Testimony Agianst Conspirators

Senātum coēgī. …

I gathered the senate. …

… Intrōdūxī Volturcium sine Gallīs. …

… I introduced Volturius without the Gauls. …

… Fidem pūblicam eī dedī. …

… I gave him my public trust. …

… Hortātus sum ut ea quae scīret sine timōre nūntiāret. …

… I urged him to announce those things which he knew without fear. …

… Tum ille, cum sē ex magnō timōre recreāvisset, …

… Then, when he had pulled himself together from great fear, …

… , dīxit sē ab Lentulō habēre ad Catilīnam mandāta ut auxiliō servōrum ūterētur …

… , he said that he had orders from Lentulus to Catiline that he uses the help of slaves …

… et ad urbem quam prīmum cum exercitū accēderet. …

… and he come to the city with troops as soon as possible. …

… Intrōductī autem Gallī dīxērunt sibi litterās ad suam gentem ab Lentulō datās esse …

… However, the Gauls said, when introduced, that the letters were given to them by Lentulus for their people …

… et hunc imperāvisse ut equitātum in Italiam quam prīmum mitterent. …

… and he ordered them to send the cavalry into Italy as soon as possible.

… Dēnique, omnibus rēbus expositīs, senātus dēcrēvit ut coniūrātī, quī hās īnsidiās mōlītī essent, in custōdiam trāderentur.

… Finally, with all things having been exposed, the senate decreed that the conspirators, who had undertook this plot, be taken into custody.