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22 Cards in this Set
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Exordium (of any oration)
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The introduction that prepares the audience and sets the mood for the main body of the speech;
THE FIRST PART OF THE ORATION |
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Narratio (of any oration)
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A statement of the facts for the case
THE SECOND PART OF THE ORATION |
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Divisio (of any oration)
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An outline of the orator's treatment of the disputed points
THIRD PART OF THE ORATION |
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Confirmatio (of any oration)
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The orator's side of the story
FOURTH PART OF THE ORATION |
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Refutatio (of any oration)
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A refutation of the opposition's vies
FIFTH PART OF THE ORATION |
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Peroratio (of any oration)
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Conclusion of the oration
SIXTH PART OF THE ORATION |
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Format of the Pro Caelio
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I. Exordium (Chs. 1-2)
II. Praemunitio (Chs. 3-50) III. Confirmatio and Refutatio (Chs. 51-69 IV. Peroratio (Chs. 70-80) |
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April 53 BCE
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Defense of pro caelio held
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Who defended the pro caelio?
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Out of the FIVE charges in the case...
Crassus defended the first 3 Cicero defended the last 2 |
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De Dione
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de Dione
-Charge relates to unrest in Egypt regarding Ptolemy's power -59 BC--Caesar agreed to recognize Ptolemy (bribed) but is overthrown in 58 BC -Ptolemy goes to Rome, seeking help from Pompey -Caesar and senate refused to ally Pompey and Ptolemy -Meanwhile, Alexandrians sent representatives lead by Dio, to plead case -Embassy of men attacked -Attack arranged by Ptolemy and Pompey but Pompey's involvement not proven -Dio asked to come forward and give account of event but barred from senate by Ptolemy and killed by P. Asicius -So, charge against Caelius was that he had been involved with ambush and murder of Alexandrians and that he plotted against Dio either of his own accord or at Pompey |
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Charges in pro caelio
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1) de seditionibus Neapolitanis
-a local misdemeanor charge 2) de Alexandriorum pulsatione puteolana -Local misdemeanor charge 3) de bonis Pallae (mentioned in section 23) -Violent act (includes Cataline) 4) de Dione (see add. notecard) 5) de veneno in Clodiam parato (see add. notecard) |
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De veneo in clodiam parato
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(Charge #5 against Caelius)
-Charge is related to fourth charge--deals with violence carried out by groups of men -Cicero addresses charge but is not clear regarding specifics |
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The Exordium: Chapters 1-2 of Pro Caelio
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-The accuser is Atratinus, 17 year old young man
-The actual accusations are result of woman's treachery (Clodia or Lesbia) |
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28 May, 82 BC
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Birthday of M. Caelius Rufus
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66 BC
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M. Caelius receives toga virilis at age of 16
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63 BC
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(1) Cataline's election to the consulship
(2) Cicero is Caelius' colleague |
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62/61 BC
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Caelius goes to Africa as a contubernalis in the train of the proconsul Q. Pompeius Rufus
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59 BC
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(1) Caelius returns to Rome and formally enters life with an ambitious prosecution of C. Atonius Hybrida for extortion and/or treatment
(2) Atonius is convicted and is sent to exile (Cicero loses defense against Caelius) |
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59-57 BC
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Clodia (sister of Clodius, from whom Caelius rents his apartment) is Caelius' lover
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57/56 BC
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Caelius leaves Clodia
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56 BC
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Caelius unsuccessfully prosecutes L. Calpurnius Bestia for electoral bribery
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(1) 56 BC
(2)The five prosecutions against Caelius (in English) |
(1) Caelius unsuccessfully prosecutes L. Calpurnius Bestia for electoral bribery
(2) Bestia and his son L. Sempronius Atratinus fight back, prosecuting Caelius on five counts of vis (political violence) I. Involvement in rioting at Naples II. The roughing up at Puteoli (near Naples) of ambasadors from Alexandria III. The murder of the philosopher Dio, one of the ambassadors IV. Some kind of affront by Caelius to the property of a certain Palla, about which we have no details V. An attempt to poison Clodia |
