M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 49

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[49] qua re cum et bellum sit ita¹ necessarium ut neglegi non possit, ita magnum ut accuratissime sit administrandum, et cum ei imperatorem praeficere possitis in quo sit² eximia belli scientia, singularis virtus, clarissima auctoritas, egregia fortuna, dubitatis³, Quirites, quin hoc tantum boni quod vobis⁴ ab⁵ dis immortalibus oblatum et datum est in rem publicam conservandam atque amplificandam conferatis? quod si Romae Cn.

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.) — 49 focus

[49]
Wherefore, as the war is at the same time so necessary that it cannot be neglected, so important that it must be conducted with the greatest care; and since you have it in your power to appoint a general to conduct it, in whom there is the most perfect knowledge of war, the most extraordinary valour, the most splendid personal influence, and the most eminent good fortune, can you hesitate, O Romans, to apply this wonderful advantage which is offered you and given you by the immortal gods, to the preservation and increase of the power of the republic?

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. sit ita HE: ita sit cett.

2. et cum ei... in quo sit ut... in eum quo sit H: fort. et eum... in quo sit

3. dubitabitis E2b

4. vobis om. δπ

5. ab ET πσ: a Hb ψ

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

sit : subj. of characteristic.

quin . . . conferatis : § 558 , a, N.2 (332, g, N.2); B. 298, b; G. 555, 2, R.3 H. 596, I (505, I); Cf. H-B. 502, 3, b.

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