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Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.122 Paterfamilias cum liberorum haberet nihil, uxorem autem haberet, in testamento ita scripsit: ‘SI MIHI FILIUS GENITUR UNUS PLURESVE, IS MIHI HERES ESTO... A head of a family, having a wife but no children, drew his will as follows: "IF ONE OR MORE SONS ARE BORN TO ME, HE OR THEY ARE TO INHERIT MY ESTATE"... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.123 ut in eo qui, CUM LEX APERIRI PORTAS NOCTU VETARET, aperuit quodam in bello et auxilia quaedam in oppidum recepit, ne ab hostibus opprimerentur, si fo... as in the case of the man who, though the law forbade opening the gates at night, opend them in a certain war and let certain auxiliary forces into th... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.124 tum relatio criminis, ut in eo milite, qui, cum communis lex omnium hominem occidere vetaret, tribunum militum [suum], qui vim sibi afferre conaretur,... Sometimes relatio criminis (retort of accusation) is used; an exemple is the case of the soldier who killed a military tribune who offered him violenc... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.124 ut in eo qui, CUM LEX, QUIBUS DIEBUS IN LEGATIONEM PROFICISCERETUR, PRAESTITUERET, quia sumptum quaestor non dedit, profectus non est. As in the case of the ambassador who although the law set a certain date for him to proceed on his embassy did not set out because the Treasurer did n... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.144 Lex : QVI TYRANNUM OCCIDERIT, OLYMPIONICARUM PRAEMIA CAPITO ET QUAM VOLET SIBI REM A MAGISTRATI DEPOSCITO ET MAGISTRATUS EI CONCEDITO. Et altera lex :... Law: A TYRANNICIDE SHALL RECEIVE THE REWARD COMMONLY GIVEN TO VICTORS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND HE SHALL ASK THE MAGISTRATE FOR WHATEVER HE WISHES, AND... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.52 C. Flaminius, is qui consul rem male gessit bello Punico secundo, cum tribunus plebis esset, invito senatu et omnino contra voluntatem omnium optimati... Gaius Flaminius - the one who as consul conducted an unsuccessful campaign in the Second Punic War - when tribune of the people seditiously proposed a... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.59 Cum ad vim faciendam quidam armati venissent, armati contra praesto fuerunt et cuidam equiti Romano quidam ex armatis resistenti gladio manum praecidi... Some armed men had come with the intent to do violence, and other armed men were ready to meet them. A Roman knight resisted and one of the armed band... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.62 Quidam pupillum heredem fecit; pupillus autem ante mortuus est, quam in suam tutelam venit. De hereditate ea, quae pupillo venit, inter eos, qui patri... A certain man made a ward his heir; the ward, however, died before coming of age. A dispute arises between the reversionary heirs of the father of the... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.69 Cum Thebani Lacedaemonios bello superavissent et fere mos esset Graiis, cum inter se bellum gessissent, ut ii, qui vicissent tropaeum, aliquod in fini... It was a nearly universal custom among the Greeks when they had fought with one another that the victors should set up a trophy in the country to comm... View
Controversia I BC Cic.Inv.2.72 Quidam imperator, cum ab hostibus circumsederetur neque effugere ullo modo posset, depectus est cum eis, ut arma et inpedimenta relinqueret, milites e... A certain commander, beng surrounded by the enemy and unable to escape in any way, made an agreement with them to surrender the arms and the baggage, ... View