#pro murena

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KJKZKMEKDKE

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Rest in peace Cicero you would've loved twitter

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Pro Murena Orationis Sectiones 68 et 69 Descriptae Summatim / Sections 68 and 69 of the Pro Murena in a Nutshell

Cato: Many people came to greet Murena coming back home.

Cicero: Oh, so you’re saying that kohais can’t greet their sempais?

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i like my lawyers down to earth

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cicero: MURENA'S dad and granddad were all praetors. servius sulpicius YOUR father was Just A Knight and your grandfather was NOTHING [pregnant peaful pause where cicero considers how offensive saying that was] just like me :°}!

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my jestful joking pea .

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can a prosecutor and a defendant... u know?

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Cic. Mur. 26

Though it would do beautifully in a case for one suitor to say, "That Sabine estate is mine", and the other, "No, it is mine," and then get the decision, they soon stopped that. "The estate," says the lawyer, "which is situated in the district commonly called the Sabine district." Wordy enough, one would think; but give me the next clause. "That estate I maintain to be my property under the common law of Rome." What follows? "And for the reason alleged I call upon you to join hands with me out of court upon the said estate." Of course the defendant in a case had no answer ready for a claimant so talkative. So the same lawyer changes sides, like a Latin flute-player in an accompaniment. "For the said reason for which you allege that you have called upon me to join hands with you out of court, I in my turn call upon you to join hands with me upon the said estate."

no way the increasingly verbose meme was already around in 63 bc. definitely gonna read the original latin of this bit