M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 42

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[42] iam quantum consilio, quantum dicendi gravitate et copia valeat, in quo ipso inest quaedam dignitas imperatoria, vos, Quirites¹, hoc ipso ex loco saepe cognostis². fidem vero eius quantam inter socios existimari putatis quam hostes omnes omnium generum sanctissimam iudicarint? humanitate iam tanta est ut difficile dictu sit utrum hostes magis virtutem eius pugnantes timuerint an mansuetudinem victi dilexerint. et quisquam dubitabit quin huic hoc tantum bellum³ permittendum⁴ sit qui ad omnia nostrae memoriae bella conficienda divino quodam consilio natus 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.) — 42 focus

[42] How great his wisdom is, how great his authority and fluency in speaking,—and that too is a quality in which the dignity of a general is greatly concerned,—you, O Romans, have often experienced yourselves in this very place. But how great do you think his good faith must have been towards your allies, when the enemies of all nations have placed implicit confidence in it? His humanity is such that it is difficult to say, whether the enemy feared his valour more when fighting against him, or loved his mildness more when they had been conquered by him. And will any one doubt, that this important war ought to be entrusted to him, who seems to have been born by some especial design and favour of the gods for the express purpose of finishing all the wars which have existed in their own recollection?

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. Quirites quoque H

2. cognostis PH: cognovistis E: cognoscitis cett. ( cf. Zielinski p. 199)

3. hoc tantum bellum PHE: tantum bellum hoc cett.

4. permittendum H: transmittendum cett.

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

consiho , etc.: of. p.83,ll.26, 27.

ipso , of itself

hoc . . . loco , i.e. the Rostra.

fidem vero , etc.: render and as to his good faith, etc., changing the construction so as to keep the emphasis.

quam , etc.: render when the enemy esteemed it, etc. (contrasting hostes with socios).

pugnantes , in battle;

victi , in defeat

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