Pro Caelio Quiz 2 (all sections)

Tot igitur annos versatus in foro sine suspicione, sine infamia, studuit Catilinae iterum petenti.

Therefore having spent so many years in the forum without suspicion, without disgrace, he supported Catiline, he is seeking it again.

Quem ergo ad finem putas custodiendam illam aetatem fuisse?

Therefore to what end do you think that time of life was needing to be guarded?

Nobis quidem olim annus erat unus ad cohibendum bracchium toga constitutus, et ut exercitatione ludoque campestri tunicati uteremur, eademque erat, si statim merere stipendia coeperamus, castrensis ratio ac militaris.

Qua in aetate nisi qui se ipse sua gravitate et castimonia et cum disciplina domestica tum etiam naturali quodam bono defenderet, quoquo modo a suis custoditus esset, tamen infamiam veram effugere non poterat.

In which time of life unless a person should personally defend himself with his own solemnity and purity and with both household restraint and also a certain natural goodness, in whatever way he should be protected by his own, nevertheless he would not be able to escape true infamy.

Sed qui prima illa initia aetatis integra atque inviolata praestitisset, de eius fama ac pudicitia, cum iam sese conroboravisset ac vir inter viros esset, nemo loquebatur.

But, he who had presented and exhibited those first beginnings of the life, untouched and undamaged no one was talking about his reputation and chastity when now he had strengthened himself and was a man amongst men no one was speaking about his reputation and his chastity.

At studuit Catilinae, cum iam aliquot annos esset in foro, Caelius.

But Caelius supported Catiline when he was already in the forum for some years.

Et multi hoc idem ex omni ordine atque ex omni aetate fecerunt.

And many did this same thing from every rank and from every age.

Habuit enim ille, sicuti meminisse vos arbitror, permulta maximarum non expressa signa sed adumbrata virtutum.

For that one, as I think you all remember, had very many signs of the greatest virtues, signs not expressed, but outlined.

Utebatur hominibus improbis multis; et quidem optimis se viris deditum esse simulabat.

He was utilizing the friendship of many wicked men and indeed he was pretending that he was devoted to the best men.

Erant apud illum inlecebrae libidinum multae; erant etiam industriae quidam stimuli ac laboris.

There were with him many enticements of passions; there were also certain goads/prompts of industry and hard work.

Flagrabant vitia libidinis apud illum; vigebant etiam studia rei militaris.

The vices of lust were blazing in him, also the enthusiasms of military matters were flourishing.

Neque ego umquam fuisse tale monstrum in terris ullum puto,

Nor do I think that there ever was any such a creature on earth,

tam ex contrariis diversisque atque inter se pugnantibus naturae studiis cupiditatibusque conflatum.

so put together from inclinations and desires of nature that are conflicting and different and warring amongst themselves.

Quis clarioribus viris quodam tempore iucundior, quis turpioribus coniunctior?

Who at some time was more pleasant to more famous men, who was more connected to more loathsome men?

Quis civis meliorum partium aliquando, quis taetrior hostis huic civitati?

Who at one time was citizen of a better political party, who was a more loathsome enemy to this state?

Quis in voluptatibus inquinatior, quis in laboribus patientior?

Who in pleasure was more defiled, who in labor was more patient?

Quis in rapacitate avarior, quis in largitione effusior?

Who in greed was more covetous, who in generosity was more extravagent?

Illa vero, iudices, in illo homine admirabilia fuerunt, comprehendere multos amicitia, tueri obsequio,

Truly, judges, these were the incredible things in that man, to grasp many with friendship, to preserve with service,

cum ombibus communicare quod habebat, servire temporibus suorum omnium

to share with all what he was having, to help his friends in time of need,

pecunia, gratia, labore corpis, scelere etiam, si opus esset, et audia, versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus

with money, with good will, with labor of the body, even with crime, if it was neccessary, and with audacity to change his own nature and to rule according to circumstance,

atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere, cum tristibus severe, cum remissis iucunde, cum senibus graviter,

and even to twist and to bend to and fro, to live severely with the sad men, pleasantly with the relaxed, seriously with the elder,

cum iuventute comiter, cum facinerosis audaciter, cum libidinosis luxuriose vivere.

kindly with the youth, audaciously with the wicked, luxuriously with the lustful.

Hac ille tam varia multiplicique natura cum omnis omnibus ex terris homines improbos audacisque conlegerat,

That man, by this so varied and so complex a nature, both had brought together all wicked and bold men from all lands,

tum etiam multos fortis viros et bonos specie quadam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat.

and also many brave and good men he was holding by a certain appearance of feigned value.

Neque umquam ex illo delendi huius imperi tam consceleratus impetus exstitisset,

Nor from that man would so wicked an impulse of destroying this state of ours ever have arisen,

nisi tot vitiorum tanta immanitas quibusdam facilitatis et patientiae radicibus niteretur.

unless such a vast quantity of so many vices were relying on certain roots of ease and patience.

Qua re ista condicio, iudices, respuatur, nec Catilinae familiaritatis crimen haereat.

Therefore, judges, let that possibility be rejected and let the charge of the familiarity of Catiline not stick.

Est enim commune cum multis et cum quibusdam bonis.

Me ipsum, me, inquam, quondam paene ille decepit, cum et civis mihi bonus et optimi cuiusque cupidus et firmus amicus ac fidelis videretur;

Me myself, I say, he once almost deceived me, when he seemed to me a patriotic citizen, desirous of every best thing, a firm and faithful friend;

cuius ego facinora oculis prius quam opinione, manibus ante quam suspicione deprendi.

whose crimes I caught with my eyes, sooner than with opinion, with my hands before suspicion.

Cuius in magnis catervis amicorum si fuit etiam Caelius, magis est ut ipse moleste ferat errasse se,

If caelius also was among the great crowds of his friends, it is more reasonable that he himself should bear badly that he made a mistake,

sicuti non numquam in eodem homine me quoque erroris mei paenitet, quam ut istius amicitiae crimen reformidet.

just as sometimes I also regret my own error in the same man, than that he should fear the charge of that friendship.

Nec tamen illud genus alterum nocturnorum testium perhorresco.

Est enim dictum ab illis fore qui dicerent uxores suas a cena redeuntis attrectatas esse a Caelio.

Graves erunt homines qui hoc iurati dicere audebunt,

They will be grave men who will dare to say under oath,

cum sit eis confitendum numquam se ne congressu quidem et constituto coepisse de tantis iniuriis experiri.

since it must be confessed by them that they never, not even by informal agreement, began to conduct an investigation about so great injustices.

Sed totum genus oppugnationis huius, iudices, et iam prospicitis animis et, cum inferetur, propulsare debebitis.

But you all foresee with your minds the whole kind of this attack, judges, and when it is introduced, you ought to reject it.

Non enim ab isdem accusatur M. Caelius a quibus oppugnatur; palam in eum tela iaciuntur, clam subministrantur.

For Marcus Caelius is not accused from the same people by whom he is attacked, openly spears are thrown at him, they are secretly supplied.

Sed haec omitto; ad illa quae me magis moverunt respondeo.

But I omit these things; I respond to those which moved me more.

Deliciarum obiurgatio fuit longa, et ea lenior, plusque disputationis habuit quam atrocitatis, quo etiam audita est attentius.

His attack on vice was long, and it was rather subdued, it had more argumentation than severity, for which reason it was also heard more attentively.

Nam P. Clodius, amicus meus, cum se gravissime vehementissimeque iactaret et omnia inflammatus ageret tristissimis verbis,

For Publius Clodius, my friend, althouogh he was conducting himself most gravely and most vehemently, and, ablaze with passion, he was treating everything with the saddest words,

voce maxima, tametsi probabam eius eloquentiam, tamen non pertimescebam;

and greatest voice, although I was approving of his eloquence, nevertheless I was not frightened;

aliquot enim in causis eum videram frustra litigantem.

for I had seen him in several cases litigating in vain.

Tibi autem, Balbe, respondeo primum precario, si licet, si fas est defendi a me eum qui nullum convivium renuerit,

However to you, Balbus, I respond first by entreaty, if it is permitted, if it is right for him to be defended by me, who refuses no banquet,

qui in hortis fuerit, qui unguenta sumpserit, qui Baias viderit.

who has been in gardens, who wore perfumes, who has seen Baiae.