Classical Studies · Boston College
The failed conspiracy of Catiline occupies a pivotal point in the dissolution of the Roman republic. Falling between the civil wars of Sulla (88-81 BCE) and Caesar (49-46 BCE), Catilines uprising (63 BCE) is part of the long aftermath of the former and representative of (and contributing to) the social and political breakdown that led to the latter. It is also one of the best attested episodes from the late Republic, the subject of four Ciceronian speeches (and mentioned in many of his other works) and a monograph by the historian Sallust. In this advanced Latin class, we will read Sallusts Be
