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Cicero
Philippics Passage 4
Passage 160 of 544
Canonical reference 3.4
Latin
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cui quamquam gratia referri tanta non potest quanta debetur, habenda tamen est tanta quantam maximam animi nostri capere possunt. quis enim est tam ignarus rerum, tam nihil de re publica cogitans qui hoc non intellegat, si M. Antonius a Brundisio cum eis copiis quas se habiturum putabat , Romam, ut minabatur, venire potuisset, nullum genus eum crudelitatis praeteriturum fuisse? quippe qui in hospitis tectis Brundisi fortissimos viros optimosque civis iugulari iusserit ; quorum ante pedes eius morientium sanguine os uxoris respersum esse constabat. hac ille crudelitate imbutus, cum multo bonis omnibus veniret iratior quam illis fuerat quos trucidarat, cui tandem nostrum aut cui omnino bono pepercisset?
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Although gratitude equal to what he is owed cannot be repaid, we must nevertheless feel as much gratitude as our hearts can possibly contain. Who is so ignorant of affairs and so indifferent to the republic that he does not understand this: if Marcus Antonius had been able to come to Rome from Brundisium, as he threatened, with the forces he expected to possess, there was no form of cruelty he would have omitted? At Brundisium, in his host's house, he ordered the bravest men and best citizens to be butchered. It was generally agreed that his wife's face was spattered with the blood of men dying at his feet. Saturated with that cruelty, and coming far angrier with all good men than he had been with those he slaughtered, which of us, or what good man at all, would he have spared?
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Bien qu’on ne puisse lui témoigner une reconnaissance aussi grande que celle qui lui est due, il faut néanmoins lui en témoigner autant que nos âmes peuvent en contenir. Quel homme est en effet assez ignorant des affaires et assez indifférent à la République pour ne pas comprendre que, si M. Antoine avait pu venir de Brindes à Rome avec les forces qu’il pensait posséder, comme il en menaçait, il n’aurait négligé aucune forme de cruauté? À Brindes, dans la maison de son hôte, il avait ordonné d’égorger les hommes les plus courageux et les meilleurs citoyens; il était établi que le visage de son épouse avait été éclaboussé par le sang de ces mourants, à ses pieds. Imprégné de cette cruauté, venant avec beaucoup plus de colère contre tous les gens de bien qu’il n’en avait éprouvé contre ceux qu’il avait massacrés, lequel d’entre nous, ou quel homme de bien, aurait-il finalement épargné?
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