In Defense of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

It was desirable above all things for Marcus Scaurus, O judges, to return (as he has always been most especially anxious and attentive to do) the dignity of his race, and family, and name, without incurring the hatred of any one, and without either giving offence to or receiving annoyance from

[But since his adverse destiny has brought about this state of things, he does not think that he ought to grumble at meeting with the same fortune as his father, who was more than once compelled by his enemies to plead his cause as a defendant.]

[We know that the most eminent man of our state was accused by Marcus Brutus. Orations are extant from which it can be seen that many things were said against Scaurus himself. Falsely. No one doubts that; but still they were said and urged against him as accusations by his enemy.]

he also was tried before the people, when Cnaeus Domitius, a tribune of the people, instituted the prosecution