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  • M. Tulli Ciceronis pro Sex. Roscio Amerino Oratio
  • DE IMPERIO CN. POMPEI AD QVIRITES ORATIO
  • PRO A. CLVENTIO ORATIO
  • Orationes in Catilinam
  • PRO L. MVRENA ORATIO
  • PRO M. CAELIO ORATIO
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    M. Tullius Cicero, Orationes: Pro Sex. Roscio, De imperio Cn. Pompei, Pro Cluentio, In Catilinam, Pro Murena, Pro Caelio (ed. Albert Clark)

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    Orationes in Catilinam

    ORATIO QVA L. CATILINAM EMISIT IN SENATV HABITA

    I. quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina+, patientia nostra++? quam+ diu etiam+ furor+ iste+ tuus+ nos1 eludet+? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senatus+ locus, nihil horum ora voltusque moverunt+? patere tua consilia non sentis+, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam2 non vides? quid proxima, quid superiore nocte egeris, ubi fueris, quos convocaveris, quid consili ceperis quem nostrum ignorare arbitraris? [2] O tempora, o mores! senatus haec intellegit++, consul videt; hic tamen vivit++. vivit? immo vero etiam in senatum venit, fit publici consili particeps, notat et designat oculis ad caedem unum quemque nostrum. nos autem fortes viri satis facere rei publicae videmur, si istius furorem ac tela vitamus3 . ad mortem+ te, Catilina, duci+ iussu consulis iam pridem+ oportebat+, in te conferri pestem4 quam tu in nos5 omnis iam diu6 machinaris. [3] an vero vir amplissimus, P. Scipio, pontifex maximus, Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae privatus interfecit: Catilinam7 orbem terrae caede atque incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules+ perferemus8 ? nam illa nimis antiqua praetereo+, quod9 C. Servilius Ahala Sp. Maelium novis rebus studentem manu sua occidit. fuit, fuit ista quondam in hac re publica virtus+ ut viri fortes acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum hostem coercerent. habemus+10 senatus consultum+ in te, Catilina, vehemens et grave11 , non deest rei publicae consilium neque auctoritas huius ordinis: nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus+.

    1 nos om. A et Iulius Victor (Rhet. M. p. 439): post diu hab. bs

    2 tuam om. CAV

    3 vitamus CAV: vitemus cett.

    4 pestem a (C pr. scr.): pestem istam cett. (C corr. m. 1)

    5 nos om. A (in lac.) V

    6 omnis om. g: omnis iam diu om. bs

    7 Catilinam Aah, Quintil. viii. 4. 13: Catilinam vero C cett.

    8 perferremus C

    9 quod C.] quodque CAah: quod Q. Vbg

    10 habemus a: habemus enim hbg

    11 et grave sup. lin. in C (m1): om. AV

    There are a total of 25 comments on and cross references to this page.

    Further comments from J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition.:
    speech 1 (general note)

    Cross references from Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges (eds. J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge):
    2, 563 [Substantive Clauses of Purpose]

    Cross references from J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, Select Orations of Cicero, Allen and Greenough's Edition.:
    Catil. [Argument]
    Catil. [Argument]
    Catil., 3 [Effrontery of Catiline in appearing in the Senate. Weakness of the consuls in allowing him to live contrasted with the vigorous action of former times in less flagrant cases. Reasons for the delay. ]
    Catil., 9 [I. Propositio]
    Mil., 70 [ IV. Confirmatio]
    Mil., 103 [V. Peroratio]
    Catil. [Argument]
    Mil., 72 [ IV. Confirmatio]
    Mil., 72 [ IV. Confirmatio]

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    M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes: Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Albertus Curtis Clark Collegii Reginae Socius. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxonii. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1908. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
    OCLC: 26994431


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