In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
E194571
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catilinarian Conspiracy | 3 |
| Cicero's Catilinarian Orations | 2 |
| Catilinarian Orations | 1 |
| Catilinarian conspiracy | 1 |
| Catiline His Conspiracy | 1 |
| Cicero’s speeches | 1 |
| In Catilinam | 1 |
| In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1703056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) Context triple: [Cicero, notableWork, In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)]
-
A.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
-
B.
Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
-
C.
Caesar’s civil war
Caesar’s civil war was the conflict (49–45 BCE) in which Julius Caesar fought against the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey, ultimately leading to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
-
D.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and dictator whose military conquests and political reforms paved the way for the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
-
E.
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) is a historical and apologetic work by Philo of Alexandria recounting his mission to the Roman emperor Caligula and the persecution of the Jews under his rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) Target entity description: In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
-
A.
The Trial of Lucullus
The Trial of Lucullus is a didactic radio play and later opera libretto by Bertolt Brecht that stages a posthumous trial of the Roman general Lucullus to critique war, imperialism, and class injustice.
-
B.
Vita di Cicerone
Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
-
C.
Caesar’s civil war
Caesar’s civil war was the conflict (49–45 BCE) in which Julius Caesar fought against the forces of the Roman Senate led by Pompey, ultimately leading to the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
-
D.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and dictator whose military conquests and political reforms paved the way for the end of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
-
E.
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium) is a historical and apologetic work by Philo of Alexandria recounting his mission to the Roman emperor Caligula and the persecution of the Jews under his rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin literary work
ⓘ
political oration ⓘ series of speeches ⓘ |
| addressee |
Roman Senate
ⓘ
Roman people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
ⓘ
surface form:
Catilinarian Orations
|
| associatedEvent |
Bellum Catilinae
ⓘ
surface form:
Catilinarian conspiracy
|
| associatedFigure |
Catiline
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Sergius Catilina
Cicero ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
|
| author | Cicero ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstSpeech | 8 November 63 BC ⓘ |
| deliveredBy |
Cicero
ⓘ
surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
|
| firstSpeechFocus | exposing Catiline in the Senate ⓘ |
| firstSpeechOpeningLine | Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? ⓘ |
| fourthSpeechFocus | debating the punishment of the conspirators ⓘ |
| genre |
oratory
ⓘ
political speech ⓘ |
| historicalImpact |
strengthened Cicero's reputation as a statesman and orator
ⓘ
used to justify execution of conspirators without formal trial ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| LatinTitle |
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
In Catilinam
|
| literarySignificance |
classic example of Roman political oratory
ⓘ
standard text in the study of Latin rhetoric ⓘ |
| location | Rome ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist |
Catiline
ⓘ
surface form:
Lucius Sergius Catilina
|
| mainSubject |
Bellum Catilinae
ⓘ
surface form:
Catilinarian conspiracy
|
| numberOfSpeeches | 4 ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstSpeech | Temple of Jupiter Stator ⓘ |
| placeOfFourthSpeech | Temple of Concord ⓘ |
| placeOfSecondSpeech | Roman Forum ⓘ |
| placeOfThirdSpeech | Temple of Concord ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Late Roman Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
late Roman Republic
|
| politicalOfficeOfSpeaker | consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| politicalTheme |
conflict between consul and revolutionary aristocrat
ⓘ
defense of the mos maiorum ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | text survives in full ⓘ |
| purpose |
to defend the Roman Republic
ⓘ
to denounce Catiline's conspiracy ⓘ to justify emergency measures against conspirators ⓘ |
| rhetoricalFeatures |
appeal to fear
ⓘ
appeal to patriotism ⓘ invective ⓘ use of rhetorical questions ⓘ |
| secondSpeechFocus | informing the Roman people about the conspiracy ⓘ |
| setting | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| thirdSpeechFocus | announcing the arrest of the conspirators in Rome ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 63 BC ⓘ |
| usedIn |
classical education
ⓘ
rhetoric and Latin language teaching ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) Description of subject: In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) is a series of speeches by the Roman statesman Cicero denouncing the conspiracy of Lucius Sergius Catilina to overthrow the Roman Republic.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.