The Conspiracy of Catalyne

The Senate is starting to get really nervous and they declare all of these rewards for information leading to the apprehension of the conspirators. And I think the way that Salas describes the mood here is brilliant. So Catalyne comes to meet the Senate face to face, thinking that he's going to dispel the rumors. In the Consul, Marcus Tullius delivered a brilliant speech of great service to the state,. which he later circulated in written form. Mancissero took his seat. The women too who experienced the terror of war won unfamiliar to them owing to the magnitude of the nation beat their breasts. They despaired of themselves and of their native land.