Pro Milone
Cicero
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Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) 1 citation
The oration for Milo is explicitly cited and ranked as among the finest specimens of oratory.
This oration, in the revised form in which it has come down to us, is ranked as among the finest specimens of the art of the orator, though in its original form it failed to secure Milo’s acquittal.
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Institutes of Roman Law Gaius 1 neutral 1 citation
Pro Milone is named directly as the source recording the anecdote about Cicero and Clodius.
Cicero, for instance, mentions that he and Clodius were both witnesses to a will in which they were appointed heirs, Pro Milone, 18, 48;
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The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 citation
Explicitly cited for the right/lawful distinction.
Thus Cicero, in his speech for Milo, makes the law of nature the standard of what is right, and legal authority, the standard of what is lawful.
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