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* Verres is a major character in the novel Spartacus: Swords and Ashes by Jonathan Clements, which is set on the eve of his governorship of Sicily and concerns an undocumented dispute with a young Cicero in Neapolis.
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Verres and is
* August – In Rome, Cicero prosecutes former governor Verres ; Verres exiles himself to Marseille before the trial is over.
Verres may have had a more decent character than that with which Cicero, the primary source of information, credits him, but there is no evidence to counter the allegation that he stood preeminent among the worst specimens of Roman provincial governors.
Verres and major
Another major charge leveled against Verres during his Sicilian tenure was that, during the time of the Third Servile War against Spartacus, he had used the emergency to raise cash.
Verres and character
* In Fortune's Favourites by Colleen McCullough, Verres, while a secondary character, describes his career in detail, since his pillaging of the Samnium during the Social War, from his departure to Asia in the retinue of governor Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, where the author describes his vices and immensurable greed, foreshadowing his misgovernment of Sicily, and, in the end, Cicero's energic prosecution.
Verres and by
and which continued an object of great veneration in the city, till it was again carried off by the rapacious Verres.
Faced by the mounting evidence against him, Verres abandoned his own defense and withdrew to a prosperous exile.
In 74, by lavish use of bribes, Verres secured the city praetorship.
The first was trying to sideline Verres ' prosecution by hoping to get a prosecution of a former governor of Bithynia to take precedence.
* " Song for Cleomenes ", a song by The Mountain Goats from their Beautiful Rat Sunset 10 " EP, recounts the story of Verres.
* Furius, a navarchus of Heracleia, was, though innocent, put to death by Verres.
Cicero, however, notices it repeatedly in a manner which seems to imply that it was still a flourishing municipal town: it had a fertile territory, well-adapted for the growth of corn, and diligently cultivated, till it was rendered almost desolate by the exactions of Verres.
* Gaius Licinius C. n. Sacerdos, praetor in 75 BC ; in the following year he had the government of Sicily, in which he was succeeded by Verres.
Verres and which
When the owner, quite understandably, could not produce the slave ( which he didn't own ), Verres would throw him in prison until a bribe could be paid for the landowner's release.
Verres and on
It, however, suffered severely from the exactions of Verres and the inhabitants, to revenge themselves on their oppressor, publicly demolished his statue as soon as he had quit the island.
In 80 BC, Verres was quaestor in Asia on the staff of Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, governor of Cilicia.
He was convicted, mainly on the evidence of Verres, who thus secured a pardon for himself.
Before the expiration of the 9 days allowed for the prosecution Verres was on his way to Massilia ( today Marseille ).
But their privileges did not protect them from the exactions of Verres, who imposed on them an enormous contribution both in corn and money.
Verres and Sicily
In 70 BC, Cicero refers to this killing in connection with Ceres ' laws and cults, during his prosecution of Verres, Roman governor of Sicily, for extortion.
* Gaius Claudius M. f. M. n. Marcellus, praetor in 80 BC, and afterwards governor of Sicily ; the mildness and justice of his administration was contrasted with that of his predecessor, and subsequently that of Verres.
It continued, however, to be a tolerably flourishing municipal town: its territory was fertile in wine ) as well as corn, and Cicero praises the inhabitants for their industry in its cultivation, but, like most of the cities of Sicily, it suffered severely from the exactions of Verres.
Yet this did not preserve it from the sacrilegious hands of Verres, who carried off from there a bronze image of the deity herself, the most ancient as well as the most venerated in Sicily.
Verres and with
In Cicero ’ s oration against Verres, he discusses many of the governor ’ s transgressions including sexual misconduct with both men and women.
In the year before his consulship he came into collision with Cicero in the case of Gaius Verres, and from that time his supremacy at the bar was lost.
Verres and young
* Marcus Claudius M. f. Marcellus Aeserninus, a young man who appeared as a witness at the trial of Verres, in 70 BC.
Verres and Cicero
Verres returned to Rome in 70, and in the same year, at the request of the Sicilians, Marcus Tullius Cicero prosecuted him: the prosecution speeches were later published as the Verrine Orations.
Latin literature was not only studied but imitated at that time but also supplied the inspiration for numerous writings ( such as the satires of Juvenal, and the speeches of Cicero against Verres and Catiline ).
Verres and .
* Verres, corrupt praetor ( b. c. 120 BC )
* Verres, corrupt praetor ( approximate date ) ( d. 43 BC )
The case included circumstantial details of Verres ' irreligious exploitation and abuse of Sicilian grain farmers, naturally under Ceres ' special protection at the very place of her " earthly home " – and thefts from her temple, including an ancient image of the goddess herself.
In the Roman era, it opposed praetor Verres.
Gaius Verres ( ca.
Politically, Verres initially supported Gaius Marius and the Populares, but soon went over to the Optimates.
The people were for the most part prosperous and contented, but under Verres, the island experienced more misery and desolation than during the time of the First Punic or the recent servile wars.
Verres entrusted his defence to the most eminent of Roman advocates, Quintus Hortensius, and he had the sympathy and support of several of the leading Roman patricians.
Verres vainly tried to get the trial postponed until 69 when his friend Quintus Caecilius Metellus Caprarius would be the presiding judge.
is and major
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It is obvious that the historian who seeks to recapture the ideas that have motivated human behavior throughout a given period will find the art and literature of that age one of his central and major concerns, by no means a mere supplement or adjunct of significant historical research.
Like most major works of synthesis, The History Of England is informed by the positive views of a first-class mind, and this is surely a major work.
There is now substantial evidence from several major studies of college students that the experience of the college years results in a certain, selective homogenization of attitudes and values.
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