Pro S. Roscio Amerino

INDEX
OF PEOPEE NAMES.
A.
Africanus, -i, m. : see Scipio.
Ameria, -ae, f. : now Amclia ; a municipinm, or country town of
Ri)iiian citizens, in Unibria, near the junction of the Tiber and the
Nar, and about fifty miles due north of Rome.
Caecilius, -i, ra. : Statius Caecilius, an Insuhrian Gaul, brouglit
as a priaoner to Iloiiie, became one of the niost sueeessful of the old
Latin comie poets. His plays were adaptations from Menander and
other Athenian dramatists of the New Comedy. He died about
160 B.c.
Cannae, -arum, f. : a village in Apulia, on the E. side of the
Autidus ; here Hannibal won a great victory over the Romans
•21(i B.C).
Capitolium, -i, n. : the Capitoline hill, the most westerly of the
seven hills of Rome, consisted of two lieights ; the northern height
was occupied V)y a fortress called the Arx (Citadel), the south-west
height was the Capifoliicm proper ; on it was built the grcat temple
of Jupiter Capitolinus.
Cassius, -i, m. : Lucius Cassius Longinus, tribune in 137 B.C.,
eonsul in 127 and censor in l'2o. As tribunc he promulgated
the Lex Cassia tahellaria, whieh introduced the use of the ballot
for verdicts in the criminal courts. As a judge Cassius was noted
for his severity. He was the author of the expression cui hono?
which became proverbial.
Chrysogonus, -i, m. : Lucius Cornelius Chrysogonus, a favourite
freedman of 8ulla, who had grown enormously rich at the expense of
the victims of the proscri ptions. He was the hidden mover of the
accusation against Sex. Roscius.
Corinthus, -i, f. : a commercial city, on the isthmus of the same
name, destroyed by Mummius in 146 B.C. It was famous for its
works of art made of Corinthian bronze, an alloy of gold, silver,
and copper.
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