M. Tullius Cicero, Cum Senatui Gratias Egit, ed. William Peterson, 16

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[16] Luci¹ Piso, tune ausus es isto oculo, non dicam isto animo, ista fronte, non vita², tanto supercilio, non enim possum dicere tantis rebus³ gestis, cum A. Gabinio consociare consilia pestis meae? non te illius unguentorum odor, non vini anhelitus, non frons calamistri notata vestigiis in eam cogitationem adducebat, ut cum illius re similis fuisses, frontis tibi integimento⁴ ad occultanda tanta flagitia diutius uti non liceret? Cum hoc⁵ coire ausus es ut consularem dignitatem, ut rei publicae statum, ut senatus auctoritatem, ut civis optime meriti fortunas provinciarum foedere addiceres? te consule, tuis edictis et imperiis senatui populi Romani non est licitum non modo sententiis atque auctoritate sua, sed ne luctu quidem ac vestitu rei publicae subvenire?

Cum Senatui Gratias Egit. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. William Peterson. Oxford. 1909.

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Cum Senatui Gratias Egit (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Vol. 5. Peterson, William, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909.)

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In the Senate after his Return Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Vol. 3. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 16 focus

[16] Lucius Piso, did you dare at that time with that eye (I will not say with that mind ) with that forehead (I will not say with what character,) and with that arrogance (for I cannot say, after such achievements,) to unite with Aulus Gabinius in forming plans for my ruin? Did not the odour of that man's perfumes, or his breath reeking with wine, or his forehead marked with the traces of the curling-iron, lead you to think that as you were like him in reality, you were no longer able to use the impenetrability of your countenance to conceal such enormous atrocities? Did you dare to continue with that man to abandon the consular dignity,—the existing condition of the republic,—the authority of the senate,—the fortunes of a citizen who had above all others deserved well of the republic, to the provinces? While you were consul, according to your edicts and commands, it was not allowed to the Roman senate or people to come to the assistance of the republic, I will not say by their votes and their authority, but even by their grief and their mourning garb.

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Cum Senatui Gratias Egit

1. Luci PBG: L. H εs

2. non vita non ista mente c

3. rebus ε, om. rell. (tantibus gestis P1: tantis gestis P corr., BHk all.)

4. integum. ε

5. hoc tu ε

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