[756] See Brutus § 257, de orat I §§ 83, 263, II § 40, de finibus V § 52, Tusc disp I § 34, III § 77, V § 104. The messores whose rustic brogue is referred to in de orat III § 46 surely are free Italians.
[757] From lack of the ingenuae artes and liberales doctrinae etc.
[758] de offic I § 150 inliberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercennariorum omnium quorum operae non quorum artes emuntur: est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis.
[759] The operae often referred to.
[760] The familiae publicanorum. The publicani complained loudly when their slave-staff was in danger from the violence of others. Cf de imperio Pompei § 16.
[761] Cf the famous case of Clodius and Milo.
[762] Cf pro Rosc com §§ 32, 49, 54, pro Tullio § 21.
[763] For a discussion of these see Greenidge in the Appendix to The legal procedure of Cicero’s time.
[764] pro Tullio §§ 7-12.
[765] pro Tullio §§ 14-22.