Sallust 16
Bella Dickenson /
- Created on 2021-10-05 17:04:04
- Modified on 2021-10-07 18:50:07
- Translated by A.J. Woodman
- Aligned by Bella Dickenson
Latin
English
sed iuventūtem quam , ut suprā dīximus , illēxerat , multīs modīs mala facinora ēdocēbat . 2 ex illīs testīs signātōrēsque falsōs commodāre ; fidem , fortūnās , perīcula vīlia habēre , post , ubi eōrum fāmam atque pudōrem attrīverat , maiōra alia imperābat . 3 sī causa peccandī in praesēns minus suppetēbat , nihilō minus īnsontīs sīcutī sontīs circumvenīre , iugulāre ; scīlicet nē per ōtium torpēscerent manūs aut animus , grātuītō potius malus atque crūdēlis erat .
4 hīs amīcīs sociīsque cōnfīsus Catilīna , simul quod aes aliēnum per omnīs terrās ingēns erat , et quod plērīque Sullānī mīlitēs , largius suō ūsī , rapīnārum et victōriae veteris memorēs , cīvīle bellum exoptābant , opprimundae reī pūblicae cōnsilium cēpit . 5 in Ītaliā nūllus exercitus ; Cn . Pompeius in extrēmīs terrīs bellum gerēbat ; ipsī cōnsulātum petentī magna spēs ; senātus nihil sānē intentus ; tūtae tranquillaeque rēs omnēs ; sed ea prōrsus opportūna Catilīnae .
4 hīs amīcīs sociīsque cōnfīsus Catilīna , simul quod aes aliēnum per omnīs terrās ingēns erat , et quod plērīque Sullānī mīlitēs , largius suō ūsī , rapīnārum et victōriae veteris memorēs , cīvīle bellum exoptābant , opprimundae reī pūblicae cōnsilium cēpit . 5 in Ītaliā nūllus exercitus ; Cn . Pompeius in extrēmīs terrīs bellum gerēbat ; ipsī cōnsulātum petentī magna spēs ; senātus nihil sānē intentus ; tūtae tranquillaeque rēs omnēs ; sed ea prōrsus opportūna Catilīnae .
As
for
the
young
men
whom
(
as
we
said
above
)
he
had
enticed
,
he
taught
them
wicked
deeds
in
numerous
ways
.
From
them
he
provided
false
witnesses
and
signatories
;
he
commanded
of
them
,
first
,
that
they
should
regard
loyalty
,
fortunes
and
danger
as
cheap
,
and
then
,
when
he
had
worn
away
their
reputation
and
sense
of
shame
,
other
and
still
greater
deeds
.
If
reasons
for
wrongdoing
were
temporarily
in
short
supply
,
he
would
nonetheless
entrap
and
butcher
the
guiltless
no
differently
from
the
guilty
.
(
It
was
of
course
to
prevent
their
muscles
or
minds
from
languishing
through
inactivity
that
he
was
gratuitously
wicked
and
cruel
instead
.
)
These were the friends and allies on whom Catiline relied ; and , both because there was mighty debt across every land , and because many Sullan soldiers — too lavish with their own property , and mindful of the seizures of their old victory — were longing for civil war , he conceived the scheme of an assault upon the commonwealth . There was no army in Italy , and Cn . Pompeius was waging war in the most distant lands ; he had high hopes of his own candidacy for the consulship , and the senate was of course not concentrating : conditions on all fronts were settled and calm , but that was favourable to Catiline .
These were the friends and allies on whom Catiline relied ; and , both because there was mighty debt across every land , and because many Sullan soldiers — too lavish with their own property , and mindful of the seizures of their old victory — were longing for civil war , he conceived the scheme of an assault upon the commonwealth . There was no army in Italy , and Cn . Pompeius was waging war in the most distant lands ; he had high hopes of his own candidacy for the consulship , and the senate was of course not concentrating : conditions on all fronts were settled and calm , but that was favourable to Catiline .