HIS 4A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Verres
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When one thinks of cicero, what one imagines is a cunning, amazingly witty, and great thinker whose orations today are still perceived to be an epitome of quality court speech. His first oration against gaius verres, although short, had an immense impact on the corruption of the court and the people of rome. Before the speech happened, rome was affected by a lot of legal reforms and social concussions, including the rise of spartacus and sulla"s dictatorship. Gaius verres was a result of this, and was accused of bribery, corruption, killing of roman citizens and other works of crime. To oppose him, cicero was pleaded by the. Sicilians to prosecute him as cicero displayed honesty and integrity during his. As the old sayings go, to know your enemy, you must become your enemy . 1 verres had hired quintus hortensius, the best lawyer in rome, to back him up in his case. Cicero"s background couldn"t compare to that of hortensius,
