M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 24

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[24] hic iam plura non dicam; fuit enim illud extremum ut ex eis¹ locis a militibus nostris reditus magis maturus quam progressio² longior quaereretur. Mithridates autem se et suam manum³ iam confirmarat eorum opera qui ad eum ex ipsius regno concesserant⁴ et magnis adventiciis auxiliis multorum regum et nationum iuvabatur. iam⁵ hoc fere sic fieri solere⁶ accepimus ut regum adflictae fortunae facile multorum opes adliciant ad misericordiam, maximeque eorum qui aut reges⁷ sunt aut vivunt in regno, ut⁸ eis nomen regale magnum et sanctum esse videatur.

De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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

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In Defense of the Proposed Manilian Law Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 24 focus

[24] At present I will not say more; for the result of these feelings of theirs was, that they were more anxious for a speedy return home than for any further advance into the enemies' country. But Mithridates had by this time strengthened his army by reinforcements of those men belonging to his own dominions who had assembled together, and by large promiscuous forces belonging to many other kings and tribes. And we see that this is almost invariably the case, that kings when in misfortune easily induce many to pity and assist them, especially such as are either kings themselves, or who live under kingly power, because to them the name of king appears something great and sacred.

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. eis illis H

2. progressio H: processio cett. ( voc. monacho quam Tullio notius)

3. se et suam iam manum H: et suam manum iam cett.

4. eorum opera qui (qui) ad eum ex (ex sup. lin.) ipsius regno concesserant H: et eorum qui se ex ipsius (eius δ) regno collegerant cett., del. Benecke ( cf. Appian. Mithrid. 87 Ποντικοῖς ἀνδράσι γυμνάζειν παρεδίδου)

5. iam nam π

6. solere fieri H

7. regnis H

8. ut quod Naugerius (2)

Commentary

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

hic , on this point.

extremum , the climax.

ut . . . quaereretur , subst. clause of result: § 567 (332, head-note); B. 297,3; G. 553,4; H. 571,2 (501, i, 2); cf. H-B. 521, 3, a.

opes . . . misericordiam : a short expression for win them over to pity and call out their resources.

ut . . . videatur , a result-clause following

qui . . . regno : the more natural way to express the idea in English would be by a coordinate clause with and therefore.

M. Tullius Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 24

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