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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 307
Passage 307 of 334
Canonical reference 307
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
occiderat Sulpicius illo anno tresque proximo trium aetatum oratores erant crudelissime interfecti, Q. Catulus M. Antonius C. Iulius. [Eodem anno etiam Moloni Rhodio Romae dedimus operam et actori summo causarum et magistro .] haec etsi videntur esse a proposita oratione diversa, tamen idcirco a me proferuntur ut nostrum cursum perspicere, quoniam voluisti, Brute, possis - nam Attico haec nota sunt - et videre quem ad modum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sulpicius had been killed that year, and in the next three orators of three generations, Quintus Catulus, Marcus Antonius, and Gaius Julius, were most cruelly murdered. [In that same year I also studied at Rome under Molon of Rhodes, both a consummate pleader of cases and a teacher.] Although these matters seem foreign to my proposed discourse, I mention them so that, since you wished it, Brutus, you may perceive the course I followed, for Atticus knows these things, and see how I pursued Quintus Hortensius around the track in his own footsteps.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Sulpicius avait péri cette année-là et, l’année suivante, trois orateurs appartenant à trois générations différentes furent massacrés avec la plus grande cruauté : Q. Catulus, M. Antonius et C. Julius. [La même année, à Rome, nous suivîmes aussi l’enseignement de Molon de Rhodes, très grand avocat et maître.] Bien que ces détails paraissent étrangers au sujet proposé, je les expose pour que tu puisses, Brutus, puisque tu l’as voulu, discerner le cours que nous avons suivi, car Atticus connaît ces faits, et voir comment, dans la carrière, nous avons poursuivi Q. Hortensius en mettant nos pas dans les siens.
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