{"product_id":"cicero-pro-roscio-amerino-a-selection","title":"Cicero Pro Roscio Amerino A Selection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the OCR-endorsed edition covering the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 1) prescription for examinations in 2026–28 of Cicero''s \u003ci\u003epro Roscio Amerino \u003c\/i\u003e5 (\u003ci\u003eforsitan quaeratis…\u003c\/i\u003e)–29 (… \u003ci\u003eiugulandum vobis tradiderunt\u003c\/i\u003e), and the A-Level (Group 2) prescription for examinations in 2027–28 of 29 (\u003ci\u003equid primum\u003c\/i\u003e …)–32 (\u003ci\u003eiuguletis aut condemnetis\u003c\/i\u003e) and 37 (\u003ci\u003eoccidisse patrem …\u003c\/i\u003e)–57 (… \u003ci\u003eaccusare possitis\u003c\/i\u003e), giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed material to be read in English for A Level.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 81 BC Sextus Roscius, a wealthy landowner, was killed returning from a dinner party in Rome. His son, Sextus Roscius the Younger, was charged the following year with parricide, a sacrilegious crime with a gruesome punishment. In Cicero''s first speech at a criminal trial, he shows how his client did not benefit from the death, uncovers corruption which implicates an individual at the highest level of politics, and argues that the courts are being abused to silence the victims. \u003ci\u003ePro Sex. Roscio Amerino\u003c\/i\u003e is a speech not only defending a man''s life, but the very fabric of Roman justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupporting resources are available on the Companion Website: https:\/\/bloomsbury.pub\/OCR-editions-2026-2028.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195007836542,"sku":"NW9781350384453","price":16.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781350384453.jpg?v=1779610969","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/cicero-pro-roscio-amerino-a-selection","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}