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442 The Revolution
The
" Father
of his
Country.'
Appian, Civil
Wars, ii. 7.
to yourself, Catiline, and to those who have joined themselves
with you in all kinds of parricide, go your way to this
impious and abominable war. And do thou, Jupiter,
whose religion was established with the foundation of this
city—thou whom we truly call the Stayer, the support and
prop of this empire—drive this man and his associates
from thy altars and temples, from the houses and walls
of the city, from the lives and fortunes of us all; and destroy
with eternal punishments, in life and death, all the
haters of good men, all the enemies of their country, all
the plunderers of Italy, now joined in this detestable
league and partnership of villainy!
(The traitor fled
from Rome, and was soon afterward
defeated and killed in battle. Meantime Cicero had arrested
and put to death some chiefs of the conspiracy who
remained in the city.)
Such was the end of the uprising of Catiline, which
brought the city into extreme peril. Cicero, who had
hitherto been distinguished only for eloquence, was now
in everybody's mouth as a man of action, and was considered
unquestionably the saviour of his country on the
eve of its destruction. For this reason the thanks of the
assembly were bestowed upon him amid general acclamations.
At the instance of Cato the people saluted him
Father of his Country.
His consulship,
sg B.C.
Suetonius,
Julius
Casar, 20.
III. Cesar's Consulship; his Campaigns in Gaul
After entering upon his consulship, he introduced a new
regulation, that the daily acts of the senate and of the
assemblies should be committed to writing and published.
. . .
When he presented to the people a bill for the division of
some public lands, the other consul opposed him. There-