M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 43

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[43] 15 et quoniam auctoritas quoque in bellis administrandis multum atque in¹ imperio militari valet, certe nemini dubium est quin ea re² idem ille imperator plurimum possit. vehementer autem pertinere ad bella administranda quid hostes, quid socii de imperatoribus nostris existiment quis ignorat, cum sciamus homines in tantis rebus ut aut metuant aut contemnant aut oderint aut ament³ opinione non minus et fama⁴ quam aliqua ratione certa commoveri? quod igitur nomen umquam in orbe terrarum clarius fuit, cuius res gestae pares? de quo homine vos, id quod maxime facit auctoritatem, tanta et tam praeclara iudicia fecistis?

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.) — 43 focus

[43]
And since authority has great weight in conducting wars, and in discharging the duties of military command, it certainly is not doubtful to any one that in that point this same general is especially preeminent. And who is ignorant that it is of great importance in the conduct of wars, what opinion the enemy, and what opinion the allies have of your generals, when we know that men are not less influenced in such serious affairs, to despise, or fear, or hate, or love a man by common opinion and common report, than by sure grounds and principles? What name, then, in the whole world has ever been more illustrious than his? whose achievements have ever been equal to his? And, what gives authority in the highest degree, concerning whom have you ever passed such numerous and such honourable resolutions?

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. in PE: om. cett.

2. re PHE: in re cett.

3. metuant aut contemnant aut oderint aut ament H: metuant aut oderint temnant aut con aut ament P: contemnant aut metuant aut oderint aut ament cett.

4. et fama PH: famae 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

pecuaria , etc.: cf. the summary of the resources of Asia, p.72, ll.30-32.

portu ,

decumis ,

scriptura : these repeat, in inverse order,

pecuaria ,

agri cultura ,

navigatio .

fructus , income (i.e. to the Romans).

M. Tullius Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 43

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