First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline

Cicero

Language:

Latin

Status:

Complete work

Authorship:

Written by the author

Condition of the text:

Clean text

Extent:

~35,400 words · 168 passages

If the words do not display properly, or if the apostrophes and quotation marks in this paragraph appear as garbage, make sure your text reader’s “character set” or “file encoding” is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change the default font. As a last resort, use the latin-1 version of the file instead. Boldface text is shown between =marks=. Those sections of the text that use the equals sign = do not contain boldface words. The Oration appears twice in the e-text. The second version, immediately before the Errata, is given in “stripped-down” form, omitting all [2]note references.] Classical Text-Book Series FIRST ORATION of CICERO AGAINST CATILINE with Notices, Notes And Complete Vocabulary. by =JOHN HENDERSON, M.A.= TORONTO: The Copp Clark Company, Limited, Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, by THE COPP CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED, Toronto, Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture. CONTENTS [added by transcriber] Preface Cicero: I. Life of Cicero II. Life of Catiline III. Chronology of the Conspiracy IV. Summary of first oration FIRST CATILINARIAN ORATION Notes Proper Names Vocabulary PREFACE. It has been the aim of the Editor to explain what seemed to him difficulties in the text. There are many points which might have been noted, but which a judicious teacher will supply in the ordinary class work. References are made to the standard grammars of Zumpt, Madvig, Harkness, Allen and Greenough. LIFE OF CICERO. I. [Sidenotes: Birth. --Removes to Rome, 92 B.C. --Early teachers. --Early works. --Assumes the toga virilis 89 B.C. --Serves his first campaign, 88 B.C. --Studies philosophy. --Pleads his first cause pro Quinct. --Goes to Athens, Asia, and R

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