Rosc. Am. 7.1Nam cum hic Sex. Roscius esset Ameriae, T. autem iste Roscius Rōmae, cum hic fīlius adsiduus in praediīs esset cumque sē voluntāte patris reī familiārī vītaeque rūsticae dedisset, ipse autem frequēns Rōmae esset, occīditur ad balneās Pallacīnās rediēns ā cēnā Sex. Roscius.For when this Sextus Roscius was at Ameria, but this Titus Roscius at Rome, when the son here was constantly on the farms and had devoted himself, by his father's wish, to the family estate and to country life, while the other was often at Rome, Sextus Roscius was killed near the Pallacine baths as he was returning from dinner. Rosc. Am. 7.1Spērō ex hōc ipsō nōn esse obscūrum ad quem suspīciō maleficī pertineat;I hope that from this very fact it is not obscure to whom the suspicion of the crime attaches; Rosc. Am. 7.1vērum id quod adhūc est suspīciōsum nisi perspicuum rēs ipsa fēcerit, hunc adfīnem culpae iūdicātōte.but if the facts themselves do not make clear what is so far only a matter of suspicion, judge this man to be implicated in the guilt. Rosc. Am. 7.19Occīsō Sex. Rosciō prīmus Ameriam nūntiat Mallius Glaucia quīdam, homō tenuis, lībertīnus, cliēns et familiāris istīus T. Roscī, et nūntiat domum nōn fīlī sed T. Capitōnis inimīcī;When Sextus Roscius had been killed, the first to bring the news to Ameria is a certain Mallius Glaucia, a man of no means, a freedman, a client and intimate of this Titus Roscius, and he brings the news to the house not of the son but of Titus Capito, the dead man's enemy; Rosc. Am. 7.19et cum post hōram prīmam noctis occīsus esset, prīmō dīlūculō nūntius hic Ameriam vēnit;and though he had been killed after the first hour of the night, this messenger arrived at Ameria at the first light of dawn; Rosc. Am. 7.19decem hōrīs nocturnīs sex et quīnquāgintā mīlia passuum cisiīs pervolāvit, nōn modo ut exoptātum inimīcō nūntium prīmus adferret sed etiam cruōrem inimīcī quam recentissimum tēlumque paulō ante ē corpore extrāctum ostenderet.in ten hours of night he flew fifty-six miles in light carriages, not only so that he might be the first to bring his enemy the news he longed for, but also so that he might show him the blood of his enemy, as fresh as could be, and the weapon drawn from the body a little before.
Rosc. Am. 7.20Quadrīduō quō haec gesta sunt rēs ad Chrȳsogonum in castra L. Sullae Volāterrās dēfertur;Four days after these events the matter is reported to Chrysogonus in the camp of Lucius Sulla at Volaterrae; Rosc. Am. 7.20magnitūdō pecūniae dēmōnstrātur;the size of the fortune is pointed out; Rosc. Am. 7.20bonitās praediōrum — nam fundōs decem et trīs relīquit quī Tiberim ferē omnēs tangunt — huius inopia et sōlitūdō commemorātur;the quality of the farms — for he left thirteen estates, almost all of which border the Tiber — and this man's helplessness and isolation are mentioned; Rosc. Am. 7.20dēmōnstrant, cum pater huiusce Sex. Roscius, homō tam splendidus et grātiōsus, nūllō negōtiō sit occīsus, perfacile hunc hominem incautum et rūsticum et Rōmae ignōtum dē mediō tollī posse;they point out that, since the father of this man, Sextus Roscius, a man so distinguished and so popular, was killed without any trouble, this man, unwary, rustic and unknown at Rome, can very easily be got out of the way; Rosc. Am. 7.20ad eam rem operam suam pollicentur.they promise their help in this matter.