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A Catilinarian Date

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2012

E. G. Hardy
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Asconius, in Pison. 5 (p. 5, 13 Kiessling). ‘Haec consuetudo’ (of using round rather than exact numbers) ‘in ipsis orationibus est: itaque idem Cicero in ea quoque quam habuit in Catilinam in senatu, ait cum octavus decimus dies esset postea quaro factum est senatus consultum ut viderent consules ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet, dixit vicesimum [? iam] diem habere <se> S. C. tamquam <in vagina reconditum>.' In the passage referred to by the commentator (in Cat. i, 2, 4) Cicero, after showing how promptly effect had been given to the senatus consultum ultimum, by Opimius and Marius, goes on: ‘At vero nos vicesimum iam diem patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis. Habemus enim eius modi senatus consultum, verum inclusum in tabulis, tamquam in vagina reconditum.’

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The Journal of Roman Studies , Volume 6 , November 1916 , pp. 56 - 58
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Copyright © E. G. Hardy1916. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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page 58 note 1 I cannot here develop this suggestion, but it seems to me highly probable that information about the conspiracy, which, according to Suet. Iul. 17, Cicero admitted that he had received from Caesar, was furnished at this point. That Crassus and Caesar took care to know what was going on we may be quite sure.