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Cicero

Philippics Passage 12

Passage 295 of 544

Canonical reference 7.12

Latin

perseus-cicero-philippics-lat

quid igitur profectus est vir fortissimus, meus conlega et familiaris, A. Hirtius consul? at qua imbecillitate, qua macie! sed animi viris corporis infirmitas non retardavit. aequum , credo, putavit vitam quam populi Romani votis retinuisset pro libertate populi Romani in discrimen adducere.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Why, then, did that most courageous man, my colleague and intimate friend, the consul Aulus Hirtius, set out? And in what weakness, in what emaciation! Yet bodily infirmity did not retard the strength of his spirit. He thought it just, I believe, to place in danger for the liberty of the Roman people the life he had preserved through the prayers of the Roman people.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Pourquoi donc cet homme si courageux, mon collègue et mon ami, le consul Aulus Hirtius, est-il parti ? Et dans quel état de faiblesse, dans quel amaigrissement ! Mais l'infirmité de son corps n'a pas ralenti la force de son âme. Il a jugé équitable, je pense, d'exposer pour la liberté du peuple romain cette vie qu'il avait conservée grâce aux vœux du peuple romain.

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