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- ↑ Sallust. Catilinarian Conspiracy. p. XVII. The Loeb editor's footnote says of Caius Cethegus: "He also was one of the Cornelian family. In the civil wars, says De Brosses, he had first taken the side of Marius, and afterward that of Sylla. Both Cicero (Orat. in Catil., ii.7) and Sallust describe him as fiery and rash." However, some of this biography might be due to conflation with his contemporary [[Publius Cornelius Cethegus (political boss)|]].
- ↑ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cethegus s.v. Gaius Cornelius Cethegus". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 775.
- ↑ Sallust, Catalinarian Conspiracy, XLVII.
- ↑ Cicero, Catilinarian Orations, 3.3
- ↑ Sallust, Catilinarian Conspiracy, LV
