M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 6

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[6] causa quae sit videtis; nunc quid agendum sit ipsi¹ considerate. primum mihi videtur de genere belli, deinde de magnitudine, tum de imperatore deligendo esse dicendum. genus est eius belli² quod maxime vestros animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium³ debeat. in quo agitur populi Romani gloria quae vobis a maioribus cum magna in omnibus rebus⁴ tum summa in re militari tradita est; agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum pro qua multa maiores vestri magna et⁵ gravia bella⁶ gesserunt; aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia et maxima quibus amissis et pacis ornamenta et subsidia belli requiretis; aguntur bona multorum civium quibus est a vobis⁷ et ipsorum causa et rei⁸ publicae consulendum.

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.) — 6 focus

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You see what the case is; now consider what you ought to do. It seems to me that I ought to speak in the first place of the sort of war that exists; in the second place, of its importance; and lastly, of the selection of a general. The kind of war is such as ought above all others to excite and inflame your minds to a determination to persevere in it. It is a war in which the glory of the Roman people is at stake; that glory which has been handed down to you from your ancestors, great indeed in everything, but most especially in military affairs. The safety of our friends and allies is at stake, in behalf of which your ancestors have waged many most important wars. The most certain and the largest revenues of the Roman people are at stake; and if they be lost, you will be at a loss for the luxuries of peace, and the sinews of war. The property of many citizens is at stake, which you ought greatly to regard, both for your own sake, and for that of the republic

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. ipsi scripsi: illi H: om. cett.

2. est eius belli H: est enim belli huius (eius E) modi EWt: est enim eius (huius σ) modi πδ

3. ad... studium om. δ

4. omnibus rebus HE: rebus omnibus cett.

5. magna et ante multa hab. t

6. bella et gravia H

7. a vobis nobis H

8. et ipsorum causa et rei p. H: ipsorum et rei p. causa Et: ab ipsa re p. π: imperatoribus rei p. δ

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

agitur , is at stake.

certissima : the surest because Asia was the richest and most fruitful of all the provinces; hence the price paid by the publicani for the privilege of farming its taxes was always certain to be large.

quibus amissis : equiv. to a fut. protasis.

ornamenta , ornaments, i.e. "all that exalts and embellishes civilized life."

a vobis : the abl. with a is used instead of the dat. of agent because there is another dat. dependent on consulendum; § 374 , N.1 (232, N.); B. 189,1, a; G. 355, R.; H. 431, I (388, N.); H-B. 373, I, a.

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