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I would like to overall add more citations to the text on this page, but also expand on certain sections. There is a lack of context surrounding the orations that can be built upon, also numerous Greek & Roman scholars in the centuries after the orations discuss the events in different lights. The tone of the article does not paint Cicero in a friendly light despite most of the documents to have survived the era. Each scholar has a different historical perspective lending credence to or questioning Cicero's statements. Given that this is one of the most well documented events of the ancient world, the article is missing some formative pieces. Pulling on ancient texts and modern analysis, the article could be much improved.

Sources

Beard, Mary. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. London: Profile, 2016. Print.

Henderson, John. "First Oration of Cicero Against Catiline with Notices, Notes and Complete Vocabulary." Project Gutenburg (n.d.): n. pag. 31 Mar. 2008. Web.

Wasson, Donald L. "Cicero & the Catiline Conspiracy." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., 3 Feb. 2016. Web.

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The Catiline Orations, or Catilinarian Orations, were speeches given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, the consul of Rome to expose to the Roman Senate the plot to overthrow the Roman government, purportedly led by Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline) and his allies. There is scholarly debate about the trustworthiness of Cicero's speeches, including questions as to how factually true they are, with some ancient historians such as Sallust hinting that Catiline is a more complex and sympathetic character than Cicero's writings suggest. These accounts took place almost a hundred years or more after the orations, but portray Catiline in a more sympathetic light, even going so far as to excuse him of any involvement at all, leading to questions of whether the Catilinarians were political propaganda designed to solidify Cicero's position in the political sphere rather than a factual account of the events of 63. However, most accounts of the events come from Cicero's pen himself. This is one of, if not the most, well documented events taking place in the ancient world, and has set the stage for classic political struggles pitting homeland security against civil liberties.