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{{italic title}}[[File:William Lambarde, Archeion, or, a Discourse upon the High Courts of Justice in England (1635, title page).jpg|thumb|Cover of [[William Lambarde]]'s ''Archeion'' (1635), which quotes from ''Pro Caecina'': "All judicial proceedings have been devised either for the sake of putting an end to disputes, or of punishing crimes."]]
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The '''''Pro Caecina''''' is a public speech made by [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]] on behalf of his friend [[Aulus Caecina Severus (writer)|Aulus Caecina]] sometime between 71 BC and 69 BC.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Frier|first=Bruce W.|date=1983|title=Urban Praetors and Rural Violence: The Legal Background of Cicero's Pro Caecina|journal=Transactions of the American Philological Association |volume=113|pages=221–241|doi=10.2307/284012|issn=0360-5949|jstor=284012}}</ref> The speech was delivered in the third hearing of a lawsuit where Caecina averred that he had been unlawfully [[Possession (law)|dispossessed]] of a farm by use of force.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina|last=Frier, Bruce W., 1943-|date=1985|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-03578-4|location=Princeton, N.J.|pages=3|oclc=11399889}}</ref> Known for its refinement and scathing characterisations of the opposing parties, the speech is a good study in how [[rhetoric]]al advocacy can occlude legal argument.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina|last=Frier, Bruce W., 1943-|date=1985|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=0-691-03578-4|location=Princeton, N.J.|pages=133–4|oclc=11399889}}</ref>
The '''''Pro Aulo Caecina''''' is a speech made by [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]] on behalf of his friend [[Aulus Caecina Severus (writer)|Aulus Caecina]]. The speech is dated 69 BC.

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Cover of William Lambarde's Archeion (1635), which quotes from Pro Caecina: "All judicial proceedings have been devised either for the sake of putting an end to disputes, or of punishing crimes."

The Pro Caecina is a public speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of his friend Aulus Caecina sometime between 71 BC and 69 BC.[1] The speech was delivered in the third hearing of a lawsuit where Caecina averred that he had been unlawfully dispossessed of a farm by use of force.[2] Known for its refinement and scathing characterisations of the opposing parties, the speech is a good study in how rhetorical advocacy can occlude legal argument.[3]

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  1. ^ Frier, Bruce W. (1983). "Urban Praetors and Rural Violence: The Legal Background of Cicero's Pro Caecina". Transactions of the American Philological Association. 113: 221–241. doi:10.2307/284012. ISSN 0360-5949. JSTOR 284012.
  2. ^ Frier, Bruce W., 1943- (1985). The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-691-03578-4. OCLC 11399889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Frier, Bruce W., 1943- (1985). The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 133–4. ISBN 0-691-03578-4. OCLC 11399889.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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