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Quotation from First Oration Against Catiline by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? in what city are we living? what constitution is ours?”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (spoken by Cicero)

First Oration Against Catiline, Section 9, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856)

Portrait of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cicero's outcry on realizing that men plotting the destruction of the city sit in the senate itself.

Citation: "O ye immortal gods, where on earth are we? in what city are we living? what constitution is ours?" — Marcus Tullius Cicero, First Oration Against Catiline, Section 9, trans. C. D. Yonge (1856). (id cicero-first-catilinarian-q3)

Portrait: Cicerone denuncia CatilinaCicero Denounces Catiline, Cesare Maccari, Public domain.

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