Identifier: storyofgreatestn02elli (find matches)
Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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tune who knew not the meaning of patriot-ism or unselfishness, but were ready to cast their swords on the side that offeredthe surest gain. Their leader was Catiline, formerly one of the ablest andmost cruel of Sullas officers. He was eight years older than Caesar. His fullname was Lucius Sergius Catilina. He was descended from an impoverishedpatrician family and seemed to be intended by nature for a successful master ofcrime; his body was capable of bearing any amount of fatigue and hardship,and he had no moral scruples whatever. No crime can be conceived which hewould not willingly commit to further his own ends. Naturally his adherentswere mainly debauched young patricians and broken-down military men, whodiffered from him only in the degree of ability. Bearing these distinctions in mind, let us trace the events that follow. InB.C. 68, Catiline was elected praetor; the next year governor of Africa, and inthe following year he wished to stand for the consulship, but was disqualified
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THE BANQUET OF CRASSUS Rome—Conspiracy of Catiline 365 because of charges of maladministration in his province. Catiline was bur-dened by enormous debts, and, with his moral recklessness, he saw his onlyhope in setting a revolution on foot, trusting to his skill to place himself on topin the overturning of the government. He, therefore, entered into a conspiracywith a number of young nobles, as abandoned as himself, but the plot was re-vealed to Cicero by the mistress of one of the conspirators. The first blow wasto have been Ciceros assassination in the Campus Martins, but he was keptinformed of every step in the conspiracy, and with little trouble frustrated thedesign. Defeat for the moment did not affect the diabolical purpose of Catiline.He called his confederates together on the night of November 6 (b.c. 63), andexplained to them the new plan he had formed for the assassination of Cicero;for bringing up the Tuscan army which he had seduced from its allegiance, andwhich was unde

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