Project Gutenberg 1995-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 525 Cicero, Marcus Tullius -106 -43 Cicero's Orations Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catilinarian_orations Selected Orations "Cicero's Orations" by Marcus Tullius Cicero is a collection of political speeches written in the late Roman Republic period. The text features Cicero's impassioned oratory tackling the threat posed by the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) against the Roman state. Cicero seeks to defend the republic and its values while addressing the Senate and the Roman populace about the urgent dangers they face from Catiline and his followers. The opening of this work introduces the gravity of the situation in Rome, where Cicero accuses Catiline of plotting to overthrow the government. He lays bare the conspiracy, highlighting Catiline’s reckless ambitions and the dire consequences of his actions. Cicero's rhetoric is powerful and confrontational, as he invokes the moral and civic responsibility of his audience, imploring them to recognize and respond to the imminent threat. Through a combination of historical context, accusations, and appeals to patriotism, Cicero establishes the stakes involved, positioning himself as a vigilant guardian of the republic in a moment of peril. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 32.7 (College-level). Difficult to read. la Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin Rome -- History -- 53-44 B.C. -- Sources PA Text Classical Antiquity Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Ancient 123683 2025-08-01T04:44:13.239422 text/html 118955 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 44590 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 116996 2025-08-01T04:44:18.717399 application/epub+zip 117497 2025-08-01T04:44:16.128411 application/epub+zip 100510 2025-08-01T04:44:14.888407 application/epub+zip 223139 2025-08-01T04:44:20.633395 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213798 2025-08-01T04:44:17.956400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190428 2022-09-01T04:55:56.817782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112435 2025-08-01T04:44:12.924425 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 112288 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 43501 2021-01-01T06:49:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18660 2025-08-01T04:44:20.768375 application/rdf+xml 13329 2025-08-01T04:44:15.374400 image/jpeg 3408 2025-08-01T04:44:15.129393 image/jpeg 115276 2025-08-01T04:44:13.251412 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia