"When the battle was ended it became evident what boldness and resolution had pervaded Catiline’s army. For almost every man covered with his body, when life was gone, the position which he had taken when alive at the beginning of the conflict. A few, indeed, in the centre, whom the praetorian cohort had scattered, lay a little apart from the rest, but the wounds even of these were in front. But Catiline was found far in advance of his men amid a heap of slain foemen, still breathing slightly, and showing in his face the indomitable spirit which had animated him when alive."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Sallust, Catiline's War, Book LXI, pt. 4 (trans. J. C. Rolfe)
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catiline
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Catiline
Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC – 62 BC), known in English as Catiline, was a Roman patrician, soldier and senator of the 1st century BC best known for the second Catilinarian conspiracy, an attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic and, in particular, the power of the aristocratic Senate. He is also known for several acquittals in court, including one for the charge of adultery with a Vestal Virgin.
7 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Catiline →
Related Quotes
"Idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est."
"Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per ded…"
"Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? Quem ad finem sese e…"
"He was intimate with many thoroughly wicked men; but he pretended to be entirely devoted to the most virtuous of the …"
"Catiline was found, far in advance of his men, among the dead bodies of the enemy; a most glorious death, had he thus…"
"Even in youth Catiline had many shameful intrigues—with a maiden of noble rank, with a priestess of Vesta—and other a…"
"Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so…"
"I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his sp…"
"Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him th…"
"Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the f…"