Pro Caecina

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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]

External links

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)