y detected him in a flirtation with the wifeof Caesar, whose house was the scene of the festival. Clodius wasbrought to trial for the offence, and sent a retainer to Cicero, with 296 COMIC HISTOKT OF ROME. [CHAP. XXIX. instructions to the orator to prove an alibi. Instead of following themodern… … Cicero throws up his Brief, like a Gentleman. to give evidence against the accused, but threw up his cause in anexplosive burst of eloquence. Notwithstanding this remarkable instanceof honesty at the bar, there was so much corruption on the bench, thatClodius bribed the judge by throwing into the…
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