Jonson was not the first playwright of his era to dramatize the story of Catiline…
]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. With little assistance from neighboring Italians, or the Allobreges, the plot was doomed to failure. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. In 63 BC, a bankrupt aristocrat called Catiline attempted (possibly) to overthrow the Roman Republic (maybe).
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Publius Cornelius Lentulus, a leading figure in Catiline’s conspiracy (63 bc) to seize control of the Roman government. [A tragedy, in five acts and in verse.] The name comes from the notorious Roman nobleman, Lucius Sergius Catilina — “Catiline” is the common English version of his family name.
Author : unknown. Furthermore, many believed that Clodius acted in concert with the triumvirate who feared that Cicero would seek to abolish many of Caesar's accomplishments while consul the year before. However, the reason many do not know of him is because his conspiracy ended in complete failure. Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean tragedy written by Ben Jonson.
Background. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! It is one of the two Roman tragedies that Jonson hoped would cement his dramatic achievement and reputation, the other being Sejanus His Fall (1603).
Later in the same year of 63 BC he also ran for, and won, the office of urban Praetor.Before he could even take office however, the Catiline Conspiracy erupted, putting Caesar in direct conflict with the optimates once again.. Lucius Sergius Catilina, a consul candidate for 63 and 62 BC, was accused of hatching a plot to overthrow the Republic through armed rebellion.
Catiline was an aristocrat, but also an infamous adventurer.
In 62 BC, a force under M. Petreius destroyed the armed mob of Catiline and Manlius, killing Catiline in the process, and the conspiracy was over. In 81 Lentulus was quaestor to Lucius Cornelius Sulla.
Catiline His Conspiracy... [Ben Jonson] on Amazon.com. Cicero was hailed as the 'father of his country' for saving Rome from another rebellion.
The Cataline Conspiracy was a series of plans and attacks, designed to overthrow the Roman Republic. After his plots were revealed, he fled Rome, raised a rebel army, and died in battle shortly thereafter.
The Catiline Conspiracy.
EMBED. Cato praises Cicero warmly, but Caesar and other sympathizers of Catiline regard the new consul with veiled hostility or open contempt. Catiline his conspiracy Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item.
Catiline his Conspiracy.