Cethegus

Junius Silanus further stated, that several persons had heard Cethegus say, that three consuls and four prætors were to be slain; Piso, also, a person of consular dignity testified other matters of the like nature; and Caius Sulpicius, one of the prætors, being sent to Cethegus’ house, found there a quantity of darts and of armor, and a still greater number of swords and daggers, all recently whetted.

Cicero Plutarch 1909

They sat together, presumably on the principle of safety in numbers: Sura, Cethegus, Longinus, Annius, Paetus, the tribune-elect Bestia, the Sulla brothers, even Marcus Laeca, from whose house the assassins had been dispatched.

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They were all very subdued now; even Cethegus had lost his arrogance.

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Their testimony was, if anything, even more damning than that of Volturcius, for it turned out that just before leaving Rome the ambassadors had been taken to the house of Cethegus and shown a stockpile of weapons that were to be distributed when the signal for the massacre was given.

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To fetch each prisoner Cicero placed a former consul at the head of a detachment of guards: Catulus went for Cethegus, Torquatus for Capito, Piso for Caeparius, and Lepidus for Statilius.

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Cicero ignored him, broke open the letter, and read it out loud: From Caius Cornelius Cethegus to Catugnatus, chief of the Allobroges—greetings!

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It was the same story at the home of Caius Cethegus, that fiery young patrician who, like his kinsman Sura, was a member of the Cornelian clan.

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I was no expert when it came to soldiering, but even I could recognize that these brand-new weapons, with their curved oriental blades and mysterious engravings on their hilts, were exactly the same as the weapons which Cethegus had been hoarding in his house, and of which I had made an inventory on the eve of his execution.

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Only when Volturcius accused Cethegus to his face of boasting that he would murder Cicero and then storm the Senate House did Cethegus at last jump to his feet and declare he would not stay here and listen to this a moment longer.

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Cethegus was led off, not quite so jaunty now, and Statilius was marched down the aisle.

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