Catiline (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ben Jonson
- First Published: 1611
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: First century
- Setting: Ancient Rome
- Principal Characters: Catiline, Lentulus, Cethegus, Curius, Cicero, Cato, Julius Caesar, Fulvia, Sempronia, Aurelia
- Genres: Drama, History play, Tragedy
- Subjects: Politics, Politicians, Conspiracies or conspirators, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Rome
- Locales: Rome, ancient
The Story:
Under the sinister influence of Sulla’s ghost, the reckless patrician Catiline organized a conspiracy to overthrow the Roman Republic. The conspirators, among them the rash Cethegus and the outcast senators Lentulus and Curius, gathered at Catiline’s home. Catiline and his wife pandered to the weaknesses of each and skillfully manipulated them without allowing them to realize that they were puppets. The conspirators concluded their meeting with a gruesome sacrament and pledged their faith by drinking the blood of a murdered slave.
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