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Sextus Roscius, the father of this man, was a citizen 1 of Ameria, by far the first man not only of his
municipality, but also of his neighbourhood, in birth, and nobility and wealth, and also
of great influence, from the affection and the ties of hospitality by which he was
connected with the most noble men of Rome. For
he had not only connections of hospitality with the Metelli, the Servilii, and the
Scipios, but he had also actual acquaintance and intimacy with them; families which I
name, as it is right I should, only to express my sense of their honour and dignity. And
of all his property he has left this alone to his son,—for domestic robbers
have possession of his patrimony, which they have seized by force the fame and life of
this innocent man is defended by his paternal connections 2 and friends.
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