# Bellum Catilinae 38

Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, 38. Latin.

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38] 1 Nam postquam Cn. Pompeio et M. Crasso consulibus tribunicia potestas restituta est, homines adulescentes summam potestatem nacti, quibus aetas animusque ferox erat, coepere senatum criminando plebem exagitare, dein largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere, ita ipsi clari potentesque fieri. 2 Contra eos summa ope nitebatur pleraque nobilitas senatus specie pro sua magnitudine. 3 Namque, uti paucis verum absolvam, post illa tempora quicumque rem publicam agitavere honestis nominibus, alii sicuti populi iura defenderent, pars quo senatus auctoritas maxuma foret, bonum publicum simulantes pro sua quisque potentia certabant. 4 Neque illis modestia neque modus contentionis erat: utrique victoriam crudeliter exercebant.

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