M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 63

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[63] atque haec tot exempla tanta ac tam nova profecta sunt in eodem homine¹ a Q. Quinti Catuli² atque a³ ceterorum eiusdem dignitatis amplissimorum hominum auctoritate.

22 qua re videant ne sit periniquum et non ferendum illorum auctoritatem de Cn. Gnaei Pompei dignitate a vobis comprobatam semper⁴ esse, vestrum ab illis de eodem homine iudicium populique Romani auctoritatem improbari, praesertim cum iam suo iure populus Romanus in hoc homine suam auctoritatem vel contra omnis qui dissentiunt possit defendere, propterea quod isdem⁵ istis reclamantibus vos unum illum ex omnibus delegistis quem bello praedonum praeponeretis.

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.) — 63 focus

[63] And all these instances, numerous, important and novel as they are, have all occurred in the case of the same man, taking their rise in the authority of Quintus Catulus himself and by that of other most honourable men of the same rank. 22
Wherefore, let them take care that it is not considered a most unjust and intolerable thing, that their authority in matters affecting the dignity of Cnaeus Pompeius should hitherto have been constantly approved of by you, but that your judgment, and the authority of the Roman people in the case of the same man, should be disregarded by them. Especially when the Roman people can now, of its own right, defend its own authority with respect to this man against all who dispute it,—because, when those very same men objected, you chose him alone of all men to appoint to the management of the war against the pirates.

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. in eodem homine H: in eundem hominem cett.

2. a Q. Catuli ET: atque Catuli H: a Q. Catulo δ

3. atque a atque H

4. semper om. H

5. isdem om. 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

requiretur , the question will be asked (emph.)

primum : the corresponding particles ("secondly," etc.) are omitted; the next point begins at sect. 23 .

Ponto : the old kingdom of Colchis, the scene of Jason's adventures in winning the Golden Fleece, was on the eastern shore of the Euxine and formed a part of Mithridates' kingdom of Pontus.

Medea : see Fig. 22 (from a wall-painting).

quam praedicant , who, as they tell. (The usual sign of indir. disc. in English, that, cannot be used with a relative.)

persequeretur , was likely to fallow. This is a subord. clause in indir. disc.; but, even if the story were being told in din disc. (without praedicant), we should still have persequeretur on the principle of informal indir. disc., expressing the thought of Medea: § 592 , 3 (341, d), B. 323; G. 628; H. 649, I (528 I) H.-B. 509; this is shown by the use of se (not eam) in l.6.

conlectio dispersa , the scattered gathering, the phrase vividly expresses the idea of his wandering about to pick them up.

vim auri , etc.: the immense treasures which Mithridates had accumulated in his several fortresses came into the hands of Lucullus, —not money simply, but works of art, etc.

quas et . . . et , equiv. to quas partim... partim.

illum ,

hos , denote distance and nearness of time. Render in the pass. to keep the emphasis, the one was detained by, etc.

M. Tullius Cicero De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 63

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