ultimately went as far as slaughter because of the engagement of the slaves. gang of Milo arrived, itself demanding an electoral meeting too. without colleague. Item cum senatus in porticu Pompeii haberetur ut Pompeius posset interesse, unum eum excuti prius quam in senatum intraret iusserat. Pompeius, qui pro cos. ad urbem erat, viderent ne quid detrimenti res publica caperet, dilectus autem Pompeius tota Italia haberet. likewise he was indicted de ambitu by these same Appii, and besides by Caius Ateius
city than the slaughter of Clodius. Because of these suspicions, Pompeius. Scire tamen nemo umquam potuit utram sententiam tulisset. I cite the following commentaries by the authors' names only: M. T. Ciceronis Pro M. Caelio Oratio3, ed. pp. speech to the Town Council of Aricia. complained that assassination plots were being laid against himself, and openly at that,
Is cum faceret ludos Apollinares, ita infima coacta multitudo annonae caritate tumultuata est ut omnes qui in theatro spectandi causa consederant pellerentur. prosecutors showed that Milo had made an ambush on Clodius, Cicero proved that it
Many of
(45) AT QUO DIE? He was indicted, however, de sodaliciis and de ambitu with the confident
Is quotiens quaesitor iudicii alicuius esset in quo quaerebatur de homine occiso suadebat atque etiam praeibat iudicibus hoc quod Cicero nunc admonet, ut quaereretur cui bono fuisset perire eum de cuius morte quaeritur. . In that meeting he spoke the following, and I quote: John Paul Adams, CSUN
Senate. Pompei - te enim appello, et ea voce ut me exaudire possis - tuas, inquam, suspiciones perhorrescimus. Fuerunt qui crederent M. Catonis sententia eum esse absolutum; [54] nam et bene cum re publica actum esse morte P. Clodi non dissimulaverat et studebat in petitione consulatus Miloni et reo adfuerat. When this was found out, he was tossed into the public lockup. remaining jurors [p. 35 KS] who are to give their verdict is fifty-one [ 81 - 30 = 51 ]. Deinde omni vi ianua expugnata et imagines maiorum deiecerunt et lectulum adversum uxoris eius Corneliae, cuius castitas pro exemplo habita est, fregerunt, itemque telas quae ex vetere more in atrio texebantur diruerunt. This useful student text, first published in 1893, consists of an introduction covering the historical background to Milo's trial for the murder of Clodius in 52 BC, the political significance of the trial, and Cicero's treatment of the case. Quite openly he gave to individuals tribe by tribe
Deinde apud L. Fabium quaesitorem iterum absens damnatus est de vi: accusavit L. Cornificius et Q. Patulcius. PRO MILONE (30) Orationem hanc dixit Cn. Ultimae testimonium dixerunt Sempronia, Tuditani filia, socrus P. Clodi, et uxor Fulvia, et fletu suo magnopere eos qui assistebant commoverunt. same idea. weapons which decorated the atrium in accordance with a very old tradition. [p. 47 KS] The incident had been noted [....] in a Decree of the Senate, and it had been decreed that the
slaves of Clodius who were defending their master 11 had been killed, [p. 31 KS] of
and Milo, and many of Milo's men unexpectedly were killed. Qua re territi Clodiani silentio verba testium per biduum audiri passi sunt. Then at the next meeting Publius Cornificius announced that Milo had a weapon inside
Erant enim tunc rostra non eo loco quo nunc sunt sed ad comitium, prope iuncta curiae. Because of this rectitude, on the occasion on which Sextus Peducaeus the
Petebatque nihil deterritus consulatum; aperte quoque tributim in singulos milia assium dederat. tabellae. He means on the day on which Clodius had been killed that mercenary tribune of the people
survive, but, with him dead, he would have considerable peace of mind, even if he had
decree, ought to be followed as to the date, I think, rather than Fenestella, who gives
That
Later Pompeius and Sallustius were under suspicion of having
And when Caelius assailed
A Political Murder (Asconiusâ Account) The political struggles of 53 B.C. Council of Aricia), ran into him around 3 p.m. a little beyond Bovillae, near the place
Ver. Constantiam L. Domiti quam in quaestura praestitit significat. Itaque non ea qua solitus erat constantia dixit. Obsessus est etiam a liberto [47] Clodi Damione, ut ex Actis eius anni cognovi, in quibus XV Kal. started from. POMPEI—TE ENIM APPELLO, ET EA VOCE UT
recalled the court session and their own gloom as they were going to present their
Me videlicet latronem et sicarium abiecti homines ac perditi describebant. This Aldine edition also contains Marius Victorinusâ commentary on Ciceroâs De invention e, followed by a commentary on Ciceroâs Pro Ligari o by George of Trebizond (1395-1486). for two months in a villa belonging to Milo. And not in the least deterred, he began
Perlatum est corpus Clodi ante primam noctis horam, infimaeque plebis et servorum maxima multitudo magno luctu corpus in atrio domus positum circumstetit. Accusaverunt eum L. Cassius, L. Fulcinius C. f., C. Valerius; defenderunt M. Cicero, M. Caelius, obtinueruntque ut una sententia absolveretur. had not allowed the question to be brought before the Senate as to the summoning of
The chutzpah was equally outrageous on both sides,
The account provided below is that produced by Asconius as part of his commentary on Cicero's speech of defense: Pro Milone . Fiebant interea alii ex aliis interreges, quia comitia consularia [34] propter eosdem candidatorum tumultus et easdem manus armatas haberi non poterant. Haec agebantur mense intercalari. Decernebat enim ut veteribus legibus, tantum modo extra ordinem, quaereretur. Even before
Ii in ultimo agmine tardius euntes cum servis P. Clodi rixam commiserunt. Asconius, as he does with many other parts of the Pro Milone, disputes this fact, claiming that Pompey was in fact afraid of Milo, "or else pretended to be afraid", staying in the upper parts of his property in the suburbs and employing a constant body of troops to keep guard. Deinde cum diu tracta essent comitia consularia perficique ob eas ipsas perditas candidatorum [31] contentiones non possent, et ob id mense Ianuario nulli dum neque consules neque praetores essent trahereturque dies eodem quo antea modo - cum Milo quam primum comitia confici vellet confideretque cum bonorum studiis, quod obsistebat Clodio, tum etiam populo propter effusas largitiones impensasque ludorum scaenicorum ac gladiatorii muneris maximas, in quas tria patrimonia effudisse eum Cicero significat; competitores eius trahere vellent, ideoque Pompeius gener Scipionis et T.Munatius tribunus plebis referri ad senatum de patriciis convocandis qui interregem proderent non essent passi, cum interregem prodere stata res esset -: a. d. XIII Kal. Tum fasces ex luco Libitinae raptos attulit ad domum Scipionis et Hypsaei, deinde ad hortos Cn. a public meeting to him, and Cicero himself also supported his cause to the populus. On account of this Cicero calls
of making new laws: he promulgated two laws in accordance with senatorial decree,
that day Milo appeared before the bench of Domitius, and sent friends to Torquatus'. The Latin text of the speech isfollowed by extensive notes, a short analysis of the structure of thespeech, and indexes. perfectly as it might properly have been delivered in the first place. Cicero claims that the killing of Clodius was lawful and in self-defense. Milo misisse ad Cn. quo, ut ante dixi, fuit insanissima contio ab ipsius mercennario tribuno plebis concitata. Asconius, in his commentary on Cicero's Pro Milone, suggests that the murder was premeditated. Hypsaeus, because of the recently aroused hatred of Milo, began to demand (contrary to the law) that
totumque [46] collegium pontificum male iudicasse de incesto virginum Vestalium, quod unam modo Aemiliam damnaverat, absolverat autem duas Marciam et Liciniam, populus hunc Cassium creavit qui de eisdem virginibus quaereret. These Appii were the sons of Caius Claudius, who had been the
Deinde Milonem, cum sciret in Albano parvolum filium Clodi esse, venisse ad villam et, cum puer ante subtractus esset, ex servo Halicore quaestionem ita habuisse ut eum articulatim consecaret; vilicum et duos praeterea servos iugulasse. Interrex Marcus Lepidus had been attacked, and the other de ambitu (`On Electoral
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