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<blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 7908610" data-attributes="member: 41932"><p>so, I just got done reading a page about Cicero and what he got away with in the court room:</p><p></p><p>[spoiler]</p><p>Antics Cicero got away with in court include:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Calling the prosecution's witness, who was an attempted murder victim, a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then saying he wasn't going to call her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity" target="_blank">calling her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess repeatedly throughout the rest of his speech.</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Accusing a political rival (Clodius) of incest in a completely unrelated case, where the sister of said rival accused her lover of attempting to poison her (see above).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pretending to be Rome personified (it's complicated).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pretending to be a long dead Roman Consul (again, it's complicated). Incidentally, he was pretending to be the Consul so he could call the attempted murder victim above a shameless slut, whore, and murderess. And being quite graphic about it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Telling the judge he was going to ignore all courtroom procedure for the citizenship application he was arguing for and <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext" target="_blank">spend the next hour discussing Greek literature</a>. (His client was Greek.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Giving speaking tips to opposing counsel.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Complimenting opposing counsel on his skill — because the counsel was once one of his students.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Accusing opposing counsel of being sexually submissive.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Accusing the jury of being corrupt (although this <em>was</em> often the case).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discussing fashion in the middle of a murder trial.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discussing town planning in the middle of a murder trial.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discussing highway maintenance in the middle of a murder trial.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discussing the inconvenient placement of Public Holidays in the middle of a murder trial.</li> </ul><p>[/spoiler]</p><p><strong>Metellus Nepos</strong>: <em>"Who is your father?" (</em> Basically Nepos' way of saying: "you're not an aristocrat, so zip it." )</p><p><strong>Cicero</strong>: <em>"In your case, your mother has made the answer to that question rather difficult."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trappedslider, post: 7908610, member: 41932"] so, I just got done reading a page about Cicero and what he got away with in the court room: [spoiler] Antics Cicero got away with in court include: [LIST] [*]Calling the prosecution's witness, who was an attempted murder victim, a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then saying he wasn't going to call her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess, and then [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RefugeInAudacity']calling her a shameless slut, whore, and murderess repeatedly throughout the rest of his speech.[/URL] [*]Accusing a political rival (Clodius) of incest in a completely unrelated case, where the sister of said rival accused her lover of attempting to poison her (see above). [*]Pretending to be Rome personified (it's complicated). [*]Pretending to be a long dead Roman Consul (again, it's complicated). Incidentally, he was pretending to be the Consul so he could call the attempted murder victim above a shameless slut, whore, and murderess. And being quite graphic about it. [*]Telling the judge he was going to ignore all courtroom procedure for the citizenship application he was arguing for and [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItMakesSenseInContext']spend the next hour discussing Greek literature[/URL]. (His client was Greek.) [*]Giving speaking tips to opposing counsel. [*]Complimenting opposing counsel on his skill — because the counsel was once one of his students. [*]Accusing opposing counsel of being sexually submissive. [*]Accusing the jury of being corrupt (although this [I]was[/I] often the case). [*]Discussing fashion in the middle of a murder trial. [*]Discussing town planning in the middle of a murder trial. [*]Discussing highway maintenance in the middle of a murder trial. [*]Discussing the inconvenient placement of Public Holidays in the middle of a murder trial. [/LIST] [/spoiler] [B]Metellus Nepos[/B]: [I]"Who is your father?" ([/I] Basically Nepos' way of saying: "you're not an aristocrat, so zip it." ) [B]Cicero[/B]: [I]"In your case, your mother has made the answer to that question rather difficult."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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