The Catiline or Catilinarian Orations () are a set of speeches to the Roman Senate given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year's consuls, accusing a senator, Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline), of leading a plot to overthrow the Roman Senate. Most accounts of the events come from Cicero himself. Some modern historians, and ancient sources such as Sallust, suggest that Catiline was a more complex character than Cicero's writings declare, and that Cicero was heavily influenced by a desire to establish a lasting reputation as a great Roman patriot and statesman. This is one of the best-documented events surviving from the ancient world, and has set the stage for classic political struggles pitting state security against civil liberties. Background Running for the consulship for a second time after having lost at the first attempt, Catiline was an advocate for the cancellation of debts and land redistribution. There was apparently substantial evidence that he had bribed numerous senators to vote
Las Oraciones Catilinarias son un conjunto de discursos al Senado Romano dado en el 63 a.C. por Marcus Tullius Cicero, uno de los cónsules del año, acusando a un senador, Lucius Sergius Catilina (Catiline), de liderar un complot para derrocar al Senado Romano. La mayoría de los relatos de los acontecimientos provienen del propio Cicero. Algunos historiadores modernos, y fuentes antiguas como Sallust, sugieren que Catiline era un personaje más complejo que los escritos de Cicero declaran, y que Cicero fue fuertemente influenciado por un deseo de establecer una reputación duradera como un gran patriota romano y hombre de Estado. Este es uno de los eventos mejor documentados sobrevivientes del mundo antiguo, y ha establecido el escenario para las luchas políticas clásicas de la seguridad del estado contra las libertades civiles.