“Repetundae”, “maiestas” and cruelty in Cicero’s “Verrines”

Author: Seager, Robin
Title: “Repetundae”, “maiestas” and cruelty in Cicero’s “Verrines”
Review/Collection: "Ancient History", 27, 1
Place edition: North Ryde
Editor: Macquarie Ancient History Association
Year edition: 1997
Pages: 1-5
Keywords: Droit - Diritto - Law, Éloquence - Eloquenza - Eloquence
Description: [Comment] Cicero's fifth Verrine oration comes closer than any surviving Ciceronian oration to what we do not possess: a prosecution speech for «maiestas». Cicero's presentation of «crudelitas» as an exacerbating factor in a case of «repetundae» also demonstrates clearly the substantial overlap between «repetundae» and «maiestas» in the Verrine orations (3, 186 ; 4, 88 ; 5, 32 ; 5, 72 ; 5, 113 ; 5, 121 ; 5, 136 ; 5, 153).
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Author initials: Seager 1997