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109 BC (search for this): chapter 7
e aristocratic party, was always a good friend of Cicero's. Curio, like Horten sius and Metellus, was a man of excellent reputation. His support of Verres was due to political and social ties. honoris causa: see note on Rosc. Am., p. 3, l. 28. The words in brackets are probably not genuine. tamen,i.e. in spite of Curio's open way of speaking. ratio, consideration. videt, etc.: observe the hist. pres., marking a change to lively narrative. fornicem Fabianum,the Fabian Arch, erected B.C. 109 by Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus,—one of the earliest triumphal arches in Rome. It stood at the southern end of the Forum, and served as an entrance to it. Fig. 3 (Arch of Gallienus) shows the situation of such structures with respect to streets. defertursignifies a formal announcement by some one person; narrabatmeans told, casually, as a piece of news. The use of tenses in viderat . . . narrabatis like that in the general condition in past time: § 518, b (309, c); cf. B. 302, 3; G. 594
72 BC (search for this): chapter 10
judices） tribuni militares:at this time legion-commanders. non judicabunt, will not serve as jurors. subsortiemur,i.e. we shall draw another to fill his place. This is the regular use of sub in similar compounds: as suffectus, subrogatus etc. prope toto: the jury, therefore, apparently consisted of about twelve or fifteen. Nonae, etc.: it was, therefore, about 3 P.M. of the 5th of August. votivos: these games were in celebration of Pompey's victory over the Marian party in Spain (B.C. 72). The votive games would occupy from Aug. 16 to Sept. I (August had at this time only 29 days); On Sept. 4 began the Ludi Romani, continuing till the 19th. The intervening days (Sept. 2, 3) were of no account for the trial, so that it could not be resumed before Sept. 20, a suspension of 34 days (prope quadraginta). The Ludi Victoriae (established by Sulla in honor of his victory) would continue from Oct. 27 to Nov. I, and the Ludi Plebeii, from Nov. 4 to Nov. 17. All these games were sacre
123 BC (search for this): chapter 13
); but only consuls and praetors possessed the imperium,—i.e. sovereign power, as of a general in the field, somewhat limited, however, in the city by special privileges of Roman citizens. commemorabuntur,shall be mentioned (by me). certis rebus,well-ascertained facts. agentur,made ground of action. inter decem annos,i.e since Sulla's lex judiciaria, transferring the courts to the senatorial order (see note on Rosc. Am., p. 2, l. 1). quinquaginta,i.e. from the law of Caius Gracchus, B.C. 123, to that of Sulla, B.C. 80. ne tenuissima quidem suspicio:one of the exaggerations of the advocate. If the courts were really worse in B.C. 70 than they had been in 90, it was simply because the times were worse. sublata,taken away. populi Romani,etc., i.e. the ability of the people to hold in check the senatorial order by means of the tribunician power suspended by Sulla (see note on p. 43, l. 32). Q. Calidius:praetor B.C. 79; condemned for extortion in Spain. It seems that Calidius,
72 BC (search for this): chapter 13
on account of the smallness of the bribe for which he was condemned, saying that it was not respectable (honestum) to condemn an ex-praetor for so small a sum. The allusion shows that the corruption was notorious and universal. HS triciens:3,000,000 sestertii = $150,000 (nearly); § 634 (379); G. p. 493; H. 757 (647, iv, I); H.-B. 675, 2. praetorium:an ex-magistrate kept the rank of the highest office he had held,—as consularis, praetorius, aedilicius. P. Septimio (Scaevola), condemned B.C. 72; the damages were increased because of his connection with the odious consilium Junianum (sect. 29). The amount extorted was estimated in a separate process (litis aestimatio), and in this case the money taken in bribery was included in the reckoning. inventi sintrepresents an hist. perf., and hence takes the secondary sequence (exirent): see § 485, j (287, i); cf. B. 268, 7, b; G. 517, R.l; H.-B. 479, a. sortiente:the jurymen were drawn by lot by the presiding officer; in the case men
80 BC (search for this): chapter 13
tors possessed the imperium,—i.e. sovereign power, as of a general in the field, somewhat limited, however, in the city by special privileges of Roman citizens. commemorabuntur,shall be mentioned (by me). certis rebus,well-ascertained facts. agentur,made ground of action. inter decem annos,i.e since Sulla's lex judiciaria, transferring the courts to the senatorial order (see note on Rosc. Am., p. 2, l. 1). quinquaginta,i.e. from the law of Caius Gracchus, B.C. 123, to that of Sulla, B.C. 80. ne tenuissima quidem suspicio:one of the exaggerations of the advocate. If the courts were really worse in B.C. 70 than they had been in 90, it was simply because the times were worse. sublata,taken away. populi Romani,etc., i.e. the ability of the people to hold in check the senatorial order by means of the tribunician power suspended by Sulla (see note on p. 43, l. 32). Q. Calidius:praetor B.C. 79; condemned for extortion in Spain. It seems that Calidius, being condemned de repetun
70 BC (search for this): chapter 13
ty by special privileges of Roman citizens. commemorabuntur,shall be mentioned (by me). certis rebus,well-ascertained facts. agentur,made ground of action. inter decem annos,i.e since Sulla's lex judiciaria, transferring the courts to the senatorial order (see note on Rosc. Am., p. 2, l. 1). quinquaginta,i.e. from the law of Caius Gracchus, B.C. 123, to that of Sulla, B.C. 80. ne tenuissima quidem suspicio:one of the exaggerations of the advocate. If the courts were really worse in B.C. 70 than they had been in 90, it was simply because the times were worse. sublata,taken away. populi Romani,etc., i.e. the ability of the people to hold in check the senatorial order by means of the tribunician power suspended by Sulla (see note on p. 43, l. 32). Q. Calidius:praetor B.C. 79; condemned for extortion in Spain. It seems that Calidius, being condemned de repetundis, with bitter irony assailed the bribed jurors on account of the smallness of the bribe for which he was condemned,
79 BC (search for this): chapter 13
1). quinquaginta,i.e. from the law of Caius Gracchus, B.C. 123, to that of Sulla, B.C. 80. ne tenuissima quidem suspicio:one of the exaggerations of the advocate. If the courts were really worse in B.C. 70 than they had been in 90, it was simply because the times were worse. sublata,taken away. populi Romani,etc., i.e. the ability of the people to hold in check the senatorial order by means of the tribunician power suspended by Sulla (see note on p. 43, l. 32). Q. Calidius:praetor B.C. 79; condemned for extortion in Spain. It seems that Calidius, being condemned de repetundis, with bitter irony assailed the bribed jurors on account of the smallness of the bribe for which he was condemned, saying that it was not respectable (honestum) to condemn an ex-praetor for so small a sum. The allusion shows that the corruption was notorious and universal. HS triciens:3,000,000 sestertii = $150,000 (nearly); § 634 (379); G. p. 493; H. 757 (647, iv, I); H.-B. 675, 2. praetorium:an ex
70 BC (search for this): chapter 15
loco, point (raised in his argument). contemnimur: Cicero uses the first person to include himself as a member of the Senate. tribuniciam potestatem: referring chiefly to the power of the tribunes to try criminal cases before the comitia tributa; this power, greatly abridged by Sulla, had been restored by a law of Pompey early in this year, B.C. 70. verbo, in name. re vera, in fact. illam,the tribunician power (because this was a check on the power of the Senators). Catulum: Q. Lutatius Catulus was the best and most eminent man of the aristocracy. fugit, has escaped. referente,consulting [the Senate]: the technical expression for bringing a matter before the Senate for action. rogatus: each Senator in turn was asked his opinion (sententiam)by the consul or other presiding officer; cf. hos sententiam rogo,Cat. 1, sect. 9. patres conscriptos: see note on Cat. 1, sect. 9, p. 103, l. 6. fuisse desideraturos (the regular way of expressing the contrary to fact apodosis
101 BC (search for this): chapter 2
Appeal to Glabrio, the presiding praetor, to prevent bribery. is: referring to the Senate. judicio: abl. of means. qui sis, what sort of man you are. reddere,pay back. fac . . . veniat: § 565 (33I, f, R.); cf. B. 295, 8; G. 553, I (end); H. 565, 4 (499, 2); H.-B. 502, 3, footnote 2 legis Aciliae:this (probably B.C. 101) provided that there should be neither ampliatio (further hearing) nor comperendinatio (see note on sect. 34, p. 40, l. 18) in cases of repetundae. All earlier laws were superseded by the Cornelian law of Sulla. Summae auctoritates, strongest influences, especially family traditions, etc. To the Roman mind an auctor, in this sense, was a pattern for imitation. quae . . . non sinant: best regarded as a purpose clause; cf. § 531. 2, N. (317, N.). ut ne quis, etc.: § 537,a, N. (319, a, N.); G. 545,R.1; H.(499,1); cf. H.-B. 502, 3, a, footnote 2. nocenti reo,etc., for the accused, if guilty, his great wealth has had more weight to increase (lit. towards）
101 BC (search for this): chapter 17
opto, pray. Observe the adroit union of compliment and threat in this passage, which at the same time forms the transition to the appeal to the praetor presiding. Appeal to Glabrio, the presiding praetor, to prevent bribery. is: referring to the Senate. judicio: abl. of means. qui sis, what sort of man you are. reddere,pay back. fac . . . veniat: § 565 (33I, f, R.); cf. B. 295, 8; G. 553, I (end); H. 565, 4 (499, 2); H.-B. 502, 3, footnote 2 legis Aciliae:this (probably B.C. 101) provided that there should be neither ampliatio (further hearing) nor comperendinatio (see note on sect. 34, p. 40, l. 18) in cases of repetundae. All earlier laws were superseded by the Cornelian law of Sulla. Summae auctoritates, strongest influences, especially family traditions, etc. To the Roman mind an auctor, in this sense, was a pattern for imitation. quae . . . non sinant: best regarded as a purpose clause; cf. § 531. 2, N. (317, N.). ut ne quis, etc.: § 537,a, N. (319, a, N.);
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