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Accordingly, when the assembly for elections was held, M. Tullius and C. Antonius were declared consuls, which was a heavy blow to the conspirators. Catiline’s fury, however, was not in the least abated; he exerted himself every day more and more; provided magazines of arms in all the most convenient places of Italy; borrowed money, either on his own credit or that of his friends, and conveyed it to Fæsulæ, to one Manlius, who first began the war. At this juncture he is said to have engaged in his interest great numbers of all ranks; some women were drawn over to his cause, with whom a taste for expense had formerly been supported by their gallantries: but as a passion for luxury survived the decay of their charms, a load of debt had necessarily followed. By their means he expected to bring over to his party the city slaves to set fire to the city, and either engage their husbands, or in case of refusal have them slain.