C. Crispi Sallustii de Catilinae Conjuratione Historia, with Tr., Notes [&C.] by P. Egan (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ..." Catiline and Manlius enemies, and fixes a day "for the rest of the troops, by which they might with "impunity lay down their arms, except such as had been "condemned for capital crimes." They decree, moreover, "that the consuls should hold a levy, that Caius Antonius "should hasten to follow Catiline with an army, and Cicero "should be the protection of the city." At that period the empire of the Roman people seemed to me to be in far the most miserable condition (it had ever known). For though all nations being subdued, from the rising to the setting of the sun, were subject to her arms, and, though at home, leisure and riches, which men consider the foremost things, were flowing in, there were nevertheless citizens who were obstinately bent on destroying themselves and the State. For, notwithstanding the two decrees of the senate, neither did any one, out of so great a multitude, induced by the reward, reveal the conspiracy, nor did any one of them all desert from Catiline's camp; so violent a. disease, like a deadly poison, had come upon the minds of most of the citizens. XXXVU. Nor were their minds only alienated who were concerned in the conspiracy, but the whole of the Commonalty, through desire for a revolution, approved of the designs of Catiline. This, indeed, they thus appeared to do, according to their custom. For always in a State, those who have no property-envy the good, extol the bad, hate ancient things, long for what is new; through hatred of their own affairs they are anxious for all things to be changed, and, without any anxiety, are nourished by disturbance and sedition, since poverty is easily borne without loss. But the common people of the city for many reasons were demoralized; first of ...