Rosc. Am. 28.1Vērum haec missa faciō;But I let these things go; Rosc. Am. 28.1illud quaerō, is homō quī ut tūte dīcis, numquam inter hominēs fuerit, per quōs hominēs hoc tantum facinus, tam occultum, absēns praesertim, cōnficere potuerit.this is what I ask: through what men could this man, who, as you yourself say, has never been among men, have carried out so great a deed, so secret, and that while he was absent? Rosc. Am. 28.1Multa sunt falsa, iūdicēs, quae tamen arguī suspīciōsē possunt;There are many false charges, judges, which can nevertheless be argued in a way that arouses suspicion; Rosc. Am. 28.1in hīs rēbus sī suspīciō reperta erit, culpam īnesse concēdam.in these matters, if any ground of suspicion is found, I shall concede that there is guilt. Rosc. Am. 28.1Rōmae Sex. Roscius occīditur, cum in agrō Amerīnō esset fīlius.Sextus Roscius is killed at Rome while his son was on the estate at Ameria. Rosc. Am. 28.1Litterās, crēdō, mīsit alicui sīcāriō quī Rōmae nōverat nēminem.He sent a letter, I suppose, to some assassin, he who knew no one at Rome. Rosc. Am. 28.1Arcessīvit aliquem.He summoned someone.
Rosc. Am. 28.1Quem aut quandō?Whom, or when? Rosc. Am. 28.1Nūntium mīsit.He sent a messenger. Rosc. Am. 28.1Quem aut ad quem?Whom, or to whom? Rosc. Am. 28.1Pretiō, grātiā, spē, prōmissīs indūxit aliquem.He induced someone with money, influence, hope, promises. Rosc. Am. 28.1Nihil hōrum nē cōnfingī quidem potest;None of these things can even be invented; Rosc. Am. 28.1et tamen causa dē parricīdiō dīcitur.and yet a case of parricide is being tried. Rosc. Am. 28.77Reliquum est ut per servōs id admīserit.The remaining possibility is that he committed it through slaves. Rosc. Am. 28.77Ō, dī immortālēs, rem miseram et calamitōsam!O immortal gods, what a wretched and calamitous state of affairs! Rosc. Am. 28.77Quid ?What then? Rosc. Am. 28.77In tālī crīmine quod innocentī salūtī solet esse ut servōs in quaestiōnem polliceātur, id Sex. Rosciō facere nōn licet?In such a charge, is Sextus Roscius not allowed to do what usually saves an innocent man, to offer his slaves for examination? Rosc. Am. 28.77Vōs quī hunc accūsātis omnīs eius servōs habētis;You who accuse him have all his slaves; Rosc. Am. 28.77ūnus puer vīctūs cōtīdiānī administer ex tantā familiā Sex. Rosciō relictus nōn est.not a single slave-boy to serve his daily food has been left to Sextus Roscius out of so large a household.
Rosc. Am. 28.77Tē nunc appellō, P. Scīpiō, tē, M. Metelle;I appeal to you now, Publius Scipio, and to you, Marcus Metellus; Rosc. Am. 28.77vōbīs advocātīs, vōbīs agentibus aliquotiēns duōs servōs paternōs in quaestiōnem ab adversāriīs Sex. Roscius postulāvit;with you as his supporters, with you acting for him, Sextus Roscius several times demanded from his opponents two of his father's slaves for examination; Rosc. Am. 28.77meministisne T. Roscium recūsāre?do you remember that Titus Roscius refused? Rosc. Am. 28.77Quid?Well? Rosc. Am. 28.77eī servī ubi sunt?where are those slaves? Rosc. Am. 28.77Chrȳsogonum, iūdicēs, sectantur;They are in Chrysogonus' train, judges; Rosc. Am. 28.77apud eum sunt in honōre et in pretiō.with him they are held in honour and at a high value. Rosc. Am. 28.77Etiam nunc ut ex eīs quaerātur ego postulō, hic ōrat atque obsecrat.Even now I demand that they be examined, and this man begs and implores it. Rosc. Am. 28.78Quid facitis?What are you doing? Rosc. Am. 28.78cūr recūsātis?why do you refuse? Rosc. Am. 28.78Dubitāte etiam nunc, iūdicēs, sī potestis, ā quō sit Sex. Roscius occīsus, ab eōne quī propter illīus mortem in egestāte et in īnsidiīs versātur, cui nē quaerendī quidem dē morte patris potestās permittitur, an ab eīs quī quaestiōnem fugitant, bona possident, in caede atque ex caede vīvunt.Doubt even now, judges, if you can, by whom Sextus Roscius was killed: by the man who because of his death lives in poverty and amid plots, who is not even allowed to inquire into his father's death, or by those who shun examination, possess his property, and live in bloodshed and on bloodshed.
Rosc. Am. 28.78Omnia, iūdicēs, in hāc causā sunt misera atque indigna;Everything in this case, judges, is wretched and outrageous; Rosc. Am. 28.78tamen hōc nihil neque acerbius neque inīquius prōferrī potest: mortis paternae dē servīs paternīs quaestiōnem habēre fīliō nōn licet!yet nothing can be cited more bitter or more unjust than this: a son is not allowed to have his father's slaves examined about his father's death! Rosc. Am. 28.78Nē tam diū quidem dominus erit in suōs dum ex eīs dē patris morte quaerātur?Is he not to be master over his own slaves even for as long as it takes to question them about his father's death? Rosc. Am. 28.78Veniam, neque ita multō posteā, ad hunc locum;I shall come to this point, and not much later; Rosc. Am. 28.78nam hoc tōtum ad Rosciōs pertinet, dē quōrum audāciā tum mē dictūrum pollicitus sum, cum Erucī crīmina dīluissem.for this whole matter concerns the Roscii, about whose audacity I promised I would speak when I had refuted Erucius' charges.