42 Much about the
same time there were commotions in Hither and Further Gaul, in the Picenian and
Bruttian territories, and in Apulia. For
those, whom Catiline had previously sent to those parts, had begun, without
consideration and seemingly with madness, to attempt everything at once, and,
by nocturnal meetings, by removing armor and weapons from place to place, and
by hurrying and confusing everything, had created more alarm than danger. Of
these, Quintus Metellus Celer, the praetor, having brought several to trial,
under the decree of the senate, had thrown them into prison, as had also Caius
Muraena in Further Gaul, who governed that province in quality of legate.
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