Pro S. Roscio Amerino

CICERO : PEO BOSCIO.
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TEST PAPER 14. (Ch. 18 31.)
1. Translate :— (a) Ch. 20, lines 1-8, Aecusatorcs . . . videatur.
(/)) Ch. 29, lines 24-.32, li denique . . . fuit?
Translate, witli commcnts on the expressions printed in
italics, either (a) or (&) :
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(a) Quodsi luce quoque canes latrent, cum deos salutatum
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i aliqiii venerint, opinor, iis crura miffringantur, quod
r acres etiam tum sint, cum suspicio nuUa sit. Simil-
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lima est accumtorum ratio.
(b) L. Cassius ille, quem populus Romanus verissimum et
sapientissimum iudicem putabat, identidem in causis
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quaerere solebat, cni bono fuisset.
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3. What were the rules relating to the evidence of (a) freemen,
(6) slaves, before a qnaeitio perpetua'!
4. (a) What Avere the different meanings of the word parricidium
at difierent times? Discuss tlie penalty for the crime in 80 B.c.
Or,
(h) " The trial of Roscius is a proof of the corrupt state of socicty
at Rome." Discuss and justify this statement.
1. Translate :
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TEST PAPER 15. (Ch. 35-5.3.)
(a) Ch. 36, lines 10-19, Africanus . . . quacritur.
(h) Ch. 46, lines 16-24, Mitto . . . omniuni.
2. What do you know about the presidents of the quae.stioiies
pcrpetuae under the reforms of Sulla?
3. Who was Chrj-sogonus, and how did hc obtain his powcr?
Discuss Cicero's references to him in the Pro Nofcio.
4. (a) " The political importance of Cicero dates fi-om the defence
nf Koscius." Show, by discussion of Cicero's couduct of the case,
liow this result was brought about.
Or,
(b) How does Cicero himself criticise the style of the Pro Posciol
Illustrate from the speech some of the statements he makes in this
criticism.