Pro Caecina Explained

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Frier. Bruce W.. 1983. Urban Praetors and Rural Violence: The Legal Background of Cicero's Pro Caecina. Transactions of the American Philological Association . 113. 221–241. 10.2307/284012. 0360-5949. 284012.
  2. Book: Frier, Bruce W., 1943-. The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina. 1985. Princeton University Press. 0-691-03578-4. Princeton, N.J.. 3. 11399889.
  3. Book: Frier, Bruce W., 1943-. The rise of the Roman jurists : studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina. 1985. Princeton University Press. 0-691-03578-4. Princeton, N.J.. 133–4. 11399889.

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