M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 67

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[67] 25 non iam hoc Clodianum crimen timemus, sed tuas, Cn. Pompei—te enim¹ appello et² ea voce ut me exaudire³ possis —tuas⁴, inquam, suspiciones perhorrescimus. si Milonem times⁵, si hunc de tua vita nefarie aut nunc cogitare aut molitum aliquando aliquid putas, si Italiae dilectus, ut non nulli conquisitores tui dictitarunt, si haec arma, si Capitolinae cohortes, si excubiae, si vigiliae, si delecta iuventus quae tuum corpus domumque custodit contra Milonis impetum armata est⁶, atque illa omnia in hunc unum constituta⁷, parata, intenta sunt, magna in hoc certe⁸ vis et incredibilis animus et non unius viri vires atque opes iudicantur, si quidem in hunc unum et praestantissimus dux electus et tota res publica armata est.

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. enim ΣH, Ascon.: enim iam ET δ

2. et Ascon.: om. codd.

3. exaudire Ascon.: audire codd.

4. tuas H δ, Ascon.: tuas, tuas ET

5. si Milonem times om. H

6. est sunt ΣH (R. = require add. H, cf. § 18)

7. constituta ΣH: instituta cett.

8. certe in hoc E

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

consule Milone : equiv. to a fut. protasis; § 52 !, a (310, a); B. 305, I , G. 600, I; H. 575, 9 (507, N.7); H.-B. 578, 6. Milo was a candidate for the consulship. 181.22

fieri , was likely to be elected (i.e. as things were going at the time of speaking, hence the pres.). 181.25

convocabat , not officially, but in the course of his canvass. 181.26

Collinam novam , a new Colline tribe. Of the thirty-five tribes, the four city tribes ranked lowest, because the freedmen and poor citizens were placed in them; and of these the Collina was least reputable of all. It was through the collegia compitalicia, or local clubs, that Clodius worked upon the city tribes; and, by the exaggerated expression that he registered an entirely new Collina, it appears to be meant that the new and perhaps fraudulent names that he got upon the list outnumbered the genuine voters. 181.27

ille , Clodius;

hic , Milo (as generally in this speech). 181.31

suffragiis : there had already been several attempts to elect magistrates, which had failed through the obstructive tricks familiar to Roman politicians. Hence the preference of the citizens was already well known by their votes.

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