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• Verres — Gaius Verres (c. or in 120 BC ndash; 43 BC), was a Roman magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily. It is not known to what gens he belonged, though some give him the nomen Licinius .As governorAt first, he supported Gaius Marius and… …   Wikipedia

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