Pro S. Roscio Amerino

76 CICERO : PKO ROSCIO. [CH. V.
21. quibus occidi patrem Sex. Roscii bono fuit: "to whom the
murder of Sextus Roscius' father was an advantage." qtdbus is
dative of indirect object accompanying the predicative dative bono,
the two forming a " double dative," lit. " to whom it was for an
advantage : " occidi patrem Sex. Boscii is subject olfuit, and patrem
Sex. Roscii is subject of occidi.
23. hunc ipsum : i.e. the son as well as the father.
25. cum praesidio : i.e. his relatives and advocati. See note
on 1, 4.
27. poscit : sc. iii iudicijim ; i. e. the people are eager to see them
stand their trial and suffer condign punishment for their crimes.
relictus : "^ superfluaus," as restat = " is left."
29. quae facta sunt : the short relative clause expresses a simple
definition ; hence the verb is in the indicative instead of the subjunctive,
although the olause is dependent on an accusative and
infinitive phrase.
31. quo facilius : quo (not ut) is the regular final conjuuction
when the clause introduced by it eontains a comparative adverb ;
it is really a (neuter) ablative of the measure of difference.
VI., §§ 15-17. Argument.—Sextus Roscius, the defendanfsfatlier,
was a noble and wealthy citizen of Ameria, and a staunch adherent
of the aristocratic party, wilh some of the most distinguished families
of which he had formed the closest iies. He had a long-standing
feud with his two lcinsmen, the Titi Roscii of Ameria, men of bad
character.
[Consult the Index for Ameria.]
Ch. VI.— 1. municeps : a hurgesa of a, rnuiiicipium or praefectura,
possessing originally the civitas sine sujfragio, i.e. the private but
not the public rights of Roman citizenship. After the Social War
(91-88 B.c. ) all vmnicipia obtained fuU citizen rights and became
country towns of Roman citizens. Each rnunicipium had local
independence, with magistrates and a Senate of its own. The
Senate of Ameria consisted of one hundred members, divided into
ten decuriae ; hence the Senators were called decurioiies. At their
head were the decem primi mentioned below (9, 11).
2. cum : not a preposition governing genere, but an adverb,
corresponding to tum in line 3 ; cum . . . tum = "both . . . and."
genere : ablative of respect. municipii : partitive genitive with
primus.
3. gratia . . . hospitiis : ablatives of respect with florens, a
word expressing plenty. The tie of hospitium (guest-friendship)
was a very important feature of Roman life. Those connected by
this tie ( which was hereditarv ) were received into one another's
households and enjoyed ali tliel privileges possessed by members of
such households ; in fact the hospitium supplied the want of inns.
Cicero implies that a man who was a friend and associate of families