This illustration, made by Étienne Fessard (1714–1777) after the work of Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger (1715–1790), re-creates the Roman statesman Cicero’s prosecution of Lucius Sergius Catilina, who led a militant conspiracy against the Roman Republic. Lucius Sergius Catilina, usually shortened to Catiline, was a former governor who competed and lost against Cicero in the consular … Continue reading Cicero Denouncing Catilina, by Étienne Fessard (1714–1777)