 One notable event of this period was the notorious misgovernment of Verres, as recorded by Cicero in 70 BC in his oration, In Verrem.Another was the Sicilian revolt under Sextus Pompeius, which liberated the island from Roman rule for a brief period.A lasting legacy of the Roman occupation, in economic and agricultural terms, was the establishment of the large landed estates, often owned by distant Roman nobles (the "latifundia").