M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 39

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[39] index Avillius ex altera parte coram tenetur. hic quid iam¹ reliqua quaeritis? Manlium plerique noratis; non ille honorem a pueritia, non studia virtutis, non ullum existimationis bonae fructum umquam cogitarat, sed ex² petulanti atque improbo scurra in discordiis civitatis ad eam columnam ad quam multorum saepe conviciis perductus erat tum³ suffragiis populi pervenerat. itaque tum cum⁴ Oppianico transigit, pecuniam ab eo accipit, causam et susceptam et tam⁵ manifestam relinquit⁶. ac tum in Oppianici causa crimen hoc Asuvianum⁷ cum testibus multis tum vero illius testamento⁸ comprobabatur; in quo⁹ Oppianici nomen primum esse constabat, eius quem vos miserum atque innocentem falso iudicio circumventum esse dicitis.

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.) — 39 focus

[39] Oppianicus, while lying concealed in his own house, is dragged out by Manilius; Avilius the informer is produced on the other side to face him. Why need you inquire what followed? Most of you are acquainted with Manilius; he had never from the time he was a child, had any thoughts of honour, or of the pursuit of virtue, or even of the advantage of a good character; but from having been a wanton and profligate buffoon, he had, in the dissensions of the state, arrived through the suffrages of the people at that office, to the seat of which he had often been conducted by the reproaches of the bystanders. Accordingly he arranges the business with Oppianicus; he receives a bribe from him; he abandons the cause after it was commended, and when it was fully proved. And in this trial of Oppianicus the crime committed on Asinius was proved by many witnesses, and also by the information of Avilius; in which, it was notorious that Oppianicus's name was mentioned first among the agents; and yet you say that he was an unfortunate and an innocent man, convicted by a corrupt tribunal.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. quid iam Σa: iam quid M μ

2. sed ex ex a

3. tum triumvir Reid

4. tum cum αa: rem cum M μ: cum B, Baiter

5. et tam αa: et M μ

6. reliquit Σa

7. Asuvianum M μ: Avillianum αa

8. illius testamento scripsi: illius Avillii Σ t: indicio (indiciis s2 in ras.) Avillii cett. comprobatur αa

9. in quo adlegatos add. Σ ( e nota marginali a legato, i. e. a testamento, credo, ortum): inter (ad inter b1) adlegatos add. M μ: ad ( om. ad ψ2) inter allegatum add. b2 ψ2: alligatum add. a

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