Catiline

Catiline

Lucius Sergius Catilina (c. 108 BC – January 62 BC), known in English as Catiline (), was a Roman politician and soldier, best known for instigating the Catilinarian conspiracy, a failed attempt to violently seize control of the Roman state in 63 BC. Born to an ancient patrician family, he joined Sulla during Sulla's civil war and profited from Sulla's purges of his political enemies, becoming a wealthy man. In the early 60s BC, he served as praetor and then as governor of Africa (67 – 66 BC). Upon his return to Rome, he attempted to stand for the consulship but was rebuffed; he then was beset with legal challenges over alleged corruption in Africa and his actions during Sulla's proscriptions (83 – 82 BC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catiline has received more than 797,439 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Catiline is the 615th most popular politician (up from 620th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Italy (down from 274th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Politician.

Catiline is most famous for being the man who attempted to overthrow the Roman Republic in 63 BC.