Catiline and Cicero
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Catiline has offended against all the people of Rome and not merely those he targeted in his plan to overthrow the Republican government of Rome. Cicero was one of those targeted by the offender, and he speaks against him as he considers what would be the proper punishment for the crime Catiline has committed. Cicero concludes that banishment and exile is the most fitting punishment for the conspirators, but this ignores the potential danger that Catiline still poses for the people of Rome as a whole. One who plots the violent overthrow of the government has committed an offense that extends beyond any immediate intended victims. The offense is against every man, woman, and child who is under the protection of that government, and thus the offense is much greater than that of murder. The death penalty is a fitting punishment. Cicero is concerned that he might appear to be partial, however, and that the sentence he might impose on Catiline would be criticized for that reason. This may color his decision to have Catiline exiled rather than executed, for if the people object to the sentence, a death sentence allows for no correction. Cicero gives the peop
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