| Pulman takes us back to the Senate as the trial resumes. He adds a defense attorney for Plancina who, after a failed motion for dismissal, cuts Piso loose. This is mostly from the pages of Graves. Pulman does, however, gloss over the fact that the most serious charges against Piso (the armed attempt to regain Syria) still remain with or without Martina. Plancina's request for a separate defense and her appeal to Livia's protection is supported by Tacitus, but the Livia letter is not. Graves makes much of this letter, but has Piso tell Plancina to bargain for their lives with it. Plancina begging Piso to commit suicide is a plausible, but unsupported Pulman addition. |
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