M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 68

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[68] sed quis non intellegit omnis tibi rei publicae partis aegras et labantis, ut eas his armis sanares et confirmares, esse commissas? quod si locus Miloni datus esset, probasset profecto tibi ipsi, neminem umquam hominem homini¹ cariorem fuisse quam te sibi; nullum se umquam periculum pro tua dignitate fugisse, cum illa ipsa² taeterrima peste se saepissime pro tua gloria contendisse; tribunatum suum ad salutem meam, quae tibi carissima fuisset, consiliis tuis gubernatum; se a te postea defensum in periculo capitis, adiutum in petitione praeturae; duos se habere semper amicissimos sperasse, te tuo beneficio, me suo. quae si non probaret, si tibi ita penitus inhaesisset ista suspicio ut nullo³ evelli posset modo, si denique Italia a dilectu, urbs ab armis sine Milonis clade numquam esset conquietura, ne ipse⁴ haud dubitans cessisset patria, is qui ita natus est et⁵ ita consuevit; te, Magne, tamen ante testaretur⁶, quod nunc etiam facit.

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. homini hominum H

2. illa ipsa HEb2: ipsa illa TW: illa ab1

3. ut nullo ΣHb2: nullo ut cett. posset modo H: modo posset ET δ

4. ipse Madvig: iste codd.: ille ed. V: is Garat.

5. est et est et esset ΣH

6. ante testaretur ΣH: an testaretur E: antestaretur TW: attestaretur 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

sed quis , but [this cannot be, for] who, etc. 198.14

si locus , etc., i.e. if Milo had had a chance, he would have proved his devotion to Pompey. 198.18

illa taeterrima peste , i.e. Clodius. 198.19

tribunatum : Milo was tribune B.C. 57, and he was active in securing the recall of Cicero from exile. 198.23

quae si non , etc., if he could not prove this. 198.25

armis . . . conquietura , were never likely to rest front arms. 198.26

ne , assuredly. 198.27

ita natus , born for that very thing (i.e. to sacrifice everything for his country). 198.28

te antestaretur , would call you to witness (that he yields to the occasion and is really guiltless of any hostilities).

M. Tullius Cicero Pro T. Annio Milone 68

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