M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 5

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[5] They say that many of the villages of Bithynia , which is at present a province belonging to you, have been burnt; that the kingdom of Ariobarzanes, which borders on those districts from which you derive a revenue, is wholly in the power of the enemy; that Lucullus, after having performed great exploits, is departing from that war; that it is not enough that whoever succeeds him should be prepared for the conduct of so important a war; that one general is demanded and required by all men, both allies and citizens, for that war; that he alone is feared by the enemy, and that no one else is.

De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites. M. Tullius Cicero. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). London. 1856.

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In Defense of the Proposed Manilian Law (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.)

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.) — 5 focus

[5] Bithyniae quae nunc vestra provincia est vicos exustos esse compluris, regnum Ariobarzanis quod finitimum est vestris vectigalibus totum esse in hostium potestate; L. ucium Lucullum¹ magnis rebus gestis ab eo bello discedere; huic qui successerit, non satis esse paratum ad tantum bellum administrandum; unum ab omnibus sociis et civibus ad id bellum imperatorem deposci atque expeti, eundem hunc unum ab hostibus metui, praeterea neminem.

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Notes on The Manilian Law (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

Bithyniae : this territory had been bequeathed to the Roman republic by Nicomedes III, B.C. 74.

Ariobarzanis : king of Cappadocia, which had been overrun by Mithridates.

Lucullum : Lucullus was related to both branches of the family of Metellus, and had married Clodia, sister of the notorious Publius Clodius. It was chiefly this mischievous demagogue, who was serving as one of his officers, that stirred up the dissensions and mutinies which robbed Lucullus of the fruits of his victories.

discedere , is on the point of withdrawing.

huic qui successerit , his successor, Glabrio.

non satis paratum , not adequately furnished—an understatement: Glabrio had shown himself thoroughly incompetent, but Cicero was on good terms with him. This was the Glabrio who had presided over the court in the case of Verres.

socus , i.e. Asiatics.

civibus , Romans engaged in business in Asia.

imperatorem (in pred. appos. with unum), as commander.

M. Tullius Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 5

Charles Duke Yonge (Translator)

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