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Cicero

On the Republic Passage 49

Passage 124 of 251

Canonical reference 2.49

Latin

perseus-cicero-de_republica-lat

Habetis igitur primum ortum tyranni; nam hoc nomen Graeci regis iniusti esse voluerunt; nostri quidem omnes reges vocitaverunt, qui soli in populos perpetuam potestatem haberent. Itaque et Spurius Cassius et M. Manlius et Spurius Maelius regnum occupare voluisse dicti sunt, et modo Tib. Gracchus

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

You have, then, the first origin of the tyrant. The Greeks intended that name to denote an unjust king; our people called all those kings who alone held permanent power over peoples. Thus Spurius Cassius, Marcus Manlius, and Spurius Maelius were said to have sought to seize kingship, and recently Tiberius Gracchus...

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Vous connaissez donc la première origine du tyran. Les Grecs ont voulu que ce nom désignât un roi injuste; quant à nos compatriotes, ils ont appelé rois tous ceux qui détenaient seuls un pouvoir permanent sur les peuples. Aussi a-t-on dit que Spurius Cassius, Marcus Manlius et Spurius Maelius avaient voulu s’emparer de la royauté, et récemment Tiberius Gracchus…

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