Second Oration against Catiline
Argument
Part 1. CHAP 1 . Catiline is gone: the city breathes again; there is now open war, and no longer a concealed intestine conflict. 2 . He ought to have been put to death; but all were not convinced: now, his guilt is manifest. 3 . His worthless partisans remain at Rome; but they are powerless, being closely watched. 4 . Let them follow him. He was the leader of all scoundrels and profligates. 5 . His associates are desperate but contemptible; let them depart or take the consequences. Part. 2. Chapters 6 - 7 . Catiline is not in exile; he has joined his army. Men say the consul has driven him into exile: would the charge were true! Part 3. 8 - 10 . Character of Catiline's partisans: (i) rich men in debt; (ii) men eager for power and wealth; (iii) Sulla's veterans; (iv) ruined men, hoping for any change; (v) criminals; (vi) profligates and debauchees, men of Catiline's own stamp. 11 . Superiority of the patriot forces arrayed against them. Peroratio . 12 . Citizens need not fear; the consul will protect the state. The conspirators warned. 13 . There shall be no disturbance: the people may trust in the gods.Commentary on Second Oration against Catiline. James Bradstreet Greenough. ed. James Bradstreet Greenough, ed. George Lyman Kittredge. Boston. 1897.
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