Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator), 10.1.22

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[22] Above all, it is most desirable that we should familiarise ourselves with the facts of the case with which the speech deals, and it will be well also, wherever possible, to read the speeches delivered on both sides, such as those of Aeschines and Demosthenes in the case of Ctesiphon, of Servius Sulpicius and Messala for and against Aufidia, ¹ of Pollio ² and Cassius ³ in the case of Asprenas, ⁴ and many others.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator). Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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Institutio Oratoria (English) (Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria, Volume 1-4. Butler, Harold Edgeworth, translator. Cambridge, Mass; London: Harvard University Press, William Heinemann Ltd., 1920-1922.)

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[22] illud vero utilissimum nosse eas causas, quarum orationes in manus sumpserimus et, quotiens continget, utrimque habitas legere actiones: ut Demosthenis atque Aeschinis inter se contrarias, et Servii Sulpicii atque Messalae, quorum alter pro Aufidia, contra dixit alter, et Pollionis et Cassii reo Asprenate aliasque plurimas.

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1. See iv. ii. 106 and VI i. 20.

2. See § 113.

3. See § 116.

4. C. Nonius Asprenas, a friend of Augustus, accused by Cassius and defended by Pollio on a charge of poisoning.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 10.1.22

Harold Edgeworth Butler (Translator)

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