Scaptius, the story of, ii., 93, 102; agent of Brutus in getting his debts paid, 96, 99. Scipio the great, gives the idea of Roman power, i., 76. Scipio the younger, in the dialogue De Republica, ii., 307; his dream, 308; translated, 333. Scipio, Q. Metellus, candidate for the Consulship, ii., 61. Sempronia, accused by Sallust of dancing too well, i., 193; Catiline's plot carried on at her house, 230. Sempronia Lex declares that a Roman should not be put to death, i., 237. Senate, their honors, i., 116; their disgrace, 117; pass a vote that they will go into mourning for Cicero, 319; Cicero's presence demanded in, ii., 189. Senate house scene described in a letter to Quintus, ii., 22, 23; is burnt, 63; archives destroyed, 70. Senectute, De, ii., 252; Cato tells its praises, 312. Servilius, compliment paid to, at the trial of Verres, i., 140. Serving his fellow creatures, Cicero's way of doing, ii., 300, 301. Sextus, letter to, as to borrowing money, i., 249; defence of, ii., 27; Cicero's gratitude to, _ibid._ Sextus Roscius Amerinus, i., 80. Shakespeare, his conception correct as to Caesar's death, ii., 173. Shelley, version of the Eagle and the Serpent, i., 46. Short hand writing, the system of, i., 189. Sicilians invite Cicero to take their part against Verres, i., 118; their wishes for his assistance, 135. Sicily divided into two provinces, i., 114. Signis, De, fourth speech at the second action In Verrem, i., 141. Slaves, tortured to obtain evidence, i., 88. Solitude, he had not strength to exercise, ii., 320. Soothsayers, appeal made to them as to Cicero, ii., 26. Soothsaying, ii., 300. "Sordidatus," Cicero's dress before going into exile, i., 301. Speeches made by Cicero on his return from exile, ii., 9; question whether they be genuine, 10. States, Italian, jealousy of, leading to first civil war, i., 49. Statilius, one of Catiline's conspirators, i., 252. Statues, purchase of, i., 170. Stenography, the Roman system, i., 189. Sthenius, his trial, i., 127, 146. Suetonius, accuses Caesar of joining Catiline, i., 217; character of Caesar, 273. Sulla, Cicero served with, i., 49; declared Dictator, 54; Cicero on Sulla's side in politics, 55; goes to the East, 67; his massacres, 68; reorganizes the law, 69; his resignation, 70; attacked by Cicero, 92. Sulla, P., elected Consul, i., 214; Cicero's speech for, 252. Sulpicius, Publius, the orator, i., 43. Sulpicius, Servius, laughed at as an orator, i., 194; one of the ambassadors dies on his journey ii., 213. Superstitions of old Rome, ii., 25. "Supplicatio," decreed to Cicero, i., 282, nature of, ii., 104; granted for Mutina for fifty days, 225. Suppliciis, De, fifth speech in the second action In Verrem, i., 141. "Symphoniacos homines," i., 160. Syracuse, robberies of Verres, i., 156. T. Tablets of wax used by judges, i., 93.