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Cicero /
Against Verres 2.1.53–86

edited by Ingo Gildenhard

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  • Introduction
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  • 85 & 86

Against Verres 79 Essay

  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Cicero and Verres
  • The Trial of Verres and Cicero's Speeches
  • Modes of Persuasion
  • Historical Context
  • The Roman Extortion Court
  • Against Verres Essays
    • Against Verres 53 Essay
    • Against Verres 54 Essay
    • Against Verres 55 Essay
    • Against Verres 56 Essay
    • Against Verres 57 Essay
    • Against Verres 58 Essay
    • Against Verres 59 Essay
    • Against Verres 60 Essay
    • Against Verres 61 Essay
    • Against Verres 62 Essay
    • Against Verres 63 Essay
    • Against Verres 64 Essay
    • Against Verres 65 Essay
    • Against Verres 66 Essay
    • Against Verres 67 Essay
    • Against Verres 68 Essay
    • Against Verres 69 Essay
    • Against Verres 70 Essay
    • Against Verres 71 Essay
    • Against Verres 72 Essay
    • Against Verres 74 Essay
    • Against Verres 75 Essay
    • Against Verres 76 Essay
    • Against Verres 78 Essay
    • Against Verres 79 Essay
    • Against Verres 80 Essay
    • Against Verres 81 Essay
    • Against Verres 82 Essay
    • Against Verres 83 Essay
    • Against Verres 84 Essay
    • Against Verres 85 & 86 Essay
  • Rhetorical Terms
  • Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Copyright and Reuse
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In this paragraph, Cicero rehearses and excludes alternative explanations for the conduct of the Lampsacenes. He dismisses the possibility that the uproar was an uprising and that the Lampsacenes wanted to revolt against Roman rule: in that case, surely, heavy sanctioned would have been imposed upon the entire community or war would have been declared.

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