The Catalysm of Cicero

"What would it be like to have your name dragged through the mud?" he asks. "I haven't even gone through like very many of the terrible vitriolic challenges that Cicero throws at him, that these allegations and charges that he makes against his character." He says what do you do if you're a catalyne? Stay in Rome, try to clear your name; give it all up or lead 10,000-plus men who are counting on someone to relieve them of their debt.? The answer is: You decide not to go! And then there's one last word from Cicero before leaving for Tuscany -- just as they were about to start war.