The Catalina Conspiracy: Unmasked!

The conspiracy, an attempted coup led by the apparently dissolute and certainly disaffected aristocrat catiline, was uncovered and suppressed by the consul marcus tullius cicero. At first glance, the text appears to discuss the catiline conspiracy of 63 b. c. e. , when a group of patricians attempted to overthrow the roman repub ­ lic. Most educated anglo ­ americans of. In his speech in toga candida, delivered in the summer of 64 b. c. , cicero alleges a series of crimes committed over the past two decades. In this paper, i aim to look at the evidence for what is usually called the 'first' catilinarian conspiracy.