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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 57
Passage 57 of 334
Canonical reference 57
Latin
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dicitur etiam C. Flaminius, is qui tribunus plebis legem de agro Gallico et Piceno viritim dividundo tulerit, qui consul apud Trasumennum sit interfectus, ad populum valuisse dicendo. Q. etiam Maximus Verrucosus orator habitus est temporibus illis et Q. Metellus, is qui bello Punico secundo cum L. Veturio Philone consul fuit. quem vero exstet et de quo sit memoriae proditum eloquentem fuisse et ita esse habitum, primus est M. Cornelius Cethegus, cuius eloquentiae est auctor et idoneus quidem mea sententia Q. Ennius, praesertim cum et ipse eum audiverit et scribat de mortuo: ex quo nulla suspicio est amici tiae causa esse mentitum .
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
"Gaius Flaminius too, the man who as tribune of the plebs carried the law for distributing the Gallic and Picene land individually and who as consul was killed at Lake Trasimene, is said to have possessed great power in addressing the people. Quintus Maximus Verrucosus was also regarded as an orator in those days, as was Quintus Metellus, who was consul with Lucius Veturius Philo during the Second Punic War. But the first man whose work survives and of whom tradition records that he was eloquent and so regarded is Marcus Cornelius Cethegus. The authority for his eloquence is Quintus Ennius, a suitable one in my judgment, especially since he had himself heard Cethegus and wrote after his death, so there can be no suspicion that he lied from friendship."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
«On dit également que C. Flaminius, le tribun de la plèbe qui fit adopter la loi sur le partage individuel du territoire gaulois et picénien, puis fut tué comme consul près du lac Trasimène, exerçait par sa parole une grande influence sur le peuple. Q. Maximus Verrucosus fut aussi tenu pour orateur à cette époque, ainsi que Q. Metellus, consul avec L. Veturius Philo durant la deuxième guerre punique. Mais le premier dont subsiste un texte et dont la tradition rapporte qu'il fut éloquent et tenu pour tel est M. Cornelius Cethegus. Son éloquence a pour garant Q. Ennius, témoin à mon avis digne de foi, surtout puisqu'il l'avait lui-même entendu et écrivait après sa mort; on ne peut donc soupçonner un mensonge inspiré par l'amitié.»
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