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The common example of this, is that noted passage in Cicero which every schoolboy knows: "Facinus est vincire civem Romanum; scelus verberare, prope parricidium, necare; quid dicam in crucem tollere."
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: “Facinus est vinciri civem Romanum; scelus verberari; prope parricidium necari; quid dicam in crucem!”
The Life of Cicero Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 1881
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: "Facinus est vinciri civem Romanum; scelus verberari; prope parricidium necari; quid dicam in crucem!"
Life of Cicero Volume One Anthony Trollope 1848
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"Facinus est cruciare civem Romanum; scelus verberare; prope parricidium necare: quid dicam in crucem tollere?"
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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Tam barbaros, tam immanes fuisse homines, ut parricidium suum, id est tetrum atque execrabib humano generi facinus, sacrificium vocarent.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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“Facinus est cruciare civem Romanum; scelus verberare; prope parricidium necare: quid dicam in crucem tollere?”
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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In this limited sense there seems no impropriety in Catiline being called parricida, with reference to his country; and the dictator Ceasar's death might be called a parricidium (the crime of parricide), considering the circumstances under which the name was given (Suet.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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