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  • 64 BC: Cicero and Catiline stand against each other in the consular elections. Cicero defeats Catiline, who had excellent political connections and a distinguished family name.
  • 63 BC: Catiline is again defeated in the consular election. He obviously associates and plots with men who are planning coup d'etat.

This is the first part which we listened to yesterday.

Catiline's Fate

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.

  • November 9: Catiline is declared an enemy of the state.
  • December 4: Catiline and his associates are said to have acted contra rem publicam
  • Early December: 5 of Catiline's associates are choked to death.
  • Mid-January, 62 BC: Catiline's one legion is defeated in northern Italy

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.

The Players

Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy

Marcus Tulius Cicero

aka Cicero

Lucius Sergius Catilina

aka Catiline

Cicero's Reaction

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.

Catiline's Wrath

What Happens?

  • October 21, 63 BC: the Senate passes the senatus consultum ultimum (the final decree of the senate). This decree gives the consul the power to take any action necessary to protect the state.
  • November 6: Catiline gives commands to his associates and plans to murder Cicero on the next day (Cicero thwarts his murder plans)
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