M. Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 2.28

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[28] 13 atque haec omnia sic agentur¹ ut maximae res minimo motu, pericula summa nullo tumultu, bellum intestinum ac domesticum post hominum memoriam crudelissimum et maximum me uno togato duce et imperatore sedetur. quod ego sic administrabo, Quirites, ut, si ullo modo fieri poterit, ne improbus quidem quisquam in hac urbe poenam sui sceleris sufferat. sed si vis manifestae audaciae, si impendens patriae periculum me necessario de hac animi lenitate deduxerit, illud profecto perficiam quod in tanto et tam insidioso bello vix optandum videtur², ut neque bonus quisquam intereat paucorumque poena vos omnes salvi esse possitis.

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.) — 2.28 focus

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And all this shall be so done, O Romans, that affairs of the greatest importance shall be transacted with the least possible disturbance; the greatest dangers shall be avoided without any tumult; an internal civil war the most cruel and terrible in the memory of man, shall be put an end to by me alone in the robe of peace acting as general and commander-in-chief. And this I will so arrange, O Romans, that if it can be by any means managed, even the most worthless man shall not suffer the punishment of his crimes in this city. But if the violence of open audacity, if danger impending over the republic drives me of necessity from this merciful disposition, at all events I will manage this, which seems scarcely even to be hoped for in so great and so treacherous a war, that no good man shall fall, and that you may all be saved by the punishment of a few.

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In Catilinam

1. agentur α h: agentur, Quirites cett.

2. videtur h αβux: videretur α ot

Commentary

Commentary on Second 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

quaesivi , etc.: see Cat. 1, sect. 9 .

necne : § 335 ,d(211,d); B. 162,4; G.459; H.380, 1 (353, N.1); H.-B. 234, a.

ei : dat. of agent; § 375 (232, a); B. 189, 2; G. 354; H. 431, 2 (388, I); H-B. 373, 2.

teneretur , was caught

pararet : for pluperf. (see note on Cat. 1, p. 100, l. 13 ).

securis ,

fascis : the use of these signified that Catiline intended to assume the authority and imperium of consul (see Fig. 25, p.290).

aquilam : see Cat. 1, p. 109, l. 6 , and note.

M. Tullius Cicero In Catilinam 2.28

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