biography
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Catiline
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in full Lucius Sergius Catilina
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pronunciation:
[katiliyn]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.108–62 BC)
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| biography:
| An impoverished Roman politician of patrician extraction who tried to exploit the economic unrest of Rome and Italy in the 60s BC for his own political ends. His conspiracy against the state was foiled by Cicero late in 63 BC, and he fell in battle early in 62 BC. |
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