- Application to extortion court to act as prosecutor: Quintus Caescilius Niger also applied, quaestor under Verres in Sicily so would collude with Verres, Cicero said that the Sicilians must choose their defence and they chose Cicero
-Attemptes by Verres to bribe Cicero.
-Court blocked by a fake case against a corrupt governor af Achaea.
-Cicero requested 110 days to research the case.
-Achean case requested 108 days.
-A period of public holiday beginning in August post-elections (May/June period least interrupted by public holidays but now impossible- if took longer then Verres could destroy evidence against him.
- The trial thus will take place after elections for offices in 69BC.
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