• Sextus Roscius (often referred to as Sextus Roscius the Younger to differentiate him from his father) was a Roman citizen farmer from Ameria (modern day...
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    Amerino is a defence speech given by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of Sextus Roscius, a Roman citizen from the municipality of Amelia accused of murdering...
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  • grammarian Sextus Pomponius Sextus Propertius Sextus Cornelius Repentinus Sextus Roscius Sextus Julius Severus Sextus Tarquinius Sextus Attius Varus Sextus, 2nd...
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  • the proscribed Sextus Roscius Amerinus, worth 250 talents, for 2,000 denarii. Chrysogonus then accused Roscius's son, Sextus Roscius, of murdering his...
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  • Sextus Roscius, a wealthy farmer and resident of Ameria, was murdered at Rome by assassins hired by his cousin, Titus Roscius Magnus. Sextus Roscius Sex...
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  • as the "African Roscius" Sextus Roscius (1st century BC), Roman farmer accused of parricide and successfully defended by Cicero Roscius (bug), a genus...
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    Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, "for Quintius, Sextus Roscius, Quintus Roscius, against Quintus Caecilius, and against Verres". London. George...
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    Pro Roscio Amerino (In Defense of Sextus Roscius of Ameria) (77 BC) Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo (In Defense of Quintus Roscius Gallus the Comic actor) (70 BC)...
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    writings by others from later periods. In his defence speech of 80 BC for Sextus Roscius (accused of having murdered his own father), he expounds on the symbolic...
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    Wayback Machine. Florus, Epitome, 2.8; Cicero, Orations, "For Quintius, Sextus Roscius...", 5.2 Archived 27 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Plutarch, Crassus...
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  • Tullius Cicero was an up-and-coming political figure. After defending Sextus Roscius of Ameria in 80 BC on a highly politically charged case of parricide...
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    of the dictator Sulla, Chrysogonus, of fabricating Roscius' father's proscription to obtain Roscius' family's property. Successful in his defence, Cicero...
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    names "P. Scipio" among the young nobiles on his defence team when Sextus Roscius was prosecuted in 80 BC. He is placed in the company of Marcus Messalla...
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  • Blood as a young advocate embarking on his first case in defense of Sextus Roscius. During Catilina's Riddle, Cicero serves as consul and brings about...
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  • the praenomina Sextus or Gaius. This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation. Sextus Vistilius, praetor...
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  • the dictator Sulla rules Rome. The young lawyer Cicero is defending Sextus Roscius, a man accused of murdering his own father who now faces the gruesome...
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    one is based on a trial oration by Cicero, in this case In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Ameria (Pro Sexto Roscio Amerino). Arms of Nemesis (1992), featuring...
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  • him as Marcus Roscius Coelius, the suffect consul of the year 81. There is also the proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus, Marcus (Roscius) Murena, his son...
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  • Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo In Defense of Quintus Roscius Gallus the Comic actor Cicero's defense of Quintus Roscius Gallus, a comic actor Cicero 77 BCE Pro Quinctio...
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    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/...
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    Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero. Vol. 1: Orations for Quintius, Sextus Roscius, Quintus Roscius, Against Quintus Cæcilius, and Against Verres. Translated by...
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  • occurred at an identical time: cum occīditur Sex. Rōscius, ibīdem fuērunt (Cicero) "when Sextus Roscius was murdered, they were also there" nempe eō Rōmulus...
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    were members of the tribus Clustumina. Cicero's speech in defence of Sextus Roscius Amerinus (the pro Roscio Amerino) describes Ameria as a flourishing...
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  • year before I became censor' ubī occīsus est Sex. Rōscius? – Rōmae (Cicero) 'where was Sextus Roscius murdered? – in Rome' Present perfect meaning The...
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  • Augustulus - last western emperor Sextus Roscius - client of Cicero Lucius Roscius Otho - tribune Quintus Roscius Gallus - actor Rubellius Blandus -...
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    defended Roscius and attempted to prove he did not commit the murder; in the second, he attacked those who likely committed the crime—Titus Roscius Capito...
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  • was engaged in collecting evidence for the defence in the cause of Sextus Roscius of Ameria. In 62 BC he solicited Cicero to undertake the defence of...
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    Sulla: according to Plutarch, Sulla was angered by Cicero's defence of Sextus Roscius in the Pro Roscio Amerino of 80 BC (as Cicero's argument challenged...
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    During Sulla's proscriptions, Metella sheltered Sextus Roscius after his father's murder. Later, Roscius was defended by the young Cicero, helped by Metella's...
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  • War, should perhaps be read Erucius. Gaius Erucius, the accuser of Sextus Roscius of Ameria, whom Cicero defended in 80 BC. He was also one of the accusers...
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