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Cicero
Philippics Passage 8
Passage 291 of 544
Canonical reference 7.8
Latin
perseus-cicero-philippics-lat
ego igitur pacis, ut ita dicam, alumnus qui quantuscumque sum - nihil enim mihi adrogo - sine pace civili certe non fuissem - periculose dico: quem ad modum accepturi, patres conscripti, sitis, horreo, sed pro mea perpetua cupiditate vestrae dignitatis retinendae et augendae quaeso oroque vos, patres conscripti, ut primo, etsi erit vel acerbum auditu vel incredibile a M. Cicerone esse dictum, accipiatis sine offensione quod dixero, neve id prius quam quale sit explicaro repudietis - ego ille, dicam saepius, pacis semper laudator, semper auctor, pacem cum M. Antonio esse nolo. Magna spe ingredior in reliquam orationem, patres conscripti, quoniam periculosissimum locum silentio sum praetervectus.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
I, then, the foster child of peace, so to speak, who, whatever stature I possess, for I claim nothing for myself, would certainly have been nothing without civil peace, make a perilous declaration. I shudder, conscript fathers, at how you will receive it. Yet because of my lifelong desire to preserve and increase your dignity, I ask and implore you, conscript fathers, first to hear without offence what I shall say, even if it will be bitter to hear or incredible as an utterance of Marcus Cicero, and not reject it before I explain its nature. I, who, as I shall say repeatedly, have always praised and advocated peace, do not want peace with Marcus Antony. I proceed into the remainder of my speech with great hope, conscript fathers, since I have passed the most perilous point amid silence.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Moi donc, pour ainsi dire nourri par la paix, moi qui, si peu que je sois, car je ne m'attribue rien, n'aurais certainement pas existé sans la paix civile, je prononce une parole dangereuse. Je tremble, pères conscrits, à la pensée de la manière dont vous la recevrez. Mais, au nom de mon désir constant de maintenir et d'accroître votre dignité, je vous demande et vous supplie, pères conscrits, de recevoir d'abord sans irritation ce que je vais dire, même si cela paraît pénible à entendre ou incroyable dans la bouche de Marcus Cicéron, et de ne pas le rejeter avant que j'en aie expliqué la nature. Moi, oui moi, je le répéterai souvent, qui ai toujours loué et toujours conseillé la paix, je ne veux pas de paix avec Marcus Antoine. J'aborde avec grand espoir le reste de mon discours, pères conscrits, puisque j'ai franchi sans provoquer un murmure le passage le plus dangereux.
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