Catilinae Coniuratio
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Much about the same time there were commotions
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in Hither and Further Gaul, in the Picenian and Bruttian territories, and in Apulia. For those, whom Catiline had previously sent to those parts, had begun, without consideration, and seemingly with madness, to attempt every thing at once; and, by nocturnal meetings, by removing armor and weapons from place to place, and by hurrying and confusing every thing, had created more alarm than danger. Of these, Quintus Metellus Celer, the prætor, having brought several to trial,
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under the decree of the senate, had thrown them into prison, as had also Caius Muræna in Further Gaul,
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who governed that province in quality of legate.