Rosc. Am. 12.1Hominem longē audācissimum nūper habuimus in cīvitāte C. Fimbriam et, quod inter omnīs cōnstat, nisi inter eōs quī ipsī quoque īnsāniunt īnsānissimum.We had lately in our state a man by far the most reckless, Gaius Fimbria, and, as is agreed among everyone except those who are themselves mad as well, the maddest. Rosc. Am. 12.1Is cum cūrāsset in fūnere C. Marī ut Q. Scaevola volnerārētur, vir sānctissimus atque ōrnātissimus nostrae cīvitātis, dē cuius laude neque hic locus est ut multa dīcantur neque plūra tamen dīcī possunt quam populus Rōmānus memoriā retinet, diem Scaevolae dīxit, posteā quam comperit eum posse vīvere.When at the funeral of Gaius Marius he had arranged for Quintus Scaevola to be wounded, the most upright and most distinguished man in our state, about whose merits this is not the place for much to be said, nor indeed can more be said than the Roman people retains in its memory, he served a summons on Scaevola after he discovered that he could live. Rosc. Am. 12.1Cum ab eō quaererētur quid tandem accūsātūrus esset eum quem prō dignitāte nē laudāre quidem quisquam satis commodē posset, aiunt hominem, ut erat furiōsus, respondisse: "quod nōn tōtum tēlum corpore recēpisset."When he was asked what on earth he was going to accuse a man of whom no one could even praise adequately as his worth deserved, they say that the fellow, raving as he was, replied: 'That he had not taken the whole weapon into his body.' Rosc. Am. 12.1Quō populus Rōmānus nihil vīdit indignius nisi eiusdem virī mortem, quae tantum potuit ut omnīs occīsus perdiderit et adflīxerit;The Roman people saw nothing more outrageous than this, except the death of that same man, which had such power that by being killed he ruined and laid low everyone; Rosc. Am. 12.1quōs quia servāre per compositiōnem volēbat, ipse ab eīs interēmptus est.for, because he wished to save them by a settlement, he was himself destroyed by them.
Rosc. Am. 12.34Estne hoc illī dictō atque factō Fimbriānō simillimum?Is this not very like that saying and that deed of Fimbria? Rosc. Am. 12.34Accūsātis Sex. Roscium.You accuse Sextus Roscius. Rosc. Am. 12.34Quid ita?Why so? Rosc. Am. 12.34Quia dē manibus vestrīs effūgit, quia sē occīdī passus nōn est.Because he has escaped from your hands, because he has not allowed himself to be killed. Rosc. Am. 12.34Illud, quia in Scaevolā factum est, magis indignum vidētur, hoc, quia fit ā Chrȳsogonō, nōn est ferendum.The one seems more outrageous because it was done to Scaevola; the other is not to be borne because it is being done by Chrysogonus. Rosc. Am. 12.34Nam per deōs immortālīs!For, by the immortal gods! Rosc. Am. 12.34quid est in hāc causā quod dēfēnsiōnis indigeat?what is there in this case that needs defending? Rosc. Am. 12.34quī locus ingenium patrōnī requīrit aut ōrātōris ēloquentiam magnō opere dēsīderat?what point requires the talent of an advocate, or calls greatly for an orator's eloquence? Rosc. Am. 12.34Tōtam causam, iūdicēs, explicēmus atque ante oculōs expositam cōnsīderēmus;Let us unfold the whole case, judges, and consider it laid out before our eyes; Rosc. Am. 12.34ita facillimē quae rēs tōtum iūdicium contineat et quibus dē rēbus nōs dīcere oporteat et quid vōs sequī conveniat intellegētis.in this way you will most easily understand what matter the whole trial turns on, what subjects we ought to speak about, and what course it is fitting for you to follow.