HEADLINE: Cicero's Lawless Republic Debut Murder Trial GUEST NAME: Josiah Osgood SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Josiah Osgood about Cicero's high-stakes debut criminal trial: a parricide case def

HEADLINE: Cicero's Lawless Republic Debut Murder Trial GUEST NAME: Josiah Osgood SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Josiah Osgood about Cicero's high-stakes debut criminal trial: a parricide case defending Roscius, accused of killing his wealthy father. Lacking police or a public prosecutor, lawyers had to investigate. Parricide was a dreadful crime, punished severely by being sewn in a sack with animals and thrown out to sea. 1872 EXCAVATION OF THE ROME FORUM