M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 101

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[101] 37 his lacrimis non commovetur¹ Milo—est quodam incredibili robore animi—exsilium ibi esse putat ubi virtuti non sit locus; mortem naturae finem esse, non poenam. sit² hic ea mente qua natus est: quid? vos, iudices, quo tandem eritis animo³? memoriam Milonis retinebitis, ipsum eicietis? et erit dignior locus ullus in terris⁴ qui hanc virtutem excipiat quam hic qui procreavit? vos⁵, vos appello, fortissimi viri, qui multum pro re publica sanguinem⁶ effudistis; vos, inquam, in civis⁷ invicti periculo appello⁸, centuriones, vosque, milites: vobis non modo inspectantibus sed etiam armatis et huic iudicio praesidentibus haec tanta virtus ex hac urbe expelletur, exterminabitur, proicietur?

Pro T. Annio Milone. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1918.

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Pro T. Annio Milone (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Vol. 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918.)

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Pro T. Annio Milone

1. commovetur ΣBH: movetur ET δ

2. sit ΣBH: sed cett.

3. eritis animo BH: animo eritis cett.

4. ullus in terris ΣBH: in terris ullus TE δ

5. vos semel hab. E

6. sanguinis ΣB

7. vos, inquam, in civis scripsi: vos inquam et civis (-es H) BH: vos in viri et in civis cett.

8. peric. appello ΣBH: appello peric. T δ

Commentary

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

vidi enim , I saw with my own eyes. Cicero here artfully recounts other violent acts of Clodius, in the form of reasons which moved him, — thus killing two birds with one stone. 187.5

Hortensium : Cicero's early rival, and opponent in the case of Verres. He was now one of Milo's counsel. 187.7

Vibienus : probably a lapse of Cicero's memory. He was killed in the riots after the death of Clodius. 187.10

haec ,

huic ,

haec : notice the emphatic repetition ( anaphora ). 187.12

Papiri : see note on sect. IS (p. 178,1. IS). 187.14

ad regiam : the old palace of Numa on the Sacra Via at the point where it reached the Forum. It adjoined the temple of Vesta, and was occupied by the pontifex maximus (at this time Caesar). When Augustus was made pontifex maximus he gave the Regia to the Vestal Virgins. The occasion here referred to was probably an election riot in the preceding year.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro T. Annio Milone 101

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