ISBN:1469664135 Catiline Against the Republic The Catiline Conspiracy was a seminal event in the late Roman Republic, foreshadowing that republic’s collapse over the next several decades. Cicero’s ...

Cicero, who was consul himself that year, pulled no punches in his speeches, which were all premised upon the notion that the would-be usurper Catiline -- though of noble birth -- was an enemy ...