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This work contains a series of speeches by Cicero in 70 BC during the corruption and extortion trial of Gaius Verres, the former governor of Sicily. These speec

This volume provides a portion of the original text of Ciceros speech in Latin, a detailed commentary, study aids and a translation. Ingo Gildenhards commentary

During the Civil War between Marius and Sulla (88-87 BC), Verres had been a junior officer in a Marian legion under Gaius Papirius Carbo. He saw the tides of th

'Two things alone I long for: first, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free...and second, that each person's fate may reflect the way he has behaved