As consul in 63 BC Cicero faced a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman
state launched by the frustrated consular candidate Lucius Sergius
Catilina. Cicero's handling of this crisis would shape foreverafter
the way he defined himself and his statesmanship. The four speeches
he delivered during the crisis show him at the height of his
oratorical powers and political influence. Divided between
deliberative speeches given in the senate (1 and 4) and
informational speeches delivered before the general public (2 and
3), the Catilinarians illustrate Cicero's adroit handling of
several distinct types of rhetoric. Beginning in antiquity, this
corpus served as a basic text for generations of students but fell
into neglect during the past half-century. This edition, which is
aimed primarily at advanced undergraduates and graduate students,
takes account of recently discovered papyrus evidence, recent
studies of Cicero's language, style and rhetorical techniques, and
the relevant historical background.
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