Against Catiline IV
Cicero, In Catilinam IV
The senate debates the conspirators' punishment: Silanus urges death, Caesar life imprisonment. 11 sections, 130 sentences, each with an English translation.
Read it with every word glossed and parsed, and keep your place.
Read in LectitōContents
- Chapter 1Think of yourselves, not of meVideō, patrēs cōnscrīptī, in mē omnium vestrum ōra atque oculōs esse conversōs,…
- Chapter 2Death holds no terror for meQuā rē, patrēs cōnscrīptī, cōnsulite vōbīs, prōspicite patriae, cōnservāte vōs,…
- Chapter 3You have already judged themHaec omnia indicēs dētulērunt, reī cōnfessī sunt, vōs multīs iam iūdiciīs…
- Chapter 4Two proposals: Silanus and CaesarVideō duās adhūc esse sententiās, ūnam D. Sīlānī quī cēnset eōs quī haec dēlēre…
- Chapter 5Caesar's proposal and my own interestNunc, patrēs cōnscrīptī, ego meā videō quid intersit.
- Chapter 6Mercy and severityQuam ob rem, sīve hoc statueritis, dederitis mihi comitem ad cōntiōnem populō…
- Chapter 7All ranks stand togetherSed ea quae exaudiō, patrēs cōnscrīptī, dissimulāre nōn possum.
- Chapter 8Freedmen, slaves and shopkeepersOperae pretium est, patrēs cōnscrīptī, lībertīnōrum hominum studia cognōscere…
- Chapter 9The fatherland entrusts itself to youHabētis cōnsulem ex plūrimīs perīculīs et īnsidiīs atque ex mediā morte nōn ad…
- Chapter 10Cicero's own danger and gloryNunc ante quam ad sententiam redeō, dē mē pauca dīcam.
- Chapter 11Cicero's request and the call to decideQuae cum ita sint, prō imperiō, prō exercitū, prō prōvinciā quam neglēxī, prō…
Cicero, In Catilinam IV. 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.