Cicero Test 1 (Days 1-4, Ch 1-7)

Quō ūsque tandem abūtēre, Catilīna, patientiā nostrā?

How long, Catiline, will you abuse our patience?

Quam diū etiam furor iste tuus nōs ēlūdet?

How long will that madness of yours mock us?

Quem ad fīnem sēsē effrēnāta iactābit audācia?

To what limit will your unrestrained audacity flaunt itself?

Nihilne tē nocturnum praesidium Palātiī, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor populī, nihil concursus bonōrum omnium, nihil hic mūnītissimus habendī senātūs locus, nihil hōrum ōra vultūsque mōvērunt?

Have the nighttime guards on the Palatine, the city watch, the fear of the people, the gathering of all good citizens, this highly secure place for holding the Senate, and the faces and expressions of these senators moved you not at all?

Patēre tua cōnsilia nōn sentīs?

Do you not realize that your plans are exposed?

Cōnstrictam iam hōrum omnium scientiā tenērī coniūrātiōnem tuam nōn vidēs?

Do you not see that your conspiracy is already trapped by everyone's knowledge?

Quid proximā, quid superiōre nocte ēgeris, ubi fueris, quōs convocāveris, quid cōnsiliī cēperis, quem nostrum īgnōrāre arbitrāris?

What you did last night and the night before, where you were, whom you summoned, and what plan you made—which of us do you think is unaware?

Ō tempora, ō mōrēs!

Oh, what times! Oh, what customs!

Senātus haec intellegit.

The Senate understands these things.

Cōnsul videt.

The consul sees.

Hic tamen vīvit.

Yet this man lives.

Vīvit?

He lives?

Immō vērō etiam in senātum venit.

Indeed, he even comes into the Senate.

Fit pūblicī cōnsiliī particeps.

He becomes a participant in public deliberation.

Notat et dēsīgnat oculīs ad caedem ūnum quemque nostrum.

He marks each one of us with his eyes for slaughter.

Nōs autem fortēs virī satis facere reī pūblicae vidēmur, sī istīus furōrem ac tēla vītēmus.

We seem to be brave men serving the Republic sufficiently if we avoid that man's madness and weapons.

Ad mortem tē, Catilīna, dūcī iūssū cōnsulis iamprīdem oportēbat, in tē cōnferrī pestem quam tū in nōs māchināris.

Catiline, you should have been led to death by order of the consul long ago; the destruction you plot against us should be turned against you.

Fuit, fuit ista quondam in hāc rē pūblicā virtūs ut virī fortēs ācriōribus suppliciīs cīvem perniciōsum quam acerbissimum hostem coērcērent.

There once was such virtue in this Republic that brave men punished a dangerous citizen more harshly than the bitterest enemy.

Habēmus senātūs cōnsultum in tē, Catilīna, vehemēns et grave.

We have a forceful and serious Senate decree against you, Catiline.

Nōn dēest reī pūblicae cōnsilium neque auctōritās huius ōrdinis — nōs, nōs (dīcō apertē) cōnsulēs dēsumus!

The Republic lacks neither counsel nor the authority of this body; we, we consuls, are failing!

At nōs vīcēsimum iam diem patimur hebēscere aciem hōrum auctōritātis.

But we have allowed the force of the Senate's authority to grow dull for twenty days.

Habēmus enim huiusce modī senātūs cōnsultum, vērum inclūsum in tabulīs tamquam in vāgīnā reconditum, quō ex senātūs cōnsultō cōnfēstim tē interfectum esse, Catilīna, convēnit.

For we have a Senate decree of this kind, but it is hidden away in the records, as if sheathed in a scabbard, although according to this decree you should immediately have been killed, Catiline.

Vīvis, et vīvis nōn ad dēpōnendam sed ad cōnfīrmandam audāciam.

You live, and you live not to lay aside your audacity but to strengthen it.

Cupiō, patrēs cōnscrīptī, mē esse clēmentem.

Senators, I wish to be merciful.

Cupiō in tantīs reī pūblicae perīculīs mē nōn dissolūtum vidērī, sed iam mē ipse inertiae nēquitiaeque condemnō.

In such great dangers to the Republic, I wish not to seem weak, but I already condemn myself for inactivity and cowardice.

Castra sunt in Ītāliā contrā populum Rōmānum in Etrūriae faucibus collocāta.

A military camp has been established in Italy against the Roman people, in the passes of Etruria.

Crēscit in diēs singulōs hostium numerus.

The number of enemies increases day by day.

Eōrum autem castrōrum imperātōrem ducemque hostium intrā moenia atque adeō in senātū vidēmus intestīnam aliquam cotīdiē perniciem reī pūblicae mōlientem.

We see the commander of those camps and leader of the enemy inside the city walls, and even in the Senate, plotting daily destruction of the Republic.

Tum dēnique interficiēre, cum iam nēmō tam improbus, tam perditus, tam tuī similis invenīrī poterit quī id nōn iūre factum esse fateātur.

Then at last you will be killed, when no one so wicked, so ruined, or so like you can be found who would deny that it was done justly.

Quam diū quisquam erit quī tē dēfendere audeat, vīvēs, et vīvēs ita ut vīvis, multīs meīs et fīrmīs praesidiīs obsessus, nē commovēre tē contrā rem pūblicam possīs.

As long as anyone dares to defend you, you will live—and live as you do now, surrounded by many strong guards of mine, so that you cannot act against the Republic.

Multōrum tē etiam oculī et aurēs nōn sentientem (sīcut adhūc fēcērunt) speculābuntur atque custōdient.

The eyes and ears of many people will watch and guard you without your noticing, just as they have done until now.

Etenim quid est, Catilīna, quod iam amplius exspectēs, sī neque nox tenebrīs obscūrāre coeptūs nefāriōs nec prīvāta domus parietibus continēre vōcēs coniūrātiōnis tuae potest, sī illūstrantur, sī ērumpunt omnia?

What more is there for you to wait for, Catiline, if neither night can conceal your wicked undertakings with darkness nor a private house can contain the voices of your conspiracy within its walls, if everything is being exposed and breaking out into the open?

Mūtā iam istam mentem!

Change that mindset now!

Mihi crēde!

Trust me!

Oblīvīscere caedis atque incendiōrum!

Forget slaughter and arson!

Tenēris undique.

You are hemmed in on every side.

Lūce sunt clāriōra nōbīs tua cōnsilia omnia, quae iam mēcum licet recōgnōscās.

All your plans are clearer to us than daylight, and you may now review them with me.

What did Cicero tell the Senate on October 21 about Manlius?

Cicero predicted that Manlius would rise up in arms on October 27.

What did Cicero say Catiline was planning for October 28?

Cicero said Catiline was planning a mass slaughter of nobles.

Why did many prominent senators leave Rome around October 28?

They were aware of the danger posed by Catiline's plans.

How did Cicero claim his vigilance affected Catiline's plans?

He claimed that his vigilance trapped Catiline so that he could not act.