In Verrem (The Verrine Orations)
In Verrem (The Verrine Orations)
Cicero's prosecution of the corrupt governor Verres, so devastating that Verres fled into exile before Cicero could deliver most of the planned speeches, became the published model of how a Roman advocate documents systematic provincial extortion.
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