Rosc. Am. 40.1Vidēte iam porrō cētera, iūdicēs, ut intellegātis fingī maleficium nūllum posse quō iste sēsē nōn contāminārit.Look now at the rest, gentlemen, so that you may understand that no crime can be imagined with which this man has not defiled himself. Rosc. Am. 40.1In rēbus minōribus socium fallere turpissimum est aequēque turpe atque illud dē quō ante dīxī;In lesser matters it is most disgraceful to cheat a partner, and just as disgraceful as that of which I spoke before; Rosc. Am. 40.1neque iniūriā, proptereā quod auxilium sibi sē putat adiūnxisse quī cum alterō rem commūnicāvit.and not without reason, because the man who has shared his affairs with another thinks he has gained help for himself. Rosc. Am. 40.1Ad cuius igitur fidem cōnfugiet, cum per eius fidem laeditur cui sē commīserit?To whose good faith, then, will he flee for refuge, when he is injured through the good faith of the man to whom he has entrusted himself? Rosc. Am. 40.1Atque ea sunt animadvertenda peccāta maximē quae difficillimē praecaventur.And those offences most deserve punishment which are hardest to guard against. Rosc. Am. 40.1Tēctī esse ad aliēnōs possumus, intimī multa apertiōra videant necesse est;We can keep ourselves covered towards strangers; those closest to us must see many things more openly; Rosc. Am. 40.1socium cavēre quī possumus?how can we guard against a partner?
Rosc. Am. 40.1quem etiam sī metuimus, iūs officī laedimus.even if we fear him, we injure the claims of duty. Rosc. Am. 40.1Rēctē igitur maiōrēs eum quī socium fefellisset in virōrum bonōrum numerō nōn putārunt habērī oportēre.Rightly, then, did our ancestors think that the man who had cheated a partner ought not to be counted among good men. Rosc. Am. 40.117At vērō T. Roscius nōn ūnum reī pecūniāriae socium fefellit, quod, tametsī grave est, tamen aliquō modō posse ferrī vidētur, vērum novem hominēs honestissimōs, eiusdem mūneris, lēgātiōnis, officī mandātōrumque sociōs, indūxit, dēcēpit, dēstituit, adversāriīs trādidit, omnī fraude et perfidiā fefellit;But Titus Roscius did not cheat a single partner in a money matter — which, though serious, still seems somehow bearable — but nine most honourable men, his partners in the same duty, embassy, office and commission, he led on, deceived, abandoned, handed over to their opponents, and cheated with every kind of fraud and treachery; Rosc. Am. 40.117quī dē scelere suspicārī eius nihil potuērunt, socium officī metuere nōn dēbuērunt, eius malitiam nōn vīdērunt, ōrātiōnī vānae crēdidērunt.men who could suspect nothing of his wickedness, ought not to have had to fear a partner in their office, did not see his malice, and believed his empty words.
Rosc. Am. 40.117Itaque nunc illī hominēs honestissimī propter istīus īnsidiās parum putantur cautī prōvidīque fuisse;And so now those most honourable men, because of his trickery, are thought to have been insufficiently cautious and far-sighted; Rosc. Am. 40.117iste quī initiō prōditor fuit, deinde perfuga, quī prīmō sociōrum cōnsilia adversāriīs ēnūntiāvit, deinde societātem cum ipsīs adversāriīs coiit, terret etiam nōs ac minātur tribus praediīs, hoc est praemiīs sceleris, ōrnātus.while he, who was first a traitor and then a deserter, who first disclosed his partners' plans to their opponents and then entered into partnership with those very opponents, even terrifies and threatens us, decked out with three estates, that is, with the rewards of his crime. Rosc. Am. 40.117In eius modī vītā, iūdicēs, in hīs tot tantīsque flāgitiīs hoc quoque maleficium dē quō iūdicium est reperiētis.In a life of this kind, gentlemen, among these many great outrages, you will find this crime too which is the subject of this trial. Rosc. Am. 40.118Etenim quaerere ita dēbētis: ubi multa avārē, multa audācter, multa improbē, multa perfidiōsē facta vidēbitis, ibi scelus quoque latēre inter illa tot flāgitia putātōte.For you ought to inquire in this way: where you see many things done greedily, many audaciously, many dishonestly, many treacherously, there believe that crime too lies hidden among all those outrages.
Rosc. Am. 40.118Tametsī hoc quidem minimē latet quod ita promptum et prōpositum est ut nōn ex illīs maleficiīs quae in illō cōnstat esse hoc intellegātur vērum ex hōc etiam, sī quō dē illōrum forte dubitābitur, convincātur.And yet this one at least is not hidden at all, for it is so plain and exposed to view that it is not inferred from those crimes which are known to be in him, but rather, if there is perhaps any doubt about one of those, it is proved by this one. Rosc. Am. 40.118Quid tandem, quaesō, iūdicēs?Well then, I ask, gentlemen? Rosc. Am. 40.118num aut ille lanista omnīnō iam ā gladiō recessisse vidētur aut hic discipulus magistrō tantulum dē arte concēdere?does that trainer seem to have retired altogether from the sword by now, or this pupil to yield even a little to his master in skill? Rosc. Am. 40.118Pār est avāritia, similis improbitās, eadem impudentia, gemina audācia.Their greed is equal, their dishonesty alike, their shamelessness the same, their audacity twin.