Career of Cicero novus homo as exemplum Note

Career of Cicero, novus homo, as exemplum Note: Cicero’s ages are those when he was elected to office 106 Birth 90 -88 Military officer 83 Advocatus (lawyer) Elected offices Responsibility Min. age Number 75 Quaestor Finances 30 (Cicero: 30) 20 69 Aedile (optional) City, supplies, festivals 35 (Cicero: 36) 4

Trial of Gaius Verres on a charge of de reptundis, 70 BCE Judge: Manius Acilius Glabrio. Defense: Quintus Hortensius Hortalus 75 Begins journey up cursus honorum as quaestor in western Sicily 70 Prosecutes Verres, provincial governor of Sicily Against Verres January 10 prosecution announced January 15 divinatio (preliminary speech) January 20 speech vs. prosecutor proposed by Q. Hortensius (Q. Caecilius Niger) Jan. 20 -Apr. 20 Cicero conducts his investigations over 50 days March-April Cicero campaigns for aedileship May 5 extortion trial of provincial governor of Achaia May 6 end of 110 -day adjournment

Trial of Gaius Verres on a charge of de reptundis, 70 BCE Judge: Manlius Acilius Glabrio. Defense: Quintus Hortensius Hortalus July elections New consuls: Quintus Hortensius, Q. Caecilius Metellus New praetor for extortion courts M. Caecilius Metellus Current governor of Sicily L. Caecilius Metellus Wife of Gaius Verre Caecilia Metella Quaestor of Sicily Q. Caecilius Niger July 14 -26 challenging of individual judges August 5 Against Verres I August 13 adjournment Aug. 14 -28 Pompey’s Games (victory over rebel general in Spain, 83 -72) Sept. 4 -19 Roman Games (promised to the gods after military victory) mid-Sept. Verres feigns illness, goes into exile Sept. 20 conviction in absentia, fined 2 or 2. 5 times amount extorted Oct. 27 -31 Victory Games (instituted by Sulla) Nov. 4 -17 Plebeian Games

Ideal speech exordium narratio partitio confirmatio reprehensio digressio conclusio introduction (prepare the listener) statement of facts clarification argument attack digression recapitulation Some rhetorical terms anaphora opprobrium hyperbole hypophora apostrophe asyndeton praeteritio repetition of words or phrases at beginning of a line harsh censure / criticism exaggeration for emphasis rhetorical question, asked answered an aside, either to someone else or to an absent/fictitious person short, choppy sentences state something by denying it should be stated