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Cicero is declared pater patriae. The Roman state is saved.
The will Senate was clearly in Cicero's toga pocket. Catiline's reaction is unclear, but he did leave Rome on the night of November 8th to join his associates.
Quo usque tandem abuteris, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata iactabit audacia? Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palati, nlhil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populi, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hic munitissimus habendi senates locus, nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? Patere tua consilia non sentis, constrictam iam horum omnium scientia teneri coniurationem tuam non vides? Nos consilia tua ignorare arbitraris? Te consilia tua proxima nocte et superiore nocte paravisse scimus. Te in loco illo cum sociis tuis in scelere conspiravisse scimus. Quosdam a te convocatos esse scimus. Non oportet te in hoc loco manere vel vivere! Senatores te urbem ruturum esse sciunt.
Cicero's Reaction
On the same day, Cicero delivers his first Catilinarian Oration to the senate.
November 8: Cicero thinks that Catiline has left the city since he has failed in his plans to destabilize Rome. Instead, Catiline innocently shows up at that day's senate meeting--this discredits Cicero's concrete evidence that he is planning revolution.