Pro P. Sulla
- Language:
- Latin
- Status:
- Complete work
- Authorship:
- Written by the author
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- No scanning noise detected (automatic measure over the whole text, not checked by hand)
- Extent:
- ~11,200 words · 53 passages
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- APACicero. (n.d.). Pro P. Sulla. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/en/works/cicero/pro-p-sulla
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What it is about
The defence of a man accused of joining Catiline's conspiracy, argued by the very consul who had crushed it.
Context and history
62 BC. Cicero's position is delicate and the speech admits it: the man who sent conspirators to death must explain why this one was not among them. Useful for watching Cicero deploy his own authority as an argument.
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Itaque attende, Torquate, quam ego defugiam auctoritatem consulatus mei! Maxima voce ut omnes exaudire possint dico semperque dicam. Adeste omnes animis, Quirites, quorum ego frequentia magno opere laetor; erigite mentis aurisque vestras et me de invidiosis rebus, ut ille putat, dicentem attendite! Ego consul, cum exercitus perditorum civium clandestino scelere conflatus crudelissimum et luctuosissimum exitium patriae comparasset, cum ad occasum interitumque rei publicae Catilina in castris, in his autem templis atque tectis dux Lentulus esset constitutus, meis consiliis, meis laboribus, mei capitis periculis, sine tumultu, sine dilectu, sine armis, sine exercitu, quinque hominibus comprehensis atque confessis incensione urbem, internicione civis, vastitate Italiam, interitu rem publicam liberavi; ego vitam omnium civium, statum orbis terrae, urbem hanc denique, sedem omnium nostrum, arcem regum ac nationum exterarum, lumen gentium, domicilium imperi, quinque hominum amentium ac perditorum poena redemi. An me existimasti haec iniuratum in iudicio non esse dicturum quae iuratus in maxima contione dixissem? Atque etiam illud addam, ne qui forte incipiat improbus subito te amare, Torquate, et aliquid sperare de te, atque ut idem omnes exaudiant clarissima voce dicam. Harum omnium rerum quas ego in consulatu pro salute rei publicae suscepi atque gessi L. ille Torquatus, cum esset meus contubernalis in consulatu atque etiam in praetura fuisset, cum princeps, cum auctor, cum signifer esset iuventutis, actor, adiutor, particeps exstitit; parens eius, homo amantissimus patriae, maximi animi, summi consili, singularis constantiae, cum esset aeger, tamen omnibus rebus illis interfuit, nusquam est a me digressus, studio, consilio, auctoritate unus adiuvit plurimum, cum infirmitatem corporis animi virtute superaret.
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