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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) 12 12 Browse Search
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J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition., section 9 (search)
duodecim tabulae: the "Twelve Tables" were the code which formed the basis of Roman law, drawn up B.C. 451 by an elected board of ten commissioners (decemviri). This codification of the laws continued in force, and was the starting point of the legal education of every Roman, and of all later development of Roman law. quoquo modo, under any circumstances. quoquo modo, in whatever way. quis (indefinite), one; the preceding quis is interrogative. vi vis . . . defenditur, violence offered is repelled by force. -pudicitiam . . . eriperet, tried to rob of his honor. tribunus: C. Lusius, son of Marius's sister. This was a stock instance among rhetoricians in arguing the just limits of self-defence. scelere solutum, acquitted of guilt.