Rosc. Am. 10.1Quod hic simul atque sēnsit, dē amīcōrum cognātōrumque sententiā Rōmam cōnfūgit et sēsē ad Caeciliam, Nepōtis sorōrem, Baliāricī fīliam, quam honōris causā nōminō, contulit, quā pater ūsus erat plūrimum;As soon as this man perceived it, on the advice of his friends and relatives he fled to Rome and betook himself to Caecilia, sister of Nepos and daughter of Balearicus, whom I name with respect, with whom his father had been on the closest terms; Rosc. Am. 10.1in quā muliere, iūdicēs, etiam nunc, id quod omnēs semper exīstimāvērunt, quasi exemplī causā vestīgia antīquī officī remanent.in this woman, judges, even now, as everyone has always judged, traces of the old sense of duty remain, as if for the sake of an example. Rosc. Am. 10.1Ea Sex. Roscium inopem, ēiectum domō atque expulsum ex suīs bonīs, fugientem latrōnum tēla et minās recēpit domum hospitīque oppressō iam dēspērātōque ab omnibus opitulāta est.She took Sextus Roscius into her house, destitute, thrown out of his home and driven from his property, fleeing from the weapons and threats of brigands, and she came to the aid of her guest when he was already crushed and given up by everyone.
Rosc. Am. 10.1Eius virtūte, fidē, dīligentiā factum est ut hic potius vīvus in reōs quam occīsus in prōscrīptōs referrētur.Through her courage, good faith and care it came about that this man was entered on the list of defendants alive rather than on the list of the proscribed as a murdered man. Rosc. Am. 10.28Nam postquam istī intellēxērunt summā dīligentiā vītam Sex. Roscī custōdīrī neque sibi ūllam caedis faciendae potestātem darī, cōnsilium cēpērunt plēnum sceleris et audāciae ut nōmen huius dē parricīdiō dēferrent, ut ad eam rem aliquem accūsātōrem veterem comparārent quī dē eā rē posset dīcere aliquid, in quā rē nūlla subesset suspīciō, dēnique ut, quoniam crīmine nōn poterant, tempore ipsō pugnārent.For after these men realised that the life of Sextus Roscius was being guarded with the greatest care, and that no opportunity of committing murder was given them, they formed a plan full of wickedness and recklessness: to charge him with parricide, to procure for that purpose some veteran accuser who could say something on the matter, even where no suspicion lay beneath it, and finally, since they could not fight with a charge, to fight with the times themselves.
Rosc. Am. 10.28Ita loquī hominēs: "quod iūdicia tam diū facta nōn essent, condemnārī eum oportēre quī prīmus in iūdicium adductus esset;This is how men talked: 'Since there had been no trials for so long, the first man brought to trial ought to be condemned; Rosc. Am. 10.28huic autem patrōnōs propter Chrȳsogonī grātiam dēfutūrōs;and advocates would be lacking for him because of Chrysogonus' influence; Rosc. Am. 10.28dē bonōrum vēnditiōne et dē istā societāte verbum esse factūrum nēminem;no one would say a word about the sale of the property and about that partnership; Rosc. Am. 10.28ipsō nōmine parricīdī et atrōcitāte crīminis fore ut hic nūllō negōtiō tollerētur, cum ab nūllō dēfēnsus esset."by the very name of parricide and the atrocity of the charge it would come about that this man would be put out of the way without any trouble, since he would have been defended by no one.' Rosc. Am. 10.29Hōc cōnsiliō atque adeō hāc āmentiā impulsī quem ipsī, cum cuperent, nōn potuērunt occīdere, eum iugulandum vōbīs trādidērunt.Driven by this plan, or rather by this madness, they have handed over to you to have his throat cut the man whom they could not kill themselves, though they wished to.