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Cicero
Philippics Passage 10
Passage 48 of 544
Canonical reference 2.10
Latin
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verum tamen quid erat quod me rogares, si erat is de quo rogabas Caesaris lege reductus? sed videlicet meam gratiam voluit esse, in quo ne ipsius quidem ulla esse poterat lege lata. sed cum mihi, patres conscripti, et pro me aliquid et in M. Antonium multa dicenda sint, alterum peto a vobis ut me pro me dicentem benigne, alterum ipse efficiam ut, contra illum cum dicam, attente audiatis. simul illud oro: si meam cum in omni vita tum in dicendo moderationem modestiamque cognostis, ne me hodie, cum isti, ut provocavit, respondero , oblitum esse putetis mei. non tractabo ut consulem: ne ille quidem me ut consularem. etsi ille nullo modo consul , vel quod ita vivit vel quod ita rem publicam gerit vel quod ita factus est; ego sine ulla controversia consularis.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Yet why did you ask me, if the man on whose behalf you asked had been restored by Caesar's law? Evidently he wanted it to appear as my favor, although after the law was carried it could not even be his own. But since, Conscript Fathers, I must say something on my own behalf and much against Marcus Antonius, I ask two things of you: that you hear me kindly when I speak for myself, and, as I shall myself ensure, attentively when I speak against him. At the same time I make this request: if throughout my life, and especially in speaking, you have known my restraint and moderation, do not think that today, when I answer his challenge, I have forgotten myself. I shall not treat him as a consul. He did not treat me as a former consul. In any event, he is in no way a consul, whether because of the life he leads, the way he conducts the republic, or the way he was made one. I am indisputably a former consul.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Toutefois, pourquoi me faire cette demande si l'homme dont il s'agissait avait été rappelé par une loi de César? Il voulait apparemment que la faveur vînt de moi, alors que la loi votée empêchait même César d'en accorder aucune. Mais puisque, pères conscrits, j'ai quelques mots à dire pour moi et beaucoup contre Marcus Antonius, je vous demande deux choses: écoutez avec bienveillance lorsque je parlerai pour moi; lorsque je parlerai contre lui, je saurai moi-même obtenir votre attention. Je vous demande encore ceci: si vous avez reconnu durant toute ma vie, et notamment dans mes discours, ma mesure et ma modération, ne pensez pas qu'en lui répondant aujourd'hui, puisqu'il m'y a provoqué, je me sois oublié moi-même. Je ne le traiterai pas en consul, car il ne m'a pas traité en ancien consul. D'ailleurs, il n'est aucunement consul, ni par sa manière de vivre, ni par sa manière d'administrer la République, ni par la manière dont il a été nommé. Quant à moi, je suis sans contestation ancien consul.
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