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Cicero
Philippics Passage 28
Passage 184 of 544
Canonical reference 3.28
Latin
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hodierno die primum, patres conscripti , longo intervallo in possessionem libertatis pedem ponimus: cuius quidem ego quoad potui non modo defensor sed etiam conservator fui. cum autem id facere non possem, quievi , nec abiecte nec sine aliqua dignitate casum illum temporum et dolorem tuli. hanc vero taeterrimam beluam quis ferre potest aut quo modo? quid est in Antonio praeter libidinem, crudelitatem, petulantiam, audaciam? ex his totus vitiis conglutinatus est. nihil apparet in eo ingenuum, nihil moderatum, nihil pudens, nihil pudicum.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Today, for the first time after a long interval, senators, we set foot in possession of liberty. As long as I could, I was not merely its defender but also its preserver. When I could no longer act, I remained quiet, and bore that turn of the times and its pain neither abjectly nor without some dignity. But who can endure this most loathsome beast, and how? What is there in Antony except lust, cruelty, insolence, and audacity? He is wholly cemented together from these vices. Nothing in him appears freeborn, nothing restrained, nothing modest, nothing chaste.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Aujourd’hui, pères conscrits, pour la première fois depuis longtemps, nous prenons pied dans la possession de la liberté. Pour ma part, aussi longtemps que je l’ai pu, j’en ai été non seulement le défenseur, mais encore le gardien. Lorsque je ne pouvais plus l’être, je me suis tenu en repos, et j’ai supporté cette calamité des temps et cette douleur sans bassesse ni sans quelque dignité. Mais cette bête abominable, qui peut la supporter, et comment? Qu’y a-t-il dans Antoine, sinon débauche, cruauté, insolence et audace? Il est tout entier fait de l’assemblage de ces vices. Rien en lui ne paraît noble, rien de mesuré, rien de réservé, rien de pudique.
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