M. Tullius Cicero, In Catilinam, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 4.14

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[14] 7 sed ea quae exaudio, patres conscripti, dissimulare non possum. iaciuntur enim voces quae perveniunt ad auris meas eorum qui vereri videntur ut¹ habeam satis praesidi ad ea quae vos statueritis hodierno die transigenda. omnia et provisa et parata et constituta sunt², patres conscripti, cum mea summa cura atque diligentia tum multo etiam maiore populi Romani ad summum imperium retinendum et ad communis fortunas conservandas voluntate. omnes adsunt omnium ordinum homines, omnium generum³, omnium denique⁴ aetatum; plenum est forum, plena templa circum forum, pleni omnes aditus huius templi ac loci⁵. causa est enim post urbem conditam haec inventa sola in qua omnes sentirent⁶ unum atque idem praeter eos qui, cum sibi viderent esse pereundum, cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt.

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.)

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Against L. Catiline Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 4.14 focus

[14]
But O conscript fathers, I cannot conceal what I hear; for sayings are bruited about, which come to my ears, of those men who seem to fear that I may not have force enough to put in execution the things which you determine on this day. Everything is provided for, and prepared, and arranged, O conscript fathers, both by my exceeding care and diligence, and also by the still greater zeal of the Roman people for the retaining of their supreme dominion, and for the preserving of the fortunes of all. All men of all ranks are present, and of all ages; the forum is full, the temples around the forum are full, all the approaches to this place and to this temple are full. For this is the only cause that has ever been known since the first foundation of the city, in which all men were of one and the same opinion—except those, who, as they saw they must be ruined, preferred to perish in company with all the world rather than by themselves.

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In Catilinam

1. ut ut non hl2: ne non αβ

2. sunt αβ l2 x: om. cett.

3. omnium generum Putsche: om. codd.

4. denique om. A

5. loci ac templi αβ x

6. sentirent lox: sentire α tu: sentiunt αβ: sentire videmus Nohl ( cf. § 19)

Commentary

Commentary on Fourth 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

haec (with a gesture), all this, i.e. city, citizens, and government.

amplectitur , adopts.

pro , in accordance with.

versatur in , exhibits .

mortem , etc.: a doctrine of the Epicureans, to which sect Caesar and many other eminent Romans belonged.

et ea : cf. note on p. 136, l. 17 .

municipus dispertiri , Sc. eos in custodiam .

iniquitatem , since it might expose them to danger, and it would be unjust to choose among so many;

difficultatem , since they might decline the service.

M. Tullius Cicero In Catilinam 4.14

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