Cicero - part 11

Te quoque magno opere, M. Fannius, quaeso

I also ask you, Marcus Fannius, earnestly

Ut qualem te iam antea populo Romano praebuisti

The same sort of man you showed yourself already previously to the Roman people

Cum huic eidem quaestioni iudex praeesses… hoc tempore

That you bestow upon both us and the republic at this time

Talem te et nobis et rei publicae hoc tempore impertias

When you were presiding over a similar trial as a judge

Quanta multitudo hominum convenerit ad hoc iudicium, vides

You see how great a number of men have assembled at this trial

Quae sit omnium mortalium exspectatio

You understand what eager expectation of all mortals there is

Quae cupiditas, ut acria ac severa iudicia fiant, intellegis

What desire, that the verdicts may be fierce and strict

Longo intervallo, iudicium inter sicarios hoc primum committitur

After a long while, the court dealing with assassins holds this first

Cum interea caedes indignissimae maximaeque factae sunt

Although meanwhile the most outrageous and extensive murders have happened

Omnes hanc quaestionem te praetore manifestis maleficiis cotidianoque sanguine dignissimam sperant futuram

Everyone hopes that this inquiry, under your praetorship, will be most suitable for acting against public misdeeds and daily blood shed