VERRES, CAIUS

kāˈəs vĕrˈēz, c.120 b.c.–43 b.c., Roman administrator. He held various posts before serving as governor of Sicily (73–71 b.c.). His corruption and extortion were notable even in an era when corruption among Roman governors was taken for granted. He was brought to trial, and Cicero began to issue his thundering Verrine Orations against him. Undeniably the trial was a political maneuver to bolster the senatorial party and the denunciations by Cicero were highly colored, but Verres' lawyer, Quintus Hortensius, was unable to offer an adequate defense. Verres fled to Massilia (modern Marseilles).

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Five Men; Character Studies from the Roman Empire - Vol. 6
Book by Martin Percival Charlesworth; Harvard University Press, 1936
Subjects: Agricola, Gnaeus Julius--40-93, Herod Agrippa--I--King Of Judea--10 B.C.-44 A.D, Josephus, Flavius, Musonius Rufus, C--(Caius)--B. Ca. 30, Rome--Civilization
...administration are apt to be colored by our knowledge of the misconduct and weakness of two officials infamous throughout the ages: one Verres, of whom Cicero in his Verrine orations drew up an appalling indictment -- even though we allow for the exaggeration of a...
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The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke - Vol. 6
Book by Paul S. Langford, William B. Todd, Edmund Burke; Clarendon Press, 1981
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--1760-1820
...Vansittart, George, 86 Vansittart, Henry, 318 , 319 , 328 , 330 , 331 , 334 n, 335 , 336 , 343 Verelst, Harry, 343 Verres, Caius, 28 , 29 , 30 , 63 Voltaire, Francois-Marie-Arouet, 20 Watson, Charles, 316 Watts, Hugh, 324 Westminster...
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The Greeks in the West
Book by A. G. Woodhead; Praeger, 1962
Subjects: Magna Graecia (Italy)--History
...Troezen, 56 Trotilon, 42 Tyndaris, 92 , 117 , 131 tyrants in Sicily, 74 - 80 , 104 , 120 Vallet, G., 42 -3 Verres, Caius, 116 Villard, F., 42 -3 Virgil, 24 Vivara, 21 Vix, royal burial at, 67 , 153 warfare and fortifications...
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The Greatness and Decline of Rome - Vol. 1
Book by Guglielmo Ferrero, Alfred E. Zimmern; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1909
Subjects: Rome--History
...commission to, 220 ; attacks the Triumvirate, 324 -25 Vatinius, 320 - 332 Verona-- Birthplace of Catullus, 328 Verres, Caius-- Corruption by, 126 ; accused by the Silicans, 182 -85; and Curio, 189 ; intrigues of, 191 - 92; trial of...
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The Greatness and Decline of Rome - Vol. 1
Book by Guglielmo Ferrero, Alfred E. Zimmern; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1909
Subjects: Rome--History
...commission to, 220 ; attacks the Triumvirate, 324 -25 Vatinius, 320 , 332 Verona-- Birthplace of Catullus, 328 Verres, Caius-- Corruption by, 126 ; accused by the Silicians 182 -85; and Curio, 189 ; intrigues of, 191 - 92; trial of...
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Verres, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VERRES, CAIUS ka s ver ez, c.120 b.c. 43 b.c...denunciations by Cicero were highly colored, but Verres lawyer, Quintus Hortensius, was unable to offer an adequate defense. Verres fled to Massilia (modern Marseilles...
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Hortensius, Quintus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...name as defense counsel in the bribery and embezzlement trials so frequent in Rome. At one of these trials he defended Caius Verres , who was successfully prosecuted by Cicero, Hortensius friendly rival. Hortensius was a master of the flowery Asian...
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Sicily
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...hampered the economic development of Sicily. Roman rule was often corrupt, and corruption reached a peak under governor Caius Verres (73 71 b.c.). Slave revolts (135 132 b.c. and 104 100 b.c.) were cruelly suppressed. Many remains of...


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