First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a speech delivered in 63 BC. Standing before the Roman Senate, Consul Cicero publicly denounces Senator Catiline for leading a conspiracy to overthrow the republic. This dramatic confrontation follows a failed assassination attempt on Cicero's life and marks the beginning of a crisis that would test Rome's survival. The speech's opening words remain famous after two thousand years, capturing Cicero's outrage
at a conspiracy threatening the state's very existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 107 BCE-44 BCE |
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| Annotator | Henderson, John, 1846?-1932 |
| Title |
First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline with Notices, Notes and Complete Vocabulary |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catilinarian_orations |
| Credits |
Produced by Louise Hope, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Cicero, Marcus Tullius |
| Subject | Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin |
| Subject | Latin language -- Readers |
| Subject | Rome -- History -- Conspiracy of Catiline, 65-62 B.C. |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 24967 |
| Release Date | Mar 31, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 3, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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