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What year was Cicero's birth? correct answers 106 B.C What year was Cicero's death? correct answers 43 B.C Where was Cicero born? correct answers Arpinum What social order did Cicero belong to? correct answers Eques What are the names of Cicero's wife and children? correct answers Terentia; Tullia and Marcus Explain the circumstances of Cicero's oration IN VERREM? correct answers This was the impeachment of Verres, the governor of Sicily, for extortion and oppression as Quaest...

2 OCR 2023 H408/33 Jun23 This is a trial in which you will be judging the defendant, and the Roman people will be judging you. In the case of this man, it will be established whether very guilty and very rich men are able to be condemned when Senators are acting as judges. Moreover, he is a criminal of such a sort, that there is nothing in his character except for the worst crimes and excessive riches. Thus, if he is acquitted, no other opinion of him will be held except that which is most...

Notes on: - courtroom setting, partial delivery & subsequent publication of Verrine speeches, form, structure and style of Roman legal oratory - including devices such as anaphora, apostrophe, tricolon and hyperbole, ways in which the speech is typical of Roman rhetorical practice, themes of corruption, justice and necessity of upholding the state, portrayal of Verres and his corruption and how this is created

This is a 20/20 full mark essay I completed last year for my Classical Civilisation A-Level course (so fairly recent). It is more brief due to my other essays due to its nature as a 20 marker instead of a 30 marker but is a model example answer with an in-depth analysis of the question. Please let me know if you have any questions about the essay and feel free to view my page for more similar essays which could help :).