- Catiline
- Catiline from Lucius Sergius Catilina, Roman official who plotted an uprising 63 B.C.E. and was exposed by Cicero in a famous oration, taken since 1590s as a type of a reckless conspirator.
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Catiline — [kat′ l īn΄] (born Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108? 62 B.C.; Rom. politician & conspirator … English World dictionary
Catiline — For other uses, see Catiline (disambiguation). Cicero Denouncing Catiline by Cesare Maccari. Deta … Wikipedia
Catiline — /kat l uyn /, n. (Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108? 62 B.C., Roman politician and conspirator. * * * orig. Lucius Sergius Catilina born с 108 died 62 BC, Pistoria, Etruria [Italy] Roman aristocrat turned demagogue who sought to overthrow the republic … Universalium
Catiline His Conspiracy — is a Jacobean tragedy written by Ben Jonson. 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)..As its title indicates, the play recounts the story … Wikipedia
Catiline (play) — Catiline or Catalina was Henrik Ibsen s first play. It was written in 1850 and first performed under Ibsen s name on December 3, 1881 at the Nya Teatern (New Theater), Stockholm, Sweden. The first Norwegian performance under Ibsen s name was at… … Wikipedia
Catiline Orations — The Catiline Orations or Catilinarian Orations were speeches given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, the consul of Rome, exposing to the Roman Senate the plot of Lucius Sergius Catilina and his friends to overthrow the Roman government.The… … Wikipedia
Catiline — biographical name circa 108 62 B.C. Lucius Sergius Catilina Roman politician & conspirator … New Collegiate Dictionary
CATILINE — or LUCIUS SERGIUS CATILINA a Roman patrician, an able man, but unscrupulously ambitious; frustrated in his ambitious designs, he formed a conspiracy against the State, which was discovered and exposed by Cicero, a discovery which obliged… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Catiline — Cat•i•line [[t]ˈkæt lˌaɪn[/t]] n. anh big (Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c., Roman politician and conspirator … From formal English to slang
catiline — /ˈkætəlaɪn/ (say katuhluyn) noun a base political conspirator. {from Lucius Sergius Catilina, 108?–62 BC, Roman politician and conspirator} …
