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Cicero

Catilinarian Orations Passage 7

Passage 40 of 115

Canonical reference 2.7

Latin

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O fortunatam rem publicam, si quidem hanc sentinam urbis eiecerit! uno me hercule Catilina exhausto levata mihi et recreata res publica videtur. quid enim mali aut sceleris fingi aut cogitari potest quod non ille conceperit? quis tota Italia veneficus, quis gladiator, quis latro, quis sicarius, quis parricida, quis testamentorum subiector, quis circumscriptor, quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter, quae mulier infamis, quis corruptor iuventutis, quis corruptus, quis perditus inveniri potest qui se cum Catilina non familiarissime vixisse fateatur? quae caedes per hosce annos sine illo facta est, quod nefarium stuprum non per illum?

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

How fortunate the republic will be if it casts out this cesspool of the city! By Hercules, with Catiline alone drained away, the republic already seems to me relieved and restored. For what evil or crime can be imagined or conceived that he did not conceive? What poisoner in all Italy, what gladiator, brigand, assassin, parricide, forger of wills, swindler, glutton, wastrel, adulterer, infamous woman, corrupter of youth, corrupted man, or ruined person can be found who does not admit to having lived on the most intimate terms with Catiline? What murder during these years was committed without him? What criminal sexual outrage was not committed through him?

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Ô République fortunée, si elle rejette au-dehors cette sentine de la ville ! Par Hercule, depuis que Catilina seul a été évacué, la République me semble soulagée et ranimée. Quel mal ou quel crime peut-on imaginer ou concevoir qu’il n’ait lui-même conçu ? Quel empoisonneur dans toute l’Italie, quel gladiateur, quel brigand, quel assassin, quel parricide, quel faussaire de testaments, quel escroc, quel débauché, quel prodigue, quel adultère, quelle femme infâme, quel corrupteur de la jeunesse, quel jeune homme corrompu, quel homme perdu peut-on trouver qui n’avoue avoir vécu dans la plus étroite familiarité avec Catilina ? Quel meurtre a été commis ces dernières années sans lui ? Quelle débauche criminelle ne l’a pas eu pour instrument ?

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