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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 61
Passage 61 of 334
Canonical reference 61
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
hunc igitur Cethegum consecutus est aetate Cato, qui annis ix post eum fuit consul. Eum nos ut perveterem habemus, qui L. Marcio M’. Manilio consulibus mortuus est, annis lxxxvi ipsis ante me consuler. nec vero habeo quemquam antiquiorem, cuius quidem scripta proferenda putem, nisi quem Appi Caeci oratio haec ipsa de Pyrrho et non nullae mortuorum laudationes forte delectant .
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
"Cato, then, came after Cethegus in age and was consul nine years after him. We regard Cato as exceedingly ancient, yet he died in the consulship of Lucius Marcius and Manius Manilius, precisely eighty-six years before my consulship. I have no earlier writer whose works I think worth producing, unless someone happens to enjoy that very speech of Appius Caecus concerning Pyrrhus and certain funeral eulogies."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
«Caton succéda donc par l'âge à Cethegus et fut consul neuf ans après lui. Nous le tenons pour très ancien; pourtant, lorsqu'il mourut sous le consulat de L. Marcius et M'. Manilius, c'était exactement quatre-vingt-six ans avant mon consulat. Je n'ai vraiment aucun auteur plus ancien dont je juge les écrits dignes d'être produits, à moins que quelqu'un ne se plaise précisément au discours d'Appius Claudius l'Aveugle sur Pyrrhus et à quelques éloges funèbres.»
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