person
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Catiline
also: Catiline, Catilina
Roman senator whose conspiracy (63 BC) was suppressed during Cicero's consulship. Seneca makes 'so many Catilines' a byword for civil disorder.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §20 Catiline
Lucius Sergius Catilina, whose conspiracy of 63 BC was crushed during Cicero's consulship; 'so many Catilines' becomes a byword for civil disorder.
- On Benefits §5.16.1 Catiline
Lucius Sergius Catilina, whose conspiracy of 63 BC aimed to seize Rome; he sought to enlist the Allobroges and an army from across the Alps.
- On the Shortness of Life §5.1 Catilines
Lucius Sergius Catilina, whose conspiracy Cicero crushed as consul in 63 BC; the plural generalizes him as a type of enemy.