Book
Cicero orations : In Catilinam I-IV ; Pro Murena ; Pro Sulla ; Pro Flacco
Edition
New ed.
Languages
Latin and English on opposite pages.
Publication Information
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1977.
Physical Description
xxxix, 595 pages ; 17 cm.
Summary
The Catiline or Catilinarian Orations are a set of speeches to the Roman Senate given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year's consuls, accusing a senator, Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline), of leading a plot to overthrow the Roman government.
Pro Murena is a speech delivered by Cicero in defense of Lucius Licinius Murena. The speech can be dated to late November of 63 BCE. Four candidates stood for the next year's consulship. Murena was one of the victors.
Cicero delivered a speech in Rome on behalf of his client Flaccus (Pro Flacco), who was accused of having seized gold contributed by the Jews to the Temple, while he was proconsul of Asia. In his oration he describes Judaism as a barbaric superstition that should be opposed, and criticizes the Jews of Rome for playing too prominent a part in public assemblies.
Contents
- In Catilinam I-IV
- Pro Murena
- Pro Sulla
- Pro Flacco.