Against Catiline III
Cicero, In Catilinam III
The plot exposed: intercepted letters, the Allobroges, and the arrest of the conspirators. 12 sections, 141 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
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- Chapter 1The city savedRem pūblicam, Quirītēs, vītamque omnium vestrum, bona, fortūnās, coniugēs…
- Chapter 2The trap at the Mulvian BridgeNam tum cum ex urbe Catilīnam ēiciēbam— nōn enim iam vereor huius verbī…
- Chapter 3The arrestsTum interventū Pomptīnī atque Flaccī pugna quae erat commissa sēdātur.
- Chapter 4What the witnesses saidIntrōdūxī Volturcium sine Gallīs;
- Chapter 5The letters and the sealsAc nē longum sit, Quirītēs, tabellās prōferrī iussimus quae ā quōque dīcēbantur…
- Chapter 6The senate's decreesIndiciīs expositīs atque ēditīs, Quirītēs, senātum cōnsuluī dē summā rē pūblicā…
- Chapter 7Catiline's departure saved the cityNunc quoniam, Quirītēs, cōnscelerātissimī perīculōsissimīque bellī nefāriōs…
- Chapter 8The signs from the godsQuamquam haec omnia, Quirītēs, ita sunt ā mē administrāta ut deōrum immortālium…
- Chapter 9Jupiter has saved RomeHīc quis potest esse tam āversus ā vērō, tam praeceps, tam mente captus quī…
- Chapter 10A victory without bloodshedQuam ob rem, Quirītēs, quoniam ad omnia pulvīnāria supplicātiō dēcrēta est,…
- Chapter 11Cicero's rewardQuibus prō tantīs rēbus, Quirītēs, nūllum ego ā vōbīs praemium virtūtis, nūllum…
- Chapter 12Cicero's own safetySed quoniam eārum rērum quās ego gessī nōn eadem est fortūna atque condiciō…
Cicero, In Catilinam III. Latin text: A. C. Clark, M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes (Oxford, 1908), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.