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The Trial of Gaius Verres
Lecture no. 2 from the course: The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us
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Taught by Professor Douglas O. Linder | 31 min | Categories: History
Cicero's greatest desire was to save the Roman Republic. For this reason, he charged Gaius Verres, a provincial governor, with crimes against the people. Central to this insightful lecture are Cicero's five orations, the Actio Secunda, which aimed to educate the Roman public about the corruption and rot in its political system....
24 Lectures
1
The Trial of Socrates
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of 36 min
2
The Trial of Gaius Verres
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of 31 min
3
Three Medieval Trials
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of 31 min
4
The Trial of Sir Thomas More
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of 28 min
5
The Trial of Giordano Bruno
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of 29 min
6
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
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of 32 min
7
The Boston Massacre Trials
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of 29 min
8
The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Trial
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of 31 min
9
The Amistad Trials
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of 29 min
10
The Dakota Conflict Trials
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of 31 min
11
The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial
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of 31 min
12
The Trial of Louis Riel
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of 32 min
13
The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
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of 31 min
14
The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp
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of 31 min
15
The Leopold and Loeb Trial
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of 30 min
16
The Scopes Monkey Trial
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of 31 min
17
The Trials of the "Scottsboro Boys"
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of 33 min
18
The Nuremberg Trials
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of 32 min
19
The Alger Hiss Trial
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of 31 min
20
The Rivonia (Nelson Mandela) Trial
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of 31 min
21
The Mississippi Burning Trial
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of 31 min
22
The Trial of the Chicago Eight
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of 32 min
23
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial
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of 32 min
24
The O. J. Simpson Trial
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of 34 min
