66 - Catiline I: Rome's Deadliest Conspiracy
Cost of Glory
The Roman Ideal of a Polite
"Is it not better to die valiantly than ignominiously to lose a wretched and glorious life in which you end up being an object of derision," he asks. Catalyne admits that if we're going to do what I'm about to propose, the greatest risk rather is not doing anything because the current status quo is intolerable. He says even though the death is a risk, well, it's not a big risk because we have a really good chance of success.
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