse.

studiosissimi . devoted to the party of Sulla, and so not likely to be proscribed (see note to sect. 6 . p. 3, l. 32 . above).

vel (emphasizing the superlative), the very , etc.

propria , as his own .

iste , yonder, on the accusers benches.

nomine , i.e. as agent.

impetum facit , makes a raid upon, implying violence, as of a charge in battle.

duobus milibus nummum , i.e. about $100: § 633 (378) ; H.757 (647) ; H.-B. 675, I. They are estimated in ch ii to have been worth $300,000.

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