Abstract
The research proposes to analyze the Divinatio in Caecilium and the actio prima of the accusation speech delivered by Cicero against Gaius Verres in 70 BC. Our aim is to identify the ethical strategies he uses both to strengthen his own cause and to defame his opponent. We will consider that, for Cicero, discourse is a way of "existing and operating within the public sphere" (STEEL, 2005,…