Produced by A www.PGDP.net Volunteer, Margo Romberg, Riikka Talonpoika and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net CICERO CATILINARIAN ORATIONS _E. A. UPCOTT_ HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK, TORONTO MELBOURNE AND BOMBAY CICERO SPEECHES AGAINST CATILINA _WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES_ BY E. A. UPCOTT, M.A. LATE SCHOLAR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD ASSISTANT MASTER IN WELLINGTON COLLEGE =PART I.--INTRODUCTION AND TEXT= _THIRD EDITION, REVISED_ OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1900 NOTE. The text adopted in the following Orations is that of Halm (11th Edition, Berlin, 1882), from whose notes I have derived much help. I have also consulted the English edition of the Speeches, based on that of Halm, by Mr. A. S. Wilkins. My best thanks are due to Mr. Evelyn Abbott, Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, the Editor of the Series, for his kind assistance in superintending the printing of the book. E. A. U. WELLINGTON COLLEGE, _June, 1887._ INTRODUCTION. The four speeches against Catilina were delivered during the latter part of the year B.C. 63, when Cicero was Consul. L. Sergius Catilina, the author of the conspiracy against which they were directed, was descended from one of the oldest patrician families of Rome, though for many years no one of his house had held any public office. He was a man of ambitious and energetic disposition, distinguished among his contemporaries for great powers both of mind and body, which enabled him to exercise a remarkable degree of influence over others[1]. At the same time he was notorious for the dissoluteness and extravagance of his life, which were excessive even in an age when such characteristics were common; he was, moreover, suspected of grave crimes, such as the murder of his wife and son. But as these charges rest to a great extent upon the authority of his opponent Cicero, it is possible that they have been exaggerated. He was born probably about B.C. 108, though the exact date is unknown. His first appearance in public life was during the dictatorship of Sulla (B.C. 82-79). When the latter issued his proscription list, Catilina was among those who took an active part in carrying out the work of bloodshed and confiscation. This, however, was from personal motives, and not from any sympathy with the Senatorial party which had triumphed under Sulla; for he subsequently attached himself entirely to the popular side.