(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 6 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
Book VI Somnium Scipionis (9) Scipio: “Cum in Africam venissem M.’ Manilio consuli ad quartam legionem tribunus, ut scitis, militum, nihil mihi fuit potius, quam ut Masinissam convenirem regem, familiae nostrae iustis de causis amicissimum. Ad quem ut veni, complexus me senex collacrimavit aliquantoque post suspexit ad caelum et: ‘Grates’, inquit, ‘tibi ago, summe Sol, […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 6 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
Book VI Somnium Scipionis [Translated by W. D. Pearman] 1. When I reached Africa to serve under the general Manius Manilius, being, as you are aware, Military Tribune attached to the 4th Legion, I made nothing of more importance than to meet Masinissa, a prince for good reasons most attached to our family. As soon as […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 5 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
BOOK V (*) (3) (Manilius?) ‘ regale quam explanationem aequitatis, in qua iuris erat interpretatio, quod ius privati petere solebant a regibus, ob easque causas agri arvi et arbusti et pascui lati atque uberes definiebantur, qui essent regii [qui] colerenturque sine regum opera et labore, ut eos nulla privati negotii cura a populorum rebus abduceret. […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 5 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
BOOK V II. * * * * * * No prerogative more royal than the administration of justice, in which was comprehended the expounding of rights, for individuals were accustomed to seek justice from kings. On which account the lands, the fields, the groves, the extensive and rich grazing districts were defined, which belonged to the sovereign, and were all managed […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
BOOK IV (2) Scipio: ‘gratiam, quam commode ordines discripti aetates classes equitatus, in quo suffragia sunt etiam senatus, nimis multis iam stulte hanc utilitatem tolli cupientibus, qui novam largitionem quaerunt aliquo plebiscito reddendorum equorum. (3) Considerate nunc, cetera quam sint provisa sapienter ad illam civium beate et honeste vivendi societatem; ea est enim prima causa […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
BOOK IV II. * * * * * * How conveniently the orders are set down; the ages, the classes. The equestrian order where the senate votes. Too many foolishly seek to abolish that useful institution, hoping that through some Plebecists procuring the sale of the horses, they may get a largess. III. Look now at the other provisions so wisely […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
Book III (3) et vehiculis tarditati, eademque cum accepisset homines inconditis vocibus inchoatum quiddam et confusum sonantes, incidit has et distinxit in partis, et ut signa quaedam sic verba rebus inpressit, hominesque antea dissociatos iucundissimo inter se sermonis vinculo conligavit. a simili etiam mente vocis qui videbantur infiniti soni paucis notis inventis sunt omnes signati […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
Book III [Four or eight pages wanting.] II. * * * * The intelligent principle having found man endowed with the faculty of uttering rude and imperfect sounds, enabled him to separate and distinguish them into articulations. Thus words were affixed to things as signs of them, and man, once solitary, became united to man, by the sweet bond […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 2 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Latin)
Book II (*) (1) tate audiendi, ingressus est sic loqui Scipio: ‘Catonis hoc senis est, quem ut scitis unice dilexi maximeque sum admiratus, cuique vel patris utriusque iudicio vel etiam meo studio me totum ab adulescentia dedidi; cuius me numquam satiare potuit oratio; tantus erat in homine usus rei publicae, quam et domi et militiae […]
(51 BCE) De Re Public Book 2 by Marcus Tullius Cicero (English)
G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH, Esq. BOOK II. I. Perceiving them all now eager to listen to him, Scipio thus began to speak. “It was old Cato, to whom as you know I was singularly attached, and whom I admired in the highest degree: to whom, either through the advice of both my parents, or from my […]