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Cicero
Philippics Passage 9
Passage 273 of 544
Canonical reference 6.9
Latin
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quid negoti fuit? sed cum se Brutum esse meminisset vestraeque libertati natum, non otio suo, quid egit aliud nisi ut paene corpore suo Gallia prohiberet Antonium? ad hunc utrum legatos an legiones ire oportebat? sed praeterita omittamus: properent legati, quod video esse facturos; vos saga parate. est enim ita decretum ut, si ille auctoritati senatus non paruisset, ad saga iretur. Ibitur; non parebit: nos amissos tot dies rei gerendae queremur. non metuo, Quirites , ne, cum audierit Antonius, me hoc et in senatu et in contione confirmasse, numquam illum futurum in senatus potestate, refellendi mei causa, ut ego nihil vidisse videar, vertat se et senatui pareat. numquam faciet; non invidebit huic meae gloriae; malet me sapientem a vobis quam se modestum existimari.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
What difficulty was there? But when he remembered that he was Brutus, born for your liberty, not for his own repose, what else did he do but almost use his own body to bar Antony from Gaul? Was it envoys or legions that ought to have gone to him? But let us leave the past aside. Let the envoys hasten, as I see they intend to do; you, prepare your military cloaks. For it has been decreed that, if he does not obey the authority of the Senate, the military cloak shall be assumed. It will be assumed; he will not obey; and we shall lament that so many days for action have been lost. I am not afraid, citizens, that when Antony hears that I have declared both in the Senate and before the assembly that he will never submit to the Senate's authority, he will turn about and obey the Senate merely to refute me and make me appear to have foreseen nothing. He will never do it. He will not begrudge me this glory of mine; he will prefer that you regard me as wise rather than him as restrained.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Quelle difficulté y avait-il ? Mais lorsqu'il se souvint qu'il était Brutus, né pour votre liberté et non pour son propre repos, que fit-il, sinon interdire presque de son propre corps la Gaule à Antoine ? Était-ce vers lui qu'il fallait envoyer des légats, ou des légions ? Mais laissons le passé. Que les légats se hâtent, comme je vois qu'ils le feront ; vous, préparez les vêtements de guerre. Il a en effet été décrété que, si Antoine n'obéissait pas à l'autorité du Sénat, on les revêtirait. On les revêtira ; il n'obéira pas, et nous déplorerons d'avoir perdu tant de jours où nous pouvions agir. Je ne crains pas, Quirites, qu'en apprenant que j'ai affirmé, au Sénat comme devant l'assemblée, qu'il ne se soumettrait jamais au pouvoir du Sénat, Antoine, pour me réfuter et faire croire que je n'ai rien prévu, change de conduite et obéisse au Sénat. Il ne le fera jamais ; il ne m'enviera pas cette gloire. Il préférera que vous me jugiez sage plutôt que de passer lui-même pour modéré.
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