Book Series ICONIC, vol. 2

L. Sergius Catilina

History and Tradition

Paweł Madejski, Dariusz Słapek (eds)

  • Pages: approx. 276 p.
  • Size:156 x 234 mm
  • Illustrations:10 col.
  • Language(s):English, French, German
  • Publication Year:2026


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  • ISBN: 978-2-503-62390-0
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News from Catiline, news about Catiline. Villain or hero, Catiline still intrigues.

BIO

Paweł Madejski, dr hab., concentrates his research on the Roman republic and reception of the classical culture.
Dariusz Słapek, dr hab., is a specialist of the ancient sports and gladiators.

Summary

One of the most controversial figures of the world history, archetypal villain or romantic revolutionary, L. Sergius Catilina remains a historical mystery, still a (anti)hero for the next generations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Faszcza Michał Norbert, The role of centurions in coniuratio Catilinae
Piegdoń Maciej, Supporters of L. Sergius Catilina in the Adriatic regions. Notes on the branching of the conspiracy and the counteraction of the Senate in Italy in 63-62 BC
Kochański Paweł, Numismatic evidence of the Catilinarian Conspiracy. The Reapprisal
Madejski Paweł, Patientia nostra – passivity or activity
Petrechko Oleh, Catilinarian conspiracy: some thoughts on the problem of unity
Kowalski Henryk, The  impiety (impietas) of Catiline? Religion and politics in the struggle of Cicero with Catiline
Szeląg Tomasz, Catiline’s conspiracy and Roman criminal law
Banach Tomasz, Consul Cicero's struggle with Catiline as a practical expression of Ciceronian concept of the republican statesman
Słapek Dariusz, Conjuration, silence et preuves. Les différends autour de la Première Catilinaire continuent…
Pamuła Grzegorz, Catiline, Marc Antony, Cicero, and the actors
Pierzak Damian, Catiline’s Ghostly Existence and Cicero’s Immortality. Some Remarks on Cic. Flacc. 95–96 and Pis. 16
Królczyk Krzysztof, Sui temporis Catilina? Der Fall des Clodius Albinus (HA, Clod. Alb. 13.2)
Pawlak Małgorzata, Cicero and Catiline – on the pages of the Polish school textbooks
Dziuba Agnieszka, Walery Łoziński and the Romantic transformation of Catiline
Jońca Maciej, „A kind of Bolshevik coup”. Catiline in the manuscript of Jan Stanislaw Łoś’ Imperator Ceaesar Augustus
Twarowska-Antczak Emilia, Legal aspects of forcible seizure of power: Senatus Consultum Ultimum in the Roman Republic versus the state of emergency in the Republic of Poland
Baukova Anastasiya, An old story in a new edition: the story of catiline in the light of the phenomena of modern east european mass internet culture
Antczak Krzysztof, Screening Catiline? The Image of Lucius Sergius Catilina in the novel Under the Net by Iris Murdoch