| Front | Catiline His Conspiracy |
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| Back | a tragedy Ben Jonson 1611 Roman history in the days of republic, specifically the conspiracy of 63 BC. Catiline was a patrician who had been praetor and Governor of Africa but his dissolute life ruined him financially the evidence is submitted to the senate ; Catiline and the other conspirators are sentenced to death. However Catiline is defeated and killed in battle by the government general Petreius Catiline His Conspiracy is a Jacobean tragedy written by Ben Jonson. It is one of the two Roman tragedies that Jonson hoped would cement his dramatic achievement and reputation, the other being Sejanus His Fall (1603). As its title indicates, the play recounts the story of Catiline, the Roman politician and conspirator of the 1st century B.C. Besides Catilin other historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Sempronia, Fulvia, Crassus and Cicero. |
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