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Is not this case very like that speech and action of
Fimbria? You are accusing Sextus Roscius. Why so? Because he escaped out of your hands;
because he did not allow himself to be murdered. The one action, because it was done
against Scaevola, appears scandalous; this one, because it is done by Chrysogonus, is
intolerable. For, in the name of the immortal gods, what is there in this cause that
requires a defence? What topic is there requiring the ability of an advocate, or even
very much needing eloquence of speech? Let us, O judges, unfold the whole case, and when
it is set before our eyes, let us consider it; by this means you will easily understand
on what the whole case turns, and on what matters I ought to dwell, and what decision
you ought to come to.
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