Note 13 — CICERO AGAINST CATILINE
Reading edition
: quotiescumque—obstiti: “as often as you aimed at my life, by my own resources did I oppose you:” petere is a gladiatorial term, “to aim a blow at an opponent.”
Reading edition
: quotiescumque—obstiti: “as often as you aimed at my life, by my own resources did I oppose you:” petere is a gladiatorial term, “to aim a blow at an opponent.”