Quod si primo proelio Catilina superior aut aequa manu discessisset, profecto magna clades atque calamitas rem publicam oppressisset; neque illis qui victoriam adepti forent diutius ea uti licuisset, quin defessis et exanguibus qui plus posset imperium atque libertatem extorqueret.
And if in the first battle Catiline had gained the upper hand or had merely held his own, great bloodshed and disaster would assuredly have overwhelmed the republic; nor would those who had obtained the victory have been permitted to enjoy their success any longer without someone more powerful snatching from them, worn out and exhausted, supreme power and with it their freedom.
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