In Toga Candida
In Toga Candida is a speech given by
Asconius does survive.[1]
The speech is called Oratio in Toga Candida since candidates wore specially whitened (Latin candida) togas, origin of the word candidate.[2] Cicero used his election campaign speech to denounce his rivals and hint at secret powers behind Catiline. The tactics were successful and he secured the consulship.[3][4][5]
References
- ISBN 978-1417951864.
- ^ "Candidate". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ^ H.H. Scullard From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome 133 BC to AD 68 2010 p92 "In a speech to the Senate (Oratio in Toga Candida: candidates wore specially whitened togas) Cicero denounced his rivals and hinted that there were secret powers behind Catilinia. Thus Cicero, the novus homo, secured the consulship for 63"
- ^ Erich S. Gruen The Last Generation of the Roman Republic 1974 270 "Catilinia's early career gained impetus from nimble maneuvering and resourceful and unscrupulous tactics. Tradition registers a catalogue of perversities, several drawn from Cicero's venomous In Toga Candida and the Commentariolum Petitionis: adulterous activities, incest, sacrilege, and domestic homicide."
- ISBN 0-415-31940-4.
In two places โ in his own election speech (Oratio in Toga Candida) in 64 and in his Orations against Catiline in the following year โ Cicero alleged that on 1 January 65, Catiline was in the Forum with a dagger ready to assassinate the incoming consuls...