M. Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 1.32

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[32] qua re secedant improbi, secernant se a bonis, unum in locum congregentur, muro denique, quod¹ saepe iam dixi, secernantur² a nobis; desinant insidiari domi suae consuli, circumstare tribunal praetoris urbani³, obsidere cum gladiis curiam, malleolos et faces ad inflammandam urbem comparare; sit denique inscriptum in fronte unius cuiusque quid de re publica sentiat. polliceor hoc vobis, patres conscripti, tantam in nobis consulibus fore diligentiam, tantam in vobis auctoritatem, tantam in equitibus Romanis virtutem, tantam in omnibus bonis consensionem ut Catilinae profectione omnia patefacta, inlustrata, oppressa, vindicata esse videatis.

In Catilinam. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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In L. Catilinam (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

Translations (1)

Against L. Catiline Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 1.32 focus

[32]
Wherefore, O conscript fathers, let the worthless be gone,—let them separate themselves from the good,—let them collect in one place,—let them, as I have often said before, be separated from us by a wall; let them cease to plot against the consul in his own house,—to surround the tribunal of the city praetor,—to besiege the senate-house with swords,—to prepare brands and torches to burn the city; let it, in short, be written on the brow of every citizen, what are his sentiments about the republic. I promise you this, O conscript fathers, that there shall be so much diligence in us the consuls, much authority in you, so much virtue in the Roman knights, so much unanimity in all good men, that you shall see everything made plain and manifest by the departure of Catiline,—everything checked and punished.

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In Catilinam

1. quod α: id quod cett.

2. discernantur αβ ux

3. praetoris urbani pr. urbis CA (urb’ C): p. r. Va: om. t

Commentary

Commentary on First Oration against Catiline (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

circumstare , hang round, for the purpose of intimidation: the praetor urbanus had his tribunal in the Forum.

patefacta , laid bare;

inlustrata , set in full light; oppressa , crushed;

vindicata , punished. Observe the climax.

M. Tullius Cicero In Catilinam 1.32

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