Rosc. Am. 35.1Etiamnē in tam perspicuīs rēbus argūmentātiō quaerenda aut coniectūra capienda est?In matters so clear, must argument still be sought or conjecture made? Rosc. Am. 35.1Nōnne vōbīs haec quae audīstis cernere oculīs vidēminī, iūdicēs?Do you not seem to yourselves, gentlemen, to behold with your eyes what you have heard? Rosc. Am. 35.1nōn illum miserum, ignārum cāsūs suī, redeuntem ā cēnā vidētis, nōn positās īnsidiās, nōn impetum repentīnum?do you not see that wretched man, unaware of his fate, returning from dinner, do you not see the ambush laid, the sudden attack? Rosc. Am. 35.1nōn versātur ante oculōs vōbīs in caede Glaucia?is not Glaucia moving before your eyes amid the slaughter? Rosc. Am. 35.1nōn adest iste T. Roscius?is not that Titus Roscius present? Rosc. Am. 35.1nōn suīs manibus in currū conlocat Automedontem illum, suī sceleris acerbissimī nefāriaeque victōriae nūntium?does he not with his own hands set in the chariot that Automedon of his, the messenger of his most cruel crime and wicked victory? Rosc. Am. 35.1nōn ōrat ut eam noctem pervigilet, ut honōris suī causā labōret, ut Capitōnī quam prīmum nūntiet?does he not beg him to stay awake all that night, to toil as a favour to him, to bring the news to Capito as soon as possible?
Rosc. Am. 35.99Quid erat quod Capitōnem prīmum scīre vellet?What reason was there why he wanted Capito to know first? Rosc. Am. 35.99Nesciō, nisi hoc videō, Capitōnem in hīs bonīs esse socium;I do not know, except that I see this: that Capito is a partner in this property; Rosc. Am. 35.99dē tribus et decem fundīs trīs nōbilissimōs fundōs eum videō possidēre.of the thirteen farms I see that he possesses the three finest. Rosc. Am. 35.100Audiō praetereā nōn hanc suspīciōnem nunc prīmum in Capitōnem cōnferrī;I hear besides that this is not the first time suspicion of this kind has been cast on Capito; Rosc. Am. 35.100multās esse īnfāmis eius palmās, hanc prīmam esse tamen lēmniscātam quae Rōmā eī dēferātur;that he has won many palms of infamy, but that this is the first beribboned one to be conferred on him from Rome; Rosc. Am. 35.100nūllum modum esse hominis occīdendī quō ille nōn aliquot occīderit, multōs ferrō, multōs venēnō.that there is no way of killing a man by which he has not killed several, many by the sword, many by poison. Rosc. Am. 35.100Habeō etiam dīcere quem contrā mōrem maiōrum minōrem annīs lx dē ponte in Tiberim dēiēcerit.I can even name a man whom, contrary to the custom of our ancestors, he threw from the bridge into the Tiber though he was not yet sixty.
Rosc. Am. 35.100Quae , sī prōdierit atque adeō cum prōdierit — sciō enim prōditūrum esse — audiet.These things, if he comes forward, or rather when he comes forward — for I know he will come forward — he shall hear. Rosc. Am. 35.100Veniat modo, explicet suum volūmen illud quod eī plānum facere possum Erucium cōnscrīpsisse;Only let him come, let him unroll that scroll of his which I can prove to him that Erucius composed; Rosc. Am. 35.101quod aiunt illum Sex. Rosciō intentāsse et minitātum esse sē omnia illa prō testimōniō esse dictūrum.the scroll which they say he brandished at Sextus Roscius, threatening that he would state it all in his evidence. Rosc. Am. 35.101Ō praeclārum testem, iūdicēs!O splendid witness, gentlemen! Rosc. Am. 35.101ō gravitātem dignam exspectātiōne!O dignity worthy of the expectation! Rosc. Am. 35.101ō vītam honestam atque eius modī ut libentibus animīs ad eius testimōnium vestrum iūs iūrandum accommodētis!O honourable life, and of such a kind that you would gladly fit your oath to his testimony! Rosc. Am. 35.101Profectō nōn tam perspicuē nōs istōrum maleficia vidērēmus, nisi ipsōs caecōs redderet cupiditās et avāritia et audācia.Surely we should not see the crimes of these men so clearly, unless greed and avarice and audacity made them blind.