Sallust's Speech Analysis

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Romans placed a lot of value on effective and good leaders and being a good leader constituted a number of things. Throughout Sallust’s speech, he give instances where Catiline made quips of “honor, fortune, and dangers” to impressionable young men who followed him (16.2). This occurrence of Catiline, who has been portrayed overall as greedy by Sallust, starts the display of Catiline acting devious and charismatic in order of to get followers. Sallust provides a speech that Catiline said to his participants where he starts by stating how he knows he can trust them because of their past deeds and actions they have done to prove this to him as well as for his gain. Catiline continues to complement these followers with equating them with him by stating they …show more content…

Aeneas was able to use the same components that Catiline used when he spoke to his conspirators including relating to them, with their history of victory or hardship, and providing a single goal of the group. For Catiline and his men their shared goal was their desire for wealth, while Aeneas and his men to save faith and continue on their journey. Similarly Turnus was able to rally up the opposition against Aeneas and his allies with similar motives and style as Catiline and Aeneas. He starts his speech with: “… peace be damned, ordered his captains to march on Latinus, His battle cry rang out: ‘For Italy! Drive the enemy out! Turnus is here, a match for Teucrians and Latins alike!’” (7.562-566). The following passage is on the Rutulians’ response to Turnus’ speech. These people were brought together and followed him due to Turnus’ good looks, ancestors, and his courage they have seen on the battlefield. This collaboration of men can be contributed to Turnus’ usage of rhetoric, his message of the homeland, and this society’s thoughts on nobility and

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