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Cicero against Verres. Extracts shewing the loose morality of those times.
Venus Erycina
Trebonius left
his proscribed
Brother half his
property, and
upon
& upon the
V. of this
he made
it a ground for
.
Varta tula
can if
Heraclius
wanted to and
his father's will
because the son
had neglected to
erect certain
statues — the
over the
its cause came
to be true but
Ver. refused to let
the judges be chosen
by lot a privilege
that had been
secured to the
Sicilian by the law
of the
law. Ver. forcing
from what
the things wd
go within &
during his absence
the whole of his
property was
confiscated.
In the care of
for a of which he
who had been
accused & acquitted
of a crime he
was again accused
by Verres, & when
the Judges refused
to retry him
saying that it
was unlawful
to try a man
twice for the an
offence
of which he had
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once been
acquitted Verres
himself condemned
him
after having
extorted by means
of a servant of
of Sopater of
the name of
-chides, money
from him to stop
the accusation —
in the mean time
Verres had recd
money from the
prosecuted to carry
on the prosecuting
as a bribe for
persevering in
the prosecution —
Infamous is the
man who wd
receive money
from either party
still remain
infamous he who
wd receive money
from the prosecutor
& more
then all he who
receives money
from both parties
and afterwards
condemned the
accused
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Verres attempted
to discredit &
thereby to set aside
the evidence of
a numerous class
of witnesses the
farmers, from
the supposed enmity
that they
might bear
him an account
of the Tithes.
A Statue was
however erected
with an inscription
on it describing
as being a free
gift of these
same farmers to
that they must
either have been
friends to Ver. or
this Statue must
have been forced
from them
quas inviti per
verim.
All the Statues
which had
been erected to
Ver. & which he
pretended to be
alleged as
proof of the
good opinions
the Sicilians entertained
of him
even immediately
upon his leaving
the Country torn
down — not by
order of the Magistrates
but by
the joint & unanimous
counsel of & by
the people —
these Statues
were ordered to be restored
by Metellus
Ver. Successor.
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Cicero's advice
to the judges to avoid
all that it is
particularly incumbent
on them to avoid
all the
they coud in
others.
Corn oration
divided into 3 pts
1 of the
2 of buying the corn
3 of valuing it.
"Contributio" B5
He
there to all
lands must make
their value to his
for creatures,
threatening
if they refused.
Veneriis
Instead of taking
the 10th in kind as
he ought to have
done he compell'd
to give him the
value in money
& with that money
he brought corn at
a reduced price
& charged it & again
sold it to the Romans
at a higher an
unreasoned price
Ratio = evidence
Cicero defies him
to find to point out
one farmer in the
whole country that
had been pd for
his corn.
He
to his secretaries
who had plundered
other people
If they the farmers cd not sell
their corn at a
certain price they
were allowed to
for the
tribute to the
Romans in money,
& this the Verres
forced them by
compelling them to
carry it to
considerable distance
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If Ver. were
acquitted all
future proctors wd
accordg to Cic. be fools
if they did not follow
his example.
Cic's morality — law the only restraint
to plunder
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