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Cicero
Philippics Passage 37
Passage 248 of 544
Canonical reference 5.37
Latin
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huic tanto merito Bruti, patres conscripti , tantoque in rem publicam beneficio quis est tantus honos qui non debeatur? nam si M. Antonio patuisset Gallia, si oppressis municipiis et coloniis imparatis in illam ultimam Galliam penetrare potuisset, quantus rei publicae terror impenderet? dubitaret , credo, homo amentissimus atque in omnibus consiliis praeceps et devius non solum cum exercitu suo sed etiam cum omni immanitate barbariae bellum inferre nobis, ut eius furorem ne Alpium quidem muro cohibere possemus. haec igitur habenda gratia est D. Bruto qui illum, nondum interposita auctoritate vestra, suo consilio atque iudicio, non ut consulem recepit, sed ut hostem arcuit Gallia seque obsideri quam hanc urbem maluit. habeat ergo huius tanti facti tamque praeclari decreto nostro testimonium sempiternum; Galliaque quae semper praesidet atque praesedit huic imperio libertatique communi merito vereque laudetur, quod se suasque viris non tradidit, sed opposuit Antonio.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
For so great a service by Brutus, senators, and so great a benefit to the republic, what honor can be too great? If Gaul had lain open to Marcus Antonius, and if, after crushing its unprepared municipalities and colonies, he had been able to penetrate into Further Gaul, what terror would have threatened the republic? That utterly mad man, headlong and erratic in every design, would not, I suppose, have hesitated to bring war against us not only with his own army but with all the savagery of barbarian lands, so that not even the wall of the Alps could have restrained his frenzy. Thanks must therefore be given to Decimus Brutus, who, before your authority had intervened, by his own judgment and decision did not receive him as consul but kept him out of Gaul as an enemy, preferring that he himself be besieged rather than this city. Let him therefore possess in our decree an everlasting testimony to so great and glorious a deed. And let Gaul, which always stands and has stood guard over this empire and our common liberty, be deservedly and truly praised because it did not surrender itself and its strength to Antonius but set them against him.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Pour un si grand mérite de Brutus, pères conscrits, pour un tel bienfait envers la république, quel honneur pourrait ne pas lui être dû? Si la Gaule avait été ouverte à M. Antoine, si, après avoir écrasé des municipes et colonies sans préparation, il avait pu pénétrer dans la Gaule ultérieure, quelle terreur aurait menacé la république? Cet homme dément, irréfléchi et égaré dans toutes ses décisions aurait hésité, sans doute, à nous faire la guerre non seulement avec son armée, mais encore avec toute la sauvagerie des barbares, de sorte que même le rempart des Alpes n’aurait pu contenir sa fureur. Il faut donc remercier D. Brutus: avant même l’intervention de votre autorité, par sa résolution et son propre jugement, il n’a pas reçu Antoine comme consul, mais l’a écarté de la Gaule comme ennemi; il a préféré se laisser assiéger plutôt que de voir assiéger cette ville. Que notre décret lui fournisse donc un témoignage éternel de cette action si grande et si glorieuse. Et que la Gaule, qui veille et a toujours veillé sur cet empire et sur la liberté commune, soit justement et véritablement louée pour n’avoir pas livré ses forces à Antoine, mais les lui avoir opposées.
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