According to Cicero, Asellius was a friend of Oppianicus and not of Cluentius. Therefore, the latter would not have hired Asellius to murder Oppianicus.
Bread was a poor vehicle for the administration of poison. A liquid would have been more effective.
The word quam is repeated and builds up a sense of incredulity about the way that the poisoning was carried out.
He poses a series of rhetorical questions.
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