Cataline and the Catalinarian Conspiracy
Aug 21, 2004
A nemesis to Cicero and a key political figure in the 60?s BC was L. Sergius Catilina. Like Crassus, Cataline profited enormously from the proscriptions of Sulla during his dictatorship, but Cataline was notorious for his brutality and unlawful methods. While a definite villain of the Late Republican period, he was also the victim of Cicero?s eloquent attacks, which certainly did little to commend him either with his ancient peers or in modern review…
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