M. Tullius Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 67

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[67] ecquam¹ putatis civitatem pacatam fuisse quae locuples sit, ecquam esse locupletem quae istis pacata esse videatur? Ora maritima, Quirites², Cn. Gnaeum Pompeium non solum³ propter rei militaris gloriam sed etiam propter animi continentiam requisivit. videbat enim praetores⁴ locupletari quotannis pecunia publica praeter paucos, neque nos⁵ quicquam aliud adsequi⁶ classium nomine nisi ut detrimentis accipiendis maiore adfici turpitudine videremur. nunc⁷ qua cupiditate homines in provincias, quibus⁸ iacturis⁹ quibusque¹⁰ condicionibus proficiscantur ignorant videlicet isti qui ad unum deferenda omnia esse non arbitrantur. quasi vero Cn. Gnaeum Pompeium non cum suis virtutibus tum etiam alienis vitiis magnum esse videamus.

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.) — 67 focus

[67] Do you think that there is any rich city there, which will appear to those men to be peacefully inclined towards us? The sea-coast, O Romans, begged for Cnaeus Pompeius, not only on account of his renown for military achievements, but also because of the moderation of his disposition. For it saw that it was not the Roman people that was enriched every year by the public money, but only a few individuals, and that we did nothing more by the name of our fleets beyond sustaining losses, and so covering ourselves with additional disgrace. But now, are these men, who think that all these honours and offices are not to be conferred on one person, ignorant with what desires, with what hope of retrieving past losses, and on what conditions, these men go to the provinces? As if Cnaeus Pompeius did not appear great in our eyes, not only on account of his own positive virtues, but by a comparison with the vices of others.

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De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites

1. ecquam (hec-) H: et quam cett.

2. Quirites om. Hb1

3. non solum Cn. Pompeium H

4. praetores po. Ro. δ: imperatores Gertz

5. nos HW, Lambinus: eos cett.

6. consequi H

7. nunc om. H

8. quibus δ: et quibus HET

9. iacturis iniuriis H: fort. versuris

10. quibusque H: quibus 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

pacatam , etc.: in the forcible extension of the Roman Empire, a province was spoken of as pacata when actual resistance had ceased on the part of the conquered.

quae . . . sit , subj. of characteristic; for tense, see § 435 , c (287, c); B. 268, 7; G. 513; H. 550 (495, vi); cf. H.-B. 481.

praetores , i.e. propraetors: for, after the time of Sulla, the praetors regularly remained at Rome during their term of office.

publica , i.e. that allowed them for the support of their fleets and armies.

jacturis , expenses, in securing their election.

condicionibus , corrupt bargains, with creditors, etc.

quasi... non... vldeamus : § 524 (312); B.307,2;G.602; H. 534 and 2 (513, ii, and N.1); H.-B. 504, 3.

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