Structure of The Speech
Cicero divided the speech by following the formal structure of the dispositio:
- Exordium, lines 1–41
- Narratio, lines 42–89
- Refutatio, lines 90–143
- Confirmatio, lines 144–375
- Peroratio, lines 376–397
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