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CHAPTER IV.
CICERO AS A MAGISTRATE.
69-63 B.C.
HILE the case against Verres was still pending Cicero had been 70 B.C.elected curule ædile, and in the year 66 B.C. he served the office of prætor. He had no difficulty in his contest for this magistracy, and he tells Atticus that he need not put himself out of the way to come to Rome to help him. There appear to have been two abortive attempts at a voting before the election was actually carried through, and on each occasion it was clear that Cicero was at the head of the poll.[1]
- ↑ Pro Leg. Man., 1, 2.
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