Find in a Library View cloth edition. Print Email. Hide annotations Display: View facing pages View left-hand pages View right-hand pages Enter full screen mode. Pompeium adiungeremus, ut eum qui plurimum posset aut amicum in nostra petitione haberemus aut certe non ad- 5 Squarzaficus 6 Buecheler 7 Baiter 8 Koch Sergius Catilina, who had bribed a court to acquit him of misgovernment in Africa, did not launch his rebellion until 63, after a second defeat, but he was known to be capable of violence.
Their judgement was endorsed. Cicero headed the poll; Antonius narrowly beat Catiline for the other consulship. The question of its authenticity starts from the transmission of the text. There is no presumption in favour of either. Although it has the usual epistolary superscription, the document is not a letter but a treatise.
At the end Marcus is asked to improve it, as if for publication. Whether revisionist or realistic, the letter is worth reading today. You can make up your own mind about the validity of its advice, and decide whether it is a self-help guide or a satire. However, Machiavelli likely read the De Officiis — On Duties — by brother, Marcus, for whom this letter of advice was intended.
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