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Lollius, enfeebled by old age and disease,
could not come to give his evidence. What need have we of Lollius? There is no one
who is ignorant of this, no one of your own friends, no one who is brought forward
by you, no one at all who, if he is asked, will say that he now hears this for the
first time. Marcus Lollius, his son, a most excellent young man, is present; you
shall hear what he says—For Quintus Lollius, his son, who was the accuser
of Calidius, a young man both virtuous and bold, and of the highest reputation for
eloquence, when being excited by these injuries and insults he had set out for
Sicily, was murdered on the way; and the
crime of his death is imputed indeed to fugitive slaves; but, in reality, no one in
Sicily doubts that he must be murdered
because he could not keep to himself his intentions respecting Verres. He, in truth,
had no doubt that the man who, under the prompting of a mere love of justice, had
already accused another, would be ready as an accuser for him on his arrival, when
he was stimulated by the injuries of his father, and indignation at the treatment
received by his family.
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