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Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.

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Cicero

Roman statesman and lawyer (106–43 BC)

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on…
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Catilinarian orations

Set of speeches to the Roman Senate given by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Catilinarian orations are four speeches given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year's consuls. The speeches are all related to the discovery, investigation, and suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy, a plot that year to overthrow the republic. All of the…
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December 5

Day of the year

December 5 is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year.
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