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an vero vir amplissimus, P.
Scipio, pontifex maximus,
Ti. Gracchum mediocriter labefactantem statum rei publicae
privatus interfecit: Catilinam1 orbem terrae caede atque
incendiis vastare cupientem nos consules perferemus2? nam
illa nimis antiqua praetereo, quod3 C. Servilius Ahala Sp.
Maelium novis rebus studentem manu sua occidit. fuit,
fuit ista quondam in hac re publica virtus ut viri fortes
acrioribus suppliciis civem perniciosum quam acerbissimum
hostem coercerent. habemus4 senatus consultum in te,
Catilina, vehemens et grave5, non deest rei publicae consilium
neque auctoritas huius ordinis: nos, nos, dico aperte,
consules desumus.
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