The Conspiracy at Rome in 66-65 B. C (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Herbert Chester Nutting
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266603474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Excerpt from The Conspiracy at Rome in 66-65 B. C It seems therefore worth while to consider once morel the evidence bearing on the earlier conspiracy. Among the wit nesses Cicero clearly holds first place; for surely no other among them had a stronger motive or better opportunity to sift the matter to the bottom. Of course on this subject, as elsewhere, Cicero 's testimony is apt to be colored by the circumstances under which he speaks; but this fact usually very thinly screens his real convictions. Unfortunately the greater part of his testimony touching the earlier conspiracy is either lost or to be had only at second hand; in fact the speech pro Sulla is the only complete extant document in which he communicates any considerable amount of information on this subject. Asconius has preserved important fragments of the speeches pro Cornelia (65 and in Toga Candida (64 and here and there in other writings Cicero incidentally touches on the events of the years 66-65; but we must ever regret the loss of his systematic historical treatises. It may perhaps be questioned whether the work rep}. 't7ra'ret'a9 (de Consulatu Suo) contained much in the way of direct refer ence to the earlier conspiracy. But the treatise known as 'avéx80m (dc Consiliis Suis) seems very clearly to have included utter ances bearing directly on the subject.2 This latter work was published late, being withheld from circulation until a time when considerations of diplomacy no longer precluded a frank expres sion of opinion on Cicero's part. For our present purpose therefore its loss is more serious than that of the other treatise. However, Asconius evidently had access to the document, and Plutarcha and Dio Cassius' seem at least to have known something of its contents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.