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Does not Cicero,1 in his
description of the scourging of a Roman citizen, in a
few brief words stir all the emotions, not merely by
describing the victim's position, the place where the
outrage was committed and the nature of the
punishment, but also by praising the courage with
which he bore it? For he shows us a man of the
highest character who, when beaten with rods,
uttered not a moan nor an entreaty, but only cried
that lie was a Roman citizen, thereby bringing
shame on his oppressor and showing his confidence
in the law.
1 Verr. v 62. A Roman citizen might not be scourged. cp. St. Paul.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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