The tale of rhetorical trickery in Cicero’s pro Caecina

• Autores: Marcus Schnetter
• Localización: Glossae: European Journal of Legal History, ISSN-e 2255-2707, ISSN 0214-669X, Nº 19, 2022, págs. 268-288
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The prevailing scholarly view on pro Caecina opines that the speech is a striking example of Cicero’s resort torhetoricaldeception.Thispaperposits,tothecontrary,thatthereareplausiblereasonstorelyontheorator’splea.Therefore,itisnotwarrantedtoaccuseCiceroofdeceit.Thecontroversyaboutthespeechisaparadigmexampleofmisconceptionsaboutthe intimaterelationshipbetweenRoman law and rhetoric.