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Episode XXIV - Cicero

Emperors of Rome

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Cicero's Prosecution of Verrais

Cicero started his career as a lawyer and then progressed quite quickly to a choir store. He was early posted in Sicily and the first major case that we've got him coming across is that where he prosecuted a man named Verrais. But it's really interesting his strategy in running the case because even though he's a prosecutor he acts like he's the defender of Sicily. So he is prosecuting but he's trying to skew the case to seem more like he'm the defender. The trial actually never ended because Verrais ran away.

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