Cicero Pro Caelio 31

translation

Horum duorum criminum video auctorem, video fontem, video certum nomen et caput.

Of these two charges, I asee an originator, I see a source, I see a specific name and origin.

Auro opus fuit; sumpsit a Clodia, sumpsit sine teste, habuit, quamdiu voluit.

There was a need for gold; he procured it from Clodia, procured it without a witness, he held it for as long as he wanted.

Maximum video signum cuiusdam egregiae familiaritatis.

I see a very strong evidence of quite remarkable intimacy.

Necare eandem voluit;

He wanted to kill the same woman;

quaesivit venenum, sollicitavit servos, potionem paravit, locum constituit, clam attulit

he sought poison, bribed her slaves, obtained the philtre, decided on a place, brought it secretly.

Magnum rursus odium video cum crudelissimo discidio exstitisse.

On the contrary I see that great hatred has come into existence along with most cruel seperation.

Res est omnis in hac causa nobis, iudices, cum Clodia, muliere non solum nobili, sed etiam nota;

In this trial we are concerned, members of the jury, entirely with Clodia, a woman not only of nobility but also of notoriety.

de qua ego nihil dicam nisi depellendi criminis causa.

About this women I shall say nothing except for the purpose to rebut the charge.