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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]] in a lawsuit. The speech is dated 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|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/284012|journal=Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-)|volume=113|pages=221|doi=10.2307/284012|issn=0360-5949}}</ref> Known for its scathing characterisations of the opposing |
The '''''Pro Caecina''''' is a public speech made by [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]] on behalf of his friend [[Aulus Caecina Severus (writer)|Aulus Caecina]] in the third hearing of a lawsuit. The speech is dated 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|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/284012|journal=Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-)|volume=113|pages=221|doi=10.2307/284012|issn=0360-5949}}</ref> Known for its refinement and scathing characterisations of the opposing parties, the speech is a good study in how [[Rhetoric|rhetorical]] advocacy can occlude legal argument.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11399889|title=The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina|last=Frier, Bruce W., 1943-|first=|date=1985|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=|isbn=0-691-03578-4|location=Princeton, N.J.|pages=133-5|oclc=11399889}}</ref> |
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The Pro Caecina is a public speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of his friend Aulus Caecina in the third hearing of a lawsuit. The speech is dated sometime between 71 BC and 69 BC.[1] 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.[2]
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Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article: Pro Aulo Caecina
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- ^ Frier, Bruce W. (1983). "Urban Praetors and Rural Violence: The Legal Background of Cicero's Pro Caecina". Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-). 113: 221. doi:10.2307/284012. ISSN 0360-5949.
- ^ Frier, Bruce W., 1943- (1985). The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. pp. 133–5. ISBN 0-691-03578-4. OCLC 11399889.
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