Аннотация
CATILINA'S RIDDLE
Steven Saylor
CONTENTS
Maps
Part One NEMO
Part Two CANDIDATUS
Part Three CONUNDRUM
Part Four NUNQUAM
Epilogue Author's Note
NOMENCLATURE
The Latin name Catilina is sometimes spelled Catiline, especially in older texts, just as the Latin Pompeius is more familiarly rendered Pompey and Marcus Antonius becomes Mark Antony. Scholars nowadays tend to prefer original Latin spellings, which I have followed in the case of Catilina, if only for its euphony. The stress falls on the third syllable, which has a long i.
I have also used contemporary Latin names for a number of cities. Some of these (with their more familiar names) include: Faesulae (Fiesole), Arretium (Arezzo), Massilia (Marseille), and Horentia (Florence).
Dates are given according to the Roman calendar before it was reformed by Julius Caesar. These are the months of the...

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