Wheelock’s Latin – Loci Immutati V. Vitrolic Denuciation of the Leaders of a
Conspiracy against the Roman State (pgs 368-369 lines 48-56)
Therefore let the dishonest retire, let them separate themselves from the good, let them
come together into one place. Finally, that which I have already said often, let them be
separated from us by the wall, let them cease to lie in wait for the consul at his own
home, to stand around the tribunal of the city praetor, to beset the senate house with
swords, to prepare the firebrands and torches to set the city on fire. Finally let it be
inscribed on the forehead of each citizen, what he may feel about the republic.
I promise this to you, Senators, (that) so great a diligence will be in us consuls, so great
an authority in you, so great a virtue in the Roman knights, so great an agreement among
all good men, that you may see (that) all things are exposed, brought to light, oppressed,
and punished by the depature of Catiline.