Cicero - part 14

Atque ut facilius intellegere possitis, iudices

And so that you can understand more easily, judges

Ea quae facta sunt indigniora esse, quam haec sunt

That the actions which were done are more outrageous than these things are

Quae dicimus

We will explain to you from the beginning the events, how they were carried out

an initio res, quem ad modum gesta sit

Vobis exponemus, quo facilius et huius hominis innocentissimi miserias

So that you may be able to recognise more easily both the miseries of this most innocent man

Et illorum audacias cognoscere possitis

And the brazenness of those men

et rei publicae calamitatem

And the disaster of the republic