'Yet there were Roman citizens obstinately determined to destroy both themselves and their country.'
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
November 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
'Yet there were Roman citizens obstinately determined to destroy both themselves and their country.'
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
-Sallust, 'The Catiline Conspiracy,' circa 44-40 BCE
Wait until I drop my thoughts about how Cicero’s ~Orations Against Catiline~ are some of the most important works ever.
July 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Wait until I drop my thoughts about how Cicero’s ~Orations Against Catiline~ are some of the most important works ever.
Calling someone a Catiline was like one of their biggest political insults!
February 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Calling someone a Catiline was like one of their biggest political insults!
Would it be too on the nose to teach a whole course on the Catiline Conspiracy?
August 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Would it be too on the nose to teach a whole course on the Catiline Conspiracy?
Cicero denounces Catiline, Cesare Marccari
June 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Cicero denounces Catiline, Cesare Marccari
Sexual intercourse began
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
August 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sexual intercourse began
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
According to Appian, Catilina funded the Catiline Conspiracy by raising “a great deal of money from a good number of women who hoped to lose their husbands in the uprising.”
July 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
According to Appian, Catilina funded the Catiline Conspiracy by raising “a great deal of money from a good number of women who hoped to lose their husbands in the uprising.”
When, O Catiline, do you mean to
cease abusing our patience? How
long is that madness of yours still to
mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
cease abusing our patience? How
long is that madness of yours still to
mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
WELKER: Does Congress now need to vote to approve this war with Iran?
LINDSEY GRAHAM: No
LINDSEY GRAHAM: No
March 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
When, O Catiline, do you mean to
cease abusing our patience? How
long is that madness of yours still to
mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
cease abusing our patience? How
long is that madness of yours still to
mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?
I also like, based on the naming conventions and who was cast, had assumed that Coppola was about to go full Mary Beard on the legacy of Cicero and the Catiline conspiracy, a political upheaval that she likened to the passage of the PATRIOT Act. But no. That was not what where Coppola was going.
April 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I also like, based on the naming conventions and who was cast, had assumed that Coppola was about to go full Mary Beard on the legacy of Cicero and the Catiline conspiracy, a political upheaval that she likened to the passage of the PATRIOT Act. But no. That was not what where Coppola was going.
All I can think of right now is the scene in Mountainhead where they’re tip-toeing down the hallway whisper-chanting “Catiline Conspiracy! Catiline Conspiracy!”
June 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
All I can think of right now is the scene in Mountainhead where they’re tip-toeing down the hallway whisper-chanting “Catiline Conspiracy! Catiline Conspiracy!”
Trump: Sulla, Caesar, or Catiline? Discuss, with examples.
November 21, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Trump: Sulla, Caesar, or Catiline? Discuss, with examples.
An hour ago my ancient history students said the Catiline conspiracy was poorly planned and embarrassing. And now this… ugh.
March 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
An hour ago my ancient history students said the Catiline conspiracy was poorly planned and embarrassing. And now this… ugh.
Hating your in-laws takes on a whole different sheen in ancient Rome. Early in his career, Catiline is reputed to have murdered his own brother-in-law… But only because Sulla forced him to, right Sulla?
#CheekyFacts #AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
#CheekyFacts #AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
November 26, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Hating your in-laws takes on a whole different sheen in ancient Rome. Early in his career, Catiline is reputed to have murdered his own brother-in-law… But only because Sulla forced him to, right Sulla?
#CheekyFacts #AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
#CheekyFacts #AncientRome #AncientBluesky🏺
This is a really good day/week/year to have your students work through Caesar and Cato’s speeches in Sallust’s Catiline.
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is a really good day/week/year to have your students work through Caesar and Cato’s speeches in Sallust’s Catiline.
I actually think this could be a great mixed history / Latin course in which the students read the full Catiline Orations in Latin, with historical context
August 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I actually think this could be a great mixed history / Latin course in which the students read the full Catiline Orations in Latin, with historical context
This is Cesare Maccari’s painting of Cicero’s oration denouncing Catiline. That’s Catiline sitting alone on the right, because no one else wants to be near him.
April 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is Cesare Maccari’s painting of Cicero’s oration denouncing Catiline. That’s Catiline sitting alone on the right, because no one else wants to be near him.
Catiline problems require Ciceronean solutions.
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Catiline problems require Ciceronean solutions.
"When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?"
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"When, O Catiline, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now?"
If Catiline didn't exist Cicero would've invented him.
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If Catiline didn't exist Cicero would've invented him.
Up by 4 o’clock in the morning, and read Cicero’s Second Oration against Catiline, which pleased me exceedingly; and more I discern therein than ever I thought was to be found in him; but I perceive it was my ignorance, and that he is as good a writer as ever I read in my life.
June 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Up by 4 o’clock in the morning, and read Cicero’s Second Oration against Catiline, which pleased me exceedingly; and more I discern therein than ever I thought was to be found in him; but I perceive it was my ignorance, and that he is as good a writer as ever I read in my life.
all those straight men were lying when they claimed they think about the roman empire constantly btw ask them one question about sallust’s take on the conspiracy of catiline and they’ll stare at you blankly like a goldfish
March 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
all those straight men were lying when they claimed they think about the roman empire constantly btw ask them one question about sallust’s take on the conspiracy of catiline and they’ll stare at you blankly like a goldfish
Ceterum censeo intellegentiae artificiosae delenda est
February 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Ceterum censeo intellegentiae artificiosae delenda est