Catiline’s Audacity

Useful Words: audacia—boldness, caedes—murder, coniuratio—conspiracy, furor—madness, iam pridem—long ago, ignoro—not know, immo vero—rather, orbis terrae—the world, patientia—patience, praesidium—garrison, praetero—pass by, studeo—be eager (for), timor—fear, vigilia—loss of sleep, vultus—expression.

I, 1. Catiline, tell me how long are you going to waste our patience? How long will that anger of yours still elude us? When will unbridled audacity throw you to the edge? Do the night garrison of Palatus, do the awakened cities, does the fear of the people, does the concurrence of the good people, does this having been the most fortified position of the senate, do the expressions on the the faces at this hour not move you? Your council does not realize to open, do they not see now the bindings of all the hours the knowledge having held conspiracies against you? Why is it becoming near to November 7, why will it have driven the greatest night, where will you have been, who do you call together, of what councils do you seize, why have you decided to ignore us?