Cicero - Anthony Everitt [193]
28 “not only a pleader” Brut XCI 316
Chapter 4—Politics and Foreign Postings: 77–63 BC
The story of Cicero’s early political career derives from Plutarch, his speeches and the correspondence with Atticus.
29 “Just as in the music of harps” Rep II 42
30 “When I was Quaestor” Tusc V XXIII 64–66
31 The incident at Puteoli Planc XXVI, XXVII
32 “his hair swept back in a kind of wave” Plut Pomp II 1/2
33 “Today the eyes of the world” Verr I 16 46–47
“I am afraid I’m no good at solving riddles” Plut Cic VII 6
34 C’s jokes at the Verres trial Plut Cic VII 4–5
“Gentlemen of the jury” Verr II 8 22
35 “It is the judge’s responsibility” Off II 51 “my brother, Quintus” Att I (I 5)
36 “All the pleasure” Att I (I 5)
“I am delighted with my place at Tusculum” Att 2 (I 6)
C’s citrus table Pliny XIII 91
C’s estimate of his income Phil II 16
37 “You know the game I am playing” Att 10 (I 1)
38 “Such is his unbelievable, superhuman genius” Imp Pomp XIII 37 “My handling of C. Macer’s case” Att 9 (I 4)
39 “both that he did not assault the standing” Asc: Pro Cornelio argumentum
Chapter 5—Against Catilina: 63 BC
The account of the Catilinarian conspiracy is largely based on Sallust, Cicero’s Catilinarian speeches and Asconius, together with Appian and Dio Cassius for the general picture.
40 “People naturally prefer you to lie” Comm 48
41 “No one has ever had such a talent for seducing young men” Cat II 4 5
“debauchees, adulterers and gamblers” Sall Cat XIV 2ff.
“There are shouts and screams” Off 1
42 “Catilina had many excellent qualities” Cael V 12
Catilina’s first “conspiracy” is a mysterious affair; for further discussion see Gelzer, pp. 38ff. and S. A. Handford (Sallust, Jugurthine War and Conspiracy of Catiline), pp. 164ff.
43 “We have the jury we want” Att 11 (I 2)
“Can any man be a friend” Asc: In toga candida
44 “I assert” Asc: In toga candida
45 “What I assert” Rab XII 332–34
“I see two bodies” Plut Cic XIII 4–5
46 Catilina reported to sacrifice a boy, Dio XXXVII 147/149
47 “quite overcome by the news” Plut Cic XV 2
48 “I am able to report” Cat I iv 8
49 “I do not intend” Sall Cat XXXVI 1f.
50 “But I must change my tone” Mur XXXV 74
51 “Imprisonment, [Caesar] says” Cat IV iv 8
“ought to distribute the accused around the towns of Italy” App II 6
52 “sluggish of comprehension” Plut Cat I 3 “If we could afford” Sall Cat LIII 4
Chapter 6—Pretty-Boy’s Revenge: 62–58 BC
The events leading to Cicero’s exile are covered by various lives of Plutarch, Dio and, to a lesser extent, Appian but, increasingly, by Cicero’s letters, which now begin to be available in large numbers. Cicero’s speech In Defense of Caelius throws a brilliant light on the Clodian circle.
53 “One could not attend the Senate” Plut Cic XXIV 1–2
“This unpleasing habit of his” Plut Cic XXIV 2
“a certain foolish vanity” Att 38 (II 18)
54 “I swear to you” Plut Cic XXIII 2
55 “This district, let me tell you, is charming” Att 392 (XV 16a)
56 “I imagine you have heard” Att 12 (I 12)
57 “passion for fornication” Sall Cat XIII 3–5
58 “at the cross-roads” Catull 58
“You [Mark Antony] assumed a man’s toga” Phil II 18 44–45
59 “Silver-tongued among the sons of Rome” Catull 49
60 “When the day came for the bill to be put” Att 14 (I 14)
“Inside a couple of days” Att 16 (I 16)
61 Cicero’s jokes at Clodius’s expense Att 16 (I 16) and 21 (II 1)
62 “as if he were coming back from a foreign holiday” Plut Pomp XLII 3
63 “He professes the highest regard for me” Att 13 (I 13)
64 “Life out of uniform” Plut Pomp XXIII 4
“I need 25 million sesterces” App II 8
65 “I brought the house down” Att 14 (I 14)
The description of Pompey’s Triumph is based on Plutarch’s life of him but also draws on some material from his life of Aemilius Paulus.
66 “Giving up all attempts to equal Pompey” Plut Crass VII 2
“The demand was disgraceful” Att 17 (I 17)
“the dregs of the urban population” Att 19 (I 19)
67 “AS for our dear friend Cato” Att 21 (XI 1)
68 “those