At Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus, praeterea optumo quoique litteras mittit: se falsis criminibus circumventum, quoniam factioni inimicorum resistere nequiverit, fortunae cedere, Massiliam in exsilium proficisci, non quo sibi tanti sceleris conscius esset, sed uti res publica quieta foret neve ex sua contentione seditio oreretur.
But on his journey, Catiline sent letters to a great many of the ex-consuls and to all the most upstanding political figures, stating that inasmuch as he had been assailed by false accusations and unable to withstand the partisanship of his personal enemies, he was yielding to fortune and was setting out for exile at Massilia; not because he was complicit in such a dreadful crime, but in order that the state might be at peace and that no dissension might arise from a struggle on his part.
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