_plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum
cupidus_—a demagogue, agitator.
_iactatio, concitatio popularis_—popular agitation.
_artes populares_—tricks of a demagogue.
_populariter agere_—to play the demagogue.
_conversio rei publicae_ (Div. 2. 2. 6)—revolution.
_homines seditiosi, turbulenti_ or _novarum rerum
cupidi_—revolutionists.
_novis rebus studere_—to hold revolutionary opinions.
_novarum rerum cupidum esse_—to hold revolutionary opinions.
_novas res moliri_ (Verr. 2. 125)—to plot a revolution.
_contra rem publicam sentire_—to foster revolutionary projects.
_contra rem publicam facere_—to be guilty of high treason.
_a re publica deficere_—to betray the interests of the state.
_plebem concitare, sollicitare_—to stir up the lower classes.
_seditionem facere, concitare_—to cause a rebellion.
_seditio erumpit_[1]—a rebellion breaks out.
_coniurare (inter se) de_ c. Gerund. or _ut..._—to form a conspiracy.
_coniurationem facere_ (Catil. 2. 4. 6)—to form a conspiracy.
_conspirare cum aliquo (contra aliquem)_—to conspire with some one.
_rem publicam labefactare_—to shake the stability of the state.
_rem publicam perturbare_—to throw the state into confusion.
_statum rei publicae convellere_—to endanger the existence of the state.
_rem publicam vexare_—to damage the state.
_rem publicam funditus evertere_—to completely overthrow the
government, the state.
_omnes leges confundere_—to upset the whole constitution.
_omnia turbare ac miscere_—to cause universal disorder.
_perturbatio omnium rerum_ (Flacc. 37)—general confusion; anarchy.
_omnia divina humanaque iura permiscentur_ (B. C. 1. 6. 8)—anarchy
reigns supreme.
_leges nullae_—lawlessness; anarchy.
_iudicia nulla_—lawlessness; anarchy.
_res fluit ad interregnum_—things seem tending towards an interregnum.
_non nullus odor est dictaturae_ (Att. 4. 18)—there are whispers of
the appointment of a dictator.
_tumultum sedare_ (B. C. 3. 18. 3)—to quell an outbreak.
_concitatam multitudinem reprimere_—to allay the excitement of the mob.
_plebem continere_—to hold the people in one's power, in check.
[1] But _bellum exardescit_, war breaks out.