M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 124

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[124] quia verum est, idcirco grave debet esse, hoc quaeramus verum sit an falsum; removeantur auctoritates censoriae, tollatur id ex causa quod in causa non est; doce quam pecuniam Cluentius dederit, unde dederit, quem ad modum dederit¹; unum denique aliquod a Cluentio² profectae pecuniae vestigium ostende. vince deinde bonum virum³ fuisse Oppianicum, hominem integrum, nihil de illo umquam secus esse existimatum, nihil denique praeiudicatum. tum auctoritatem censoriam⁴ amplexato⁵, tum illorum iudicium cum re coniunctum esse⁶ defendito.

Pro A. Cluentio. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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

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For A. Cluentius Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 124 focus

[124] But if the statement which has been made in their notes ought to carry weight with it because it is true, then let us inquire whether it be true or false; let the authority of the censor be put out of the question —let that consideration be taken out of the cause which has no connection with it. Tell me what money Cluentius gave, where he got it, how he gave it; show me, in short, one trace of any money having proceeded from Cluentius. After that, prove that Oppianicus was a virtuous citizen, or an honest man; that no one had ever had a bad opinion of him; that no unfavourable decision had ever been come to respecting him. Then take in the authority of the censors; then argue that their decision has any connection whatever with this case.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. quem... dederit om. a

2. aliquod a Cluentio M μ: a Cluentio aliquid ΣBs: a Cluentio t

3. bonum virum Σa: virum bonum M μ

4. censoriam Σb ψa: censorum M σ

5. amplexato b ψ, Priscian. ( K. ii. 393): amplexator M σa

6. cum re coniunctum esse M μ: coniunctum cum re esse s (? Σ): coniunctum esse cum re t

M. Tullius Cicero Pro A. Cluentio 124

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