Pro Caecina
Speech by Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Pro Caecina is a public speech made by Marcus Tullius Cicero on behalf of his friend Aulus Caecina sometime between 71 BC and 69 BC. The speech was delivered in the third hearing of a lawsuit where Caecina averred that he had been unlawfully dispossessed of a farm by use of force. Known for its refinement and scathing characterisations of the opposing parties, the speech is a good study in how rhetorical advocacy can occlude legal argument.
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- William Lambarde, Archeion, or, a Discourse upon the High Courts of Justice in England (1635, title page).jpg by Smuconlaw., CC BY-SA 3.0
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