Rosc. Am. 32.1Haec tū, Erucī, tot et tanta sī nanctus essēs in reō, quam diū dīcerēs!If you, Erucius, had found so many and such great points against the defendant, how long you would speak! Rosc. Am. 32.1quō tē modō iactārēs!how you would show off! Rosc. Am. 32.1tempus herculē tē citius quam ōrātiō dēficeret.by Hercules, time would fail you sooner than words. Rosc. Am. 32.1Etenim in singulīs rēbus eius modī māteriēs est ut diēs singulōs possīs cōnsūmere.For on each single point there is material enough for you to spend a whole day on each. Rosc. Am. 32.1Neque ego nōn possum;Nor am I unable to do it; Rosc. Am. 32.1nōn enim tantum mihi dērogō, tametsī nihil adrogō, ut tē cōpiōsius quam mē putem posse dīcere.for I do not disparage myself so much, though I claim nothing for myself, as to think that you can speak more fluently than I. Rosc. Am. 32.1Vērum ego forsitan propter multitūdinem patrōnōrum in grege adnumerer, tē pugna Cannēnsis accūsātōrem sat bonum fēcit.But I perhaps, because of the multitude of advocates, may be counted as one of the herd, while the battle of Cannae has made you a fairly good accuser.
Rosc. Am. 32.1Multōs caesōs nōn ad Trasumennum lacum, sed ad Servīlium vīdimus.We have seen many slain, not at Lake Trasimene, but at the Servilian Pool. Rosc. Am. 32.90" Quis ibi nōn est volnerātus ferrō Phrygiō?"'Who was not wounded there by Phrygian steel?' Rosc. Am. 32.90Nōn necesse est omnīs commemorāre Curtiōs, Mariōs, dēnique Memmiōs quōs iam aetās ā proeliīs āvocābat, postrēmō Priamum ipsum senem, Antistium quem nōn modo aetās sed etiam lēgēs pugnāre prohibēbant.There is no need to mention all the Curtii, the Marii, and then the Memmii, whom age was already calling away from battle, and finally old Priam himself, Antistius, whom not only age but even the laws forbade to fight. Rosc. Am. 32.90Iam quōs nēmō propter ignōbilitātem nōminat, sescentī sunt quī inter sīcāriōs et dē venēficiīs accūsābant;Then there are those whom nobody names because of their obscurity, hundreds who used to prosecute for murder and poisoning; Rosc. Am. 32.90quī omnēs, quod ad mē attinet, vellem vīverent.all of whom, for my part, I could wish were alive. Rosc. Am. 32.90Nihil enim malī est canēs ibi quam plūrimōs esse ubi permultī observandī multaque servanda sunt.For there is no harm in there being as many dogs as possible where very many people have to be watched and many things guarded.
Rosc. Am. 32.91Vērum, ut fit, multa saepe imprūdentibus imperātōribus vīs bellī ac turba mōlītur.But, as happens, the violence and confusion of war often bring about many things without the generals' knowledge. Rosc. Am. 32.91Dum is in aliīs rēbus erat occupātus quī summam rērum administrābat, erant intereā quī suīs volneribus medērentur;While the man who held the supreme direction of affairs was occupied with other things, there were meanwhile those who were healing their own wounds; Rosc. Am. 32.91quī, tamquam sī offūsa reī pūblicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruēbant in tenebrīs omniaque miscēbant;who, as if everlasting night had been spread over the state, rushed about in the darkness and threw everything into confusion; Rosc. Am. 32.91ā quibus mīror nē quod iūdiciōrum esset vestīgium nōn subsellia quoque esse combusta;and I am surprised that they did not burn the benches as well, so that no trace of the courts should remain; Rosc. Am. 32.91nam et accūsātōrēs et iūdicēs sustulērunt.for they did away with both accusers and judges. Rosc. Am. 32.91Hoc commodī est quod ita vīxērunt ut testīs omnīs, sī cuperent, interficere nōn possent;There is this advantage, that they have lived in such a way that they could not kill all the witnesses even if they wished; Rosc. Am. 32.91nam, dum hominum genus erit, quī accūset eōs nōn dēerit;for as long as the human race exists, there will be no lack of someone to accuse them; Rosc. Am. 32.91dum cīvitās erit, iūdicia fīent.as long as the state exists, trials will be held.
Rosc. Am. 32.91Vērum, ut coepī dīcere, et Erucius, haec sī habēret in causā quae commemorāvī, posset ea quamvīs diū dīcere, et ego, iūdicēs, possum;But, as I began to say, Erucius, if he had in his case the things I have mentioned, could speak about them as long as he liked, and so can I, judges; Rosc. Am. 32.91sed in animō est, quem ad modum ante dīxī, leviter trānsīre ac tantum modo perstringere ūnam quamque rem, ut omnēs intellegant mē nōn studiō accūsāre sed officiō dēfendere.but I intend, as I said before, to pass over each point lightly and merely touch on it, so that all may understand that I am not accusing from zeal but defending from duty.