Da avversario di fazione a criminale pericoloso: percorsi di una strategia accusatoria dalla Pro Roscio Amerino alle Filippiche

In the Latin rhetorical tradition, and particularly in Cicero’s oratory, it emerges the figure of the dangerous criminal. This concept came up first in the judicial oratory, and it was then adapted to the political invective for the vituperatio of the orator’s enemies. This paper will analyze some of Cicero’s speeches on recognizing the characteristics of the criminally dangerous person (an out-law person) in the Republican oratory tradition.