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Cicero

Philippics Passage 6

Passage 349 of 544

Canonical reference 9.6

Latin

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at ille cum videret, si vestrae auctoritati non paruisset, dissimilem se futurum sui, sin paruisset, munus sibi illud pro re publica susceptum vitae finem fore , maluit in maximo rei publicae discrimine emori quam minus quam potuisset videri rei publicae profuisse. multis illi in urbibus iter qua faciebat reficiendi se et curandi potestas fuit. aderat et hospitum invitatio liberalis pro dignitate summi viri et eorum hortatio qui una erant missi ad requiescendum et vitae suae consulendum. at ille properans, festinans , mandata vestra conficere cupiens, in hac constantia morbo adversante perseveravit.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

But when he saw that, if he did not obey your authority, he would be unlike himself, while, if he obeyed, the duty undertaken for the Republic would end his life, he preferred to die amid the Republic's greatest crisis rather than appear to have aided the Republic less than he could. In many cities through which his journey took him, he had the opportunity to restore his strength and receive treatment. His hosts generously invited him, as befitted so eminent a man, and his fellow envoys exhorted him to rest and take thought for his life. But he, hurrying and hastening in his desire to fulfill your instructions, persevered with this constancy despite the opposition of his illness.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Mais voyant que, s'il n'obéissait pas à votre autorité, il serait infidèle à lui-même, et que, s'il y obéissait, cette mission entreprise pour la République mettrait fin à sa vie, il préféra mourir dans le plus grand péril de la République plutôt que de paraître l'avoir servie moins qu'il ne l'aurait pu. Dans de nombreuses villes situées sur son trajet, il eut la possibilité de reprendre des forces et de se soigner. Des hôtes l'invitaient avec la générosité due à la dignité d'un si grand homme, et ses collègues d'ambassade l'exhortaient à se reposer et à ménager sa vie. Mais lui, se pressant, se hâtant, désireux d'exécuter vos ordres, persévéra dans cette résolution malgré la maladie qui lui résistait.

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