M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Sulla, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 36

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[36] 13 ab¹ Allobrogibus nominatum Sullam esse dicis. quis negat? sed lege² indicium³ et vide quem ad modum nominatus sit. L. Cassium dixerunt commemorasse cum ceteris Autronium secum facere. quaero num Sullam dixerit Cassius. nusquam. sese aiunt quaesisse de Cassio quid Sulla sentiret. videte diligentiam Gallorum; qui vitam hominum naturamque non nossent ac tantum audissent⁴ eos pari calamitate esse, quaesiverunt essentne eadem⁵ voluntate. quid tum Cassius? si respondisset idem sentire et secum facere Sullam, tamen mihi non videretur in hunc id criminosum esse debere. quid ita? quia, qui barbaros homines ad bellum impelleret, non debebat minuere illorum suspicionem et purgare eos de quibus illi aliquid suspicari viderentur⁶.

Pro P. Sulla. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxonii. 1911.

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Pro P. Sulla (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.)

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For P. Sulla Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 36 focus

[36] You say that Sulla was named by the Allobroges.—Who denies it? but read the information, and see how he was named. They said that Lucius Cassius had said that, among other men, Autronius was favourable to their designs. I ask, did Cassius say that Sulla was? Never. They say that they themselves inquired of Cassius what Sulla's opinions were. Observe the diligence of the Gauls. They, knowing nothing of the life or character of the man, but only having heard that he and Autronius had met with one common disaster, asked whether his inclinations were the same? what then? Even if Cassius had made answer that Sulla was of the same opinion, and was favourable to their views, still it would not seem to me that that reply ought to be made matter of accusation against him. How so? Because, as it was his object to instigate the barbarians to war, it was no business of his to weaken their expectations, or to acquit those men of whom they did entertain some suspicions.

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Pro P. Sulla

1. ab ec2, Schol.: om. cett.

2. sed lege TEe: Sullae cett.

3. indic. Ta χc: iudic. cett.

4. audivissent e

5. esse quaesiverunt essentne eadem TEe π: qui fuerant (-unt a) esse (-ent a) in eodem cett.

6. suspicari viderentur TEe: suspicarentur cett.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro P. Sulla 36

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