Pro Ligario

The Pro Ligario speech is the published literary form of Cicero's defense of Quintus Ligarius before Julius Caesar , which was written in 46 BC. Took place.

In this speech, Cicero defends Ligarius, charged with crimes in the province of Africa . Ligarius was charged in this case by Quintus Aelius Tubero . Cicero tried cleverly to use Tubero's behavior to soften the allegations against Ligarius. Here Cicero uses the rhetorical technique captatio benevolentiae , which is supposed to flatter the audience (in this case Caesar).

Individual evidence

^ Wilfried Stroh: Cicero's speech per Ligario. University of Munich, December 3, 2011, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
^ Moritz Becker: Cicero Pro Ligario. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .

[1] Wilfried Stroh: Cicero's speech per Ligario. University of Munich, December 3, 2011, accessed on January 18, 2018 .

[2] Moritz Becker: Cicero Pro Ligario. Retrieved January 18, 2018 .