The Case for the Prosecution in the Ciceronian Era

Appendixes

Appendixes appendix one List of Crimina his list contains a summary of the formal crimina against the defendants in the eleven trials discussed in this book. The criterion for inclusion is that the charge be an action that constitutes a violation of the statute under which the trial was being held. Violations of other statutes or of Roman standards of personal morality are not included. Where the charge is preceded by a question mark, there is doubt about whether the charge constituted a formal charge according to this criterion. M. Fonteius, lex Cornelia de repetundis 1. ?debt reduction as quaestor in 84 B.C. 2. accepting bribes in road contracts 3. duties on wine 4. ?management of war with Vocontii 5. ?management of winter camps L. Valerius Flaccus, lex Cornelia (?) de repetundis 1. collection of ship money 2. “Mithridaticum crimen” 3. extortion from the cities of Acmonia, Dorylaum, and Temnos 4. ?interference in arbitration decision involving Heraclides 251 T 252 List of Crimina 5. ruling (?) against Lysanias on debt 6. malversation of funds collected to honor the defendant’s father 7. using imperium to gain the inheritance of Valeria 8. rulings as governor against M. Au‹dius Lurco and Decianus 9. charging a fee for approving a tax-farming contract for Falcidius 10. con‹scation of Jewish money destined for Jerusalem M. Aemilius Scaurus, lex Iulia de repetundis 1. “frumentarium crimen” 2. ?murder of Bostar C. Rabirius Postumus, lex Iulia de repetundis no crimen (recovery of ten thousand talents paid by Ptolemy to Gabinius) L. Licinius Murena, lex Tullia de ambitu 1. electoral offenses in the campaign for consulate of 62 B.C. a. payments to hire people to meet the candidate b. payments to hire a retinue c. payments to tribes for gladiatorial games and dinners Cn. Plancius, lex Licinia de sodaliciis 1. coitio in the ‹rst election for aedileship of 55 B.C. (?) 2. coitio in the second election for aedileship of 55 B.C. (?) 3. ?vote fraud in the second election Sex. Roscius of Ameria, lex Cornelia de sicariis et de vene‹ciis 1. murder of the defendant’s father A. Cluentius Habitus, lex Cornelia de sicariis et de vene‹ciis 1. “judicial murder” of Oppianicus senior 2. poisoning of C. Vibius Cappadox 3. attempted poisoning of Oppianicus junior, leading to the death of Balbutius 4. poisoning of Oppianicus senior through the agency of M. Asellius P. Cornelius Sulla, lex Plautia de vi 1. involvement in the “First Catilinarian Conspiracy” of 66 B.C. 2. involvement in the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 B.C. a. contacts with the Allobroges b. falsi‹cation of tabulae publicae on interrogation of the Allobroges c. plot to murder Cicero and others d. procurement of gladiators in support of Catiline e. sending P. Sittius to Further Spain to support Catiline f. incitement of inhabitants of Pompeii to join Catiline g. attempt to use force to pass a law that retroactively weakened the penalties of the lex Calpurnia de ambitu P. Sestius, lex Plautia de vi 1. violence in the Roman Forum beginning in January 57 B.C. 2. use of a bodyguard 3. premature use of force M. Caelius Rufus, lex Plautia de vi 1. assault on a senator at ponti‹cal elections 2. molestation of matronae 3. causing sedition at Naples 4. attack on an Alexandrian legation at Puteoli 5. wrong done to goods of Palla (or on estate of Palla) 6. attempted murder of Dio at house of L. Lucceius 7. attempted poisoning of Clodia List of Crimina 253 appendix two Witnesses and Documents against Verres his appendix contains lists of all speci‹c individuals who, according to the second Verrines, testi‹ed for the prosecution in the case against Verres (including legates from speci‹c communities who did so) and a list of the documentary evidence that Cicero caused to be read at the trial. The purpose is threefold: (1) to demonstrate the organizational effort required of Cicero in conducting this prosecution, (2) to demonstrate the role of evidence (in the form of testimony and documents) in the trial, and (3) to provide a factual basis for an argument that the second Verrines accurately re›ect what happened in the ‹rst actio. To the extent that I have left out references to “multi...