"Conspiracy of Catiline" Topic

Of possible interest?

"It becomes all men, who desire to excel other animals, to strive, to the utmost of their power, not to pass through life in obscurity, like the beasts of the field, which nature has formed groveling and subservient to appetite. All our power is situate in the mind and in the body. Of the mind we rather employ the government; of the body, the service. The one is common to us with the gods; the other with the brutes. It appears to me, therefore, more reasonable to pursue glory by means of the intellect than of bodily strength, and, since the life which we enjoy is short, to make the remembrance of us as lasting as possible. For the glory of wealth and beauty is fleeting and perishable; that of intellectual power is illustrious and immortal.

Yet it was long a subject of dispute among mankind, whether military efforts were more advanced by strength of body, or by force of intellect. For, in affairs of war, it is necessary to plan before beginning to act, and, after planning, to act with promptitude and vigor. Thus, each being insufficient of itself, the one requires the assistance of the other…"
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Interesting stuff – if you want an entertaining perspective on this have a look at Mary Beard's book on Rome, SPQR

Oh dear! Are we going to plod through every single work of classical historiography? Most of them are "of possible interest…"

Glad you like it my friend…

Bilsonius… Nobody forces you to see this or other threads about works of classical historiography … if you are so mortified … do not open it and get ready …

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