Catiline
[kat-l-ahyn]
- Lucius Sergius Catilina, 108?–62 b.c., Roman politician and conspirator.
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"'I go, but I return,'" said he, in the language of Catiline to the Roman senate.
Breaking AwayOliver Optic
But the old soldiers of Sylla were Catiline's chief stimulus to action.
The Boys' and Girls' PlutarchPlutarch
Catiline had very soon under his command an army of scoundrels.
The Young Man's GuideWilliam A. Alcott
The interesting point in regard to this is his connexion with Catiline.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1Marcus Tullius Cicero
Catiline was a nobleman of violent temper and bad reputation.
A Treasury of Heroes and HeroinesClayton Edwards
Catiline
- Latin name Lucius Sergius Catilina. ?108–62 bc, Roman politician: organized an unsuccessful conspiracy against Cicero (63–62)
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Word Origin and History for catiline
Catiline
adj.
from Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman official who plotted an uprising 63 B.C.E. and was exposed by Cicero in a famous oration, taken since 1590s as a type of a reckless conspirator.
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