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nos, quo lavendo in communi causa retinere potuerUnt, inVidendo abalienarunt; quorum malevolentissimis obtrectationibus nos scito de vetere illa nostra diuturnaque sententia prope iam eSSe depulSOS, non nos quidem ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti, Sed ut habeamus rationem aliquando etiam salutis. Poterat utrumque Praeclare, si esset fides, si gravitas in hominibus consularibus; sed tanta est in plerisque levitas, ut eo non tamconStantia in re publica nostra delectet, quam splendor offendat. Quod eo liberius ad te scribo, quia non solum temporibu his, Io quae per te sum adeptus, sed iam olim nascenti prope noStrae laudi dignitatique favisti, simulque quod video, non Ut antehac putabam, novitati esse invisum meae; in te enim homine Omnium nobilissimo, similia invidorum vitia perSpeXi, quem tamen illi esse ii principibus facile sunt passi, evolare alitu certe I noluerunt. Gaudeo tuam dissimilem fuisse fortunam multum
enim interest, utrum laus imminuatur an salus deSeratur. Me meae tamen ne nimis paeniteret, tua Virtute persectum St; curasti enim, ut plus additum ad memoriam nominis nostri quam demptum de fortuna videretur Vero moneo cum sao beneficiis tuis, tum amore incitatu meo, ut omnem gloriam, ad quam a pueritia inflammatus fuisti, omni cura atque industria consequare magnitudinemque animi tui, quam ego Semper Sum admiratu Semperque amavi, ne umquam inflecta cuiuS-3. Sententia, principie or maxim,' apparently. . Non nos quidem . . obliti, motindeed sociaris to have orgoiten in dignity. For the position quidem,' p. Madv. 489 b. 5. Oterat sc fieri,' 'both objecismight have been secure very ell. Forthe ellipse, p. Ep. a 4 an for the oodand ense, 4, I, Ole. 9. emporibus his, m present sortunes.' p. orcell. advig Advers. Crit. II. 233 thinks the passage nintelligibi as it stands, an suggest temporibus iis quum per te salutem sum adeptus. I . Iam olim Our notices of Cicero'stis domo informis to What he here refers. Perhapso services rendere himae re his consulfhip. II. Non . . invisum meae, that it a no my antis nobilit whic exciteddislike. 23. Quem tamen . . noluerunt, theydi not. ho ever object to our eingamong the hie men though the di toyour eing pre-εminent amon them. Fore volare in his sense, p. De Orat. 2. 52,2Ο9. Cicero means that Lentulus enenates hasbeen more moderate than his own.'I6. Utrum laus . . deseratur. Cicerohad been alio exto go into exile Lentulus was meret lest uiasupporte in his destre to in fame by restoring Ptolemy.I7. Meae, sc fortunae. I 8. Curasti enim . . videretur. The decrees passe sor Cicero' recallis the suggestionis Lentulus ad done more good tollis reputatio than his exile had done injuryto his fortune. I9. moneo, urgenti recommend. The word oni occur here, apparently, and Wesenb suggest either ' et moneo et rogo
23. In flectas, change or renounce. Cp. Pro Caec. 26, 73 ius civile . . quod neque inflecti gratia . . possit.
ΕΡ. 26. I EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES I. 7. 18
quam iniuria. Magna est hominum opinio de te, magna commendatio liberalitatis, magna memoria consulatus tui: haec Profecto Vides quanto Xpressiora quantoque illustriora sutura Sint, cum aliquantum χα provincia atque ei imperio laudis accesserit. Quamquam te ita gerere Volo quae Per Xercitum atque imperium vi erenda sunt, ut haec multo ante meditere, huc te pares, haec cogites, ad haec te exercea sentiaSque - id quod quia semper Sperasti, non dubito quin adeptus intellegas-te lacillime posse obtinere summum atque altiSSimum gradum civitatis Quae quidem mea cohortatio ne tibi inanis aut in iocau Sa Su Scepta videatur, illa me ratio movit, ut te e nostri Seventi communibu admonendum putarem, Ut conSiderareS, in 10 omni reliqua ita quibus crederes, quos caveres Quod scribis te velle scire, qui sit rei publicae status, Summa diSSenSio St, sed contentio dispar nam qui plus opibus, armiS. Potentia is valent, prosecisse tantum mihi videntur stultitia et inconstantia adversariorum, ut etiam auctoritate iam plus valerent. Itaque perpauci adverSantibu omnia, quae ne per populum quidem sine seditione se adsequi arbitrabantur, per Senatum OnSecuti sunt; nam et stipendium Caesari decretum est et decem legati, o et ne lege Sempronia succederetur acile persectum est Quod
Cuiusquam iniuria, o innio any one's wrong-doing. Ablat. Caus. CP. Madv. 255. I. Magna . . commendatio liberalitatis, your liberalitndoes much t recommendoou. Lentulus, as aedile had givensplendi entertainmenis Cp. Cic. de Oss. a. 6 57 3. X pressiora, more visibie. Expressus manifestus. Forcell. 6. Ut haec multo ante meditere, Without largetting to reflectis the impression Our successo ill produce here.' See the preceding sentence. r. Jeans, hoWeVer, i I understan him rightly seem to reser haec to the advice give above, 4-6. 7. Huc te pares, make Our Preparations it a view to this. Cicero probablymeans, ri, no fallure hic may endangeryour prospecis a Rome. Sentiasque . . intellegas, ' and DelWhat, as o have always ope sor it Idoubi notiso perceive aster success, thatyo can with the greatest ease'-i .e without
an Perilous militar exploits- maintain thehighest position in the State. Phave been reminited of the usual force of obtinere' bya note in Μr. Yonge' edition. IO. Cohortatio. viis exhortatio that Lentulus hould alwaysaee Rome in te . II. Illa me ratio movit, foll. cp. sorthe constr. Ep. II, a note 'a Wil telibouthat in reason as that I thought youought to e warne by ur ωmmon XPerieiice to e war in the res of our lila.'For the orce of ut in the claus explaining illa ratio,' p. Madv. 37 a b Obs. 6, and 374 also Ad Att. I. 9, unam rationem
non reiiciebam, ut ager . . . emeretur.
I 5. Contentio dispar, the dispute is belWeen parties nequali malched.' ut Plus . . valent, .e the triumvirs. I9. Adsequi seem to have the orce os adsequi posse or adsecuturos.' p. ' expediri Ep. I 6 6.ao Stipendium, money for the payment of his troops. Decem legati the power of namin tenlegates, an unusvab large number. Perhapsiliis a connected with an increas of Caesar' arm to te legions Cicero supported these voles in favour o Caesar Cp. Intr.
a I. Lege Sempronia C. Gracchus had go a la enacted providin that thesenate liould in ac year assign provincesto the consul Wh shouldae electe for the
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PARVII. eo ad te brevius scribo, quia me status hic rei publicae non
delectat scribo tamen, ut te admoneam, quod ipse, litteris omnibus a pueritia deditus, experiendo tamen magi quam diSCendo cognovi, tu ut tuis rebus integris discas neque salutis nostrae rationem habendam nobis esse sine dignitate neque
dignitatis sine salute. Quod mihi de filia et de Crassipedem
gratulari S agnosco humanitatem tuam speroque et opto nobis hanc coniunctionem voluptati ore Lentulum nostrum Ximia SP Summae virtuti adulescentem cum ceteris artibu S, quibuSi studuisti semper ipse, tum in primis imitatione tui lac erudias; nulla enim erit hac praestantior disciplina quem noS, et quia tuus et quia te dignus est filius et quia nos diligit semperque dilexit, in primis amamus carumque habemuS.
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CICERO CAESARI IMP. S. D. Vide, quam mihi persuaserim te me esse alterum non modo 115 in iis rebus, quae ad me ipsum, sed etiam in iis, quae ad meos
nexi ear, e re thei election. p. Pro Balbo 27 6 I. ence, in this case, it might progide that the two Gaulis province shouldberaiven to the consul for 55 .α On the conclusion os theiraear of office a Rome. This ould of course impi Caesar' recallat the en of 55 .C. No ne could suppos sto Cicero' language here, that he had activel supporte Caesar' claims. p.
Intr. ubi supra. Quod . . brevius . . . salute, I rite
on this topicariefly, hecause of m discontentu ut I do rite, that ou may earn DOm y warning to neglect either dignitynor aset a lesson I, with ait, reading, have earne more hom experience haniso books. 4. uis rebus integris, besore Ouliave suffere an disaster. 6. De Crassipede: p. Εp. 25, 3 note; and the note o the date Os this letter, P. I 8 I.
8. Lentulum, son o Cicero' presentcorrespondent. Cp. Ep. 23 I, Ole. 9. Artibus, inccomptishments.' p. Ad Fam. I. 8, 3 nostra . . Studia . . litterarum.'
IMP. Caesaria probabi been greetedas amperator b his soldier in Gaul, and
the senate manliave confirmed the titie. p. De Prov. Cons. 3, 324 Otea. P. 23. I . Te me esse alterum, that ou are
a secon self O me. Cp. De Amic. I, 8o tanquam alter idem, an Aristot Eth. Nic.
pertinent C. Trebatium cogitaram, quocumque X irem, mecumducere, ut eum meis omnibus studiis, beneficiis quam ornatissimum domum reducerem. Sed postea quam et Pompeii commoratio diuturn hor erat, quam putaram, et mea quaedam tibi non ignota dubitatio aut impedire prosectionem meam videbatur ut 5 certe tardare, vide, quid mihi sumpserim coepi velle a Trebatium CXSPectare a te, quae Sperasset a me, neque mehercule
minus ei proli X de tua voluntate promisi, quam eram Solit US de mea polliceri Casus vero mirificus quidam intervenit quaSi vel testis opinionis meae vel sponsor humanitatis tuae: nam ocum de hoc ipso Trebatio cum Balbo nostro loquerer accuratius domi meae litterae mihi dantur a te, quibus in extremis Scriptum erat: itfiuium, quem mihi commendas, Vel regem
Galliae laciam, vel hunc ' Leptae delega, si vis tu ad me
alium mitte, quem ornem. Su Stulimus manus et ego et Balbus is
tanta sui opportunitas, ut illud nescio quid non fortuitum, sed
I. C. Trebatium . his an is mentionedagain Ep. 62, 4 Ad Att. 9. 5, 6 9.I7, I . and there are severa letterso hi in his sevent book Ad Familiares. During the civit a bet ween Caesar an Pompey, heseem to have trie to induce Cicero to be
Quocumque e X irem Cicero Was legatet Pompey, and may have expecte to have had soni foretgn service assigne him.
a. Studiis, beneficiis. O the asyndeton, p. Madv. 43 . 3. Commoratio, delayinleaving Rome. 4. Quaedam . . dubitatio, a certain hesitation, of hicli ou know the grounds.' Cicero a uia illingo renounc his close observationis Clodius. 5. Videbatur, apparently 'seemed likely. 7. X spectare For the infin aster velle an simila verbs, P. Madv. 396.8. Minus . . prolixe, in es ampleterms. Verbs of promising remo uncommoni used intransitivet with an adverbo rwit an ablative aster 'de, instea os transitively, it an accusative. Nagelsbach
stances Cp also Stipfle' note. Io opinionis, my opinion of your seel-ings. Humanitatis, friendliness. II. Balbo L. Cornelius Balbus theelde is probabi meant He was a native OfGades, and acquire Roman citigenshi byan ac o Pompey the validit os,hichCicero maintaine in a speech stili extant. Balbus acquire great wealth in Caesar's
Service, and was no his nancia agent at Rome Η was after ards, in o . . the firs consulis provinciat Atraction. Accuratius, wit much interest and
Rhet. a. Various ames have been suggested-Furium Rufum Fulvium Orfium,
but it is dissiculi to identis an of them. 14. Leptae delega, reser him to Leptaso care an protection. Meselib. suggesis delegabo, an connect si vis ',it what follows. Forceli. Q. Lepta is mentionedas ' praesectus fabrum to Cicero in Cilicia Ad Fam. 5. 2o 4 cp. Ad Att. 5. 7, 2 .and ma possibi have accompanie in Cicero sto Caesar' campo his brother's. Letters sto Cicero to Lepta res und Ad Fam. 6. I and I9.
15. Sustulimus manus, i.e in Wonder. I 6. anta . . Opportunita . . Vide
retur, 'so happy was the coincidence, thati seemed shallescias the proverbia intervention o Providence notis fortune.' p.
Philipp. 3. Io, osor the thought thoughthe expression is there sed ironically. Forthis use of illud, P. MadV. 4854. c.
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PAR II. divinum videretur Mitto igitur ad de Trebatium atque ita
mitto, ut initio mea sponte, post autem invitatu tuo mittendum duXerim. Hunc, mi Caesar, sic velim omni tua comitate com 3 Plectare, ut omnia, quae per me possis adduci ut in meo con-5 ferre velis, in unum hunc conseras de quo tibi homine haec SPondeo, non illo vetere verbo meo, quod, cum ad te de Milone Scripsissem, iure lusisti, sed more Romano, quo modo homineS non inepti loquuntur, probiorem hominem, meliorem Virum, Pudentiorem SSe neminem accedit etiam, quod a miliam ducitio in iure civili singulari memoria, summa scientia. Huic ego neque tribunatum neque praesecturam neque ullius beneficii certum nomen peton benevolentiam tuam et Iliberalitatem peto,
neque impedio, quo minus, si tibi ita placuerit, etiam hisce eum ornes gloriolae insignibus: totum denique hominem tibi
Dita trado, de manu, ut aiunt, in manum tuam istam et victoria et fide praestantem. Simus enim putidiusculi, quam per te ViXlicet verum, ut video, licebit. Cura, ut aleaS, et me, ut
6. Non illo . . sed more Romano,
made sportis in Milo's case, but wit Romansincerity. Cicero appears to have trie toreconcite Caesar o Milo, perhaps it a viewrio Milo' pretension to the consulate. In wrilingrio Caesar o the subjeci, he eemst have gi ven Milo credit sor qualities he didno possess, anxio have been laughed a by Caesar sor Oing o. For the expression more Romano,' p. Ad Fam. 7. 6, 3 7. I 8, 3.
9. Quod familiam ducit, ' that he is the head of his profession, or of a school. Cp. Philipp. 5. II. o. it a disserent
punctuatio the word might mean, ,hichis mos important.' p. de Fin. 4. 16 45 illam vestram sententiam quae familiam ducit, and Manutius o this passage. II. Tribunatum, the post of military
tribune. Praefecturam, sociorum, CaStrorum, fabrorum.
Ullius beneficii certum nomen mae illum beneficium certum,' ' an definite distinction. For the gen defin ' beneficii, cp. Madv. 286.
Ad Fam. 5. 2 9. I 5. De manu . . in manum, stom
my han direct to ours. Quod in iis fit
quae cara sunt et studiose servamus. For-
I. Lam gladiso have rewarde Eutychides illi his reedom. a. I approve ofyour oumento Asia, butae sure to retum by the promise day. 3. I have ritte toyo osten an fully butoo seem no to have received all, letters an I rite sofreel that this malae me ather neasy. . The corruption os ou couri has been latelnshewn on the trials of Sufenas, Cato, and Procilius. di no desen Procilius, out o consideratio sor Tullia, ho stare a res breach it Clodius, his accuser. 5. A dispute between the citigens of Reate and Interamna too me latet to the ormerplaces; . ni return to Rome Ι was very weli received in the theatre. 7. The great demand sor monent be spent in briber has actuali double the rate os interest, and the result of the consula elections is very doubisul. 8 Pwil insorinoo os it hear in time. . I have plent toto in pleadiniso clients of distinction. o. Quintus, Isuppose, is in Britain, an seel rather anxious o his account, ut his preSence Caesar' cam assures me the lalter' friendship. id Dionysius come o me a Soon
CICERO ATTICO SAL. De Eutychide gratum, qui vetere praenomine, OU nomine T. erit Caecilius, ut est e me et e te iunctus Dionysius M. Pomponius. Valde mehercule mihi gratum est Eutychidem tua erga me benevolentia cognosse suam illam in meo dolore συμπά- θειαν neque tum mihi obscuram neque post ingratam suisse. Iterra Asiaticum tuum puto tibi suscipiendum fuisse numquam enim tu sine iustissima causa tam longe a tot tuis et hominibus et rebus carissimis et suavissimis abesse voluisβes. Sed humanitatem tuam amoremque in tuos reditus celeritas declarabit; sed vereor ne lepore suo te detineat diutius rhetor Clodius et homo opereruditus, ut aiunt, et nunc quidem deditus Graecis litteris
Pituanius Sed, si vis homo esse, recipe te ad nos, ad quod
I. De utychide. utychides as astave emancipate by Atticus, ho oo his master' old praenomen Titus it thenomen Caecilius hic Atticus received onadoptiona his uncte.
Gratum, sc. est quod secisti. a. Dionysius, nother reedman os Atticus see oo, note), received the name Marcus Omponius o emancipation, ut o complimento Cicero. 3. ua . . benevolentia, by our grantingat his freedom as a savoura me. 4. συμπάθειαν. do not knowno what Cicero here refers perhaps to Ome services
of Eutychides a the time of his exile. 5. Iter Asiaticum. Probabi a journeyto look aster ome mone o ingrio Atticus in Asia. Io Rhetor Clodius: so oreti. The bestMS., hic Baiter sollows, has praetorrbut that seenas nintelligibie. A Sicilian rhetoricia named Sex. Clodius is mentioned Philipp. a. 7, 3 ep. a. 39, ΟΙ , ut whyae hould accompany Atticus o thisjourne it is hard to see. II. Graecis litteris Boot hinks that Cicero refers to accounts. hic Would naturali betara n u in Gree osten in the East: or it ma mean Gree papers, asreferring to busines Mith Greelas. I a. ituanius. Nothin seem to eknown os this man.
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PAR II. tempus confirmasti cum illis tamen, cum salvi Venerint Romae vivere licebit Avere te scribis accipere aliquid a ni litterarum dedi, ac multis quidem de rebus, γημερολεγδὸν PerScripta omnia;
Sed, ut coniicio, quoniam mihi non videris in Epiro diu fuisse,
s redditas tibi non arbitror Genus autem mearum ad te quidem. litterarum eius modi sere est, ut non libeat cuiquam dare, nisi de quo exploratum sit tibi eum redditurum. Nunc Romana re saccipe: a. d. III Nonas Quinctiles Sufenas et Cato absoluti,
Procilius condemnatus e quo intellectum Si τρισaρειοπαγιγας
1 ambitum, comitia interregnum, maieStatem, totam denique rempublicam flocci non sacere. Debemus patrem familias domi suae- occidere nolle, neque tamen id ipsum abunde nam absolverunt XXII. condemnarunt XXVIII. Publius Sane diserto epilogo criminans mentes iudicum commoverat. Hortalus in ea causa suit,
1 cuius modi solet. mos verbum nullum Verita est enim pusilla, quae nunc laborat, ne animum Publii offenderem. viis rebus M.
Aesch. Pers. 63. 8. Sufenas. A cognomen os the gens Nonia. The man here mentione Was
Ad Att. 8. Is Ma that os a man who thenheld imperium.' A M. Nonius is mentione Att. 6. I. IVas holdin some ossice in the provinces in F B.C. For an accounto C. Cato, p. Ep. 15, 5, Ole. 9. Procul os a colleague of the two forme a tribune i 57-56 B.α, but nothinglarther feem to e now of him. Allthree eemo have been rought to trialso the violence of thei ossicia conduci, bywhic the had cause a postponement of the electio os consuis, an rendere an interregnum necessary. p. Dion Cassius
39. 7 App. Beli. iv. a. 7 Abehen, P. I 69. Cato, in particular, Was charge witha violatio of the Lex Iunia Licinia, hichprovided sor due publicit in legislation and of the Lex Fufia, hic require due regardio besai to the auspices Cp. Ad Att. 4.I6 5 4. 7, 2. e a defende by C. Licinius Calvus an M. Aemilius Scaurus.
Procilius as accused by P. Clodius, hose eloquenc seem to have secured his convicintion I canno find an explanatio of the allusion in patrem familias . . nolle. τρισαρειοπαγίτας. Our right rigorous judges. τρισ- seem more commoni used with adjective than illi substantives in this sense in classica Greek. ut τρισὰνθρωπος
is ound Diog. Laert. 6. 47. Ariopagitae' is sed ironicatly Ep. 8, 5.
II. Debemus . . . nolle. esenb.
omit ' debemus ' on ome S. authorityapparently, and suggesis occidi for occidere. This ould improve the sense bymakin τρισαρειοπαγιτα the subjeci of nolle a wellos facere, thus statingthe inserenc a to the dispositio of the
Ia. Abunde, decidedly. 13. Publius Clodius. Osten so called in Cicero' letters Cp ΕP. I 2, 4. Epilogo, peroratione. The wor is used in various passages by Cicero. p. Forcell. I 4. Hortalus. The celebrate orator Q. Hortensius Hortatus Cp ΕP. I , I. I 5. Pusilla. Sed apparently as ater of endearment for Cicero' daughter Tullia.
ΕΡ. 8. I EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICVM IV. 15. I93
actis Reatini me ad sua εμπη du Xerunt, ut agerem caUSam contra Interamnates apud consulem et decem legatos, quod lacus Velinus, a M'. Curio missus, interciso monte, in Nar defluit e quo Stilla Siccata et humida tamen modice Rosia. ViX cum A Xio, quis etiam me ad Septem aquas duxit. Redii Romam Fonteii causa 5 a. d. VII. Idus Quinct. Veni in spectaculum, primum magno et aequabili plausu-sed hoc ne curaris; ego ineptus, qui ScriPSC-rim deinde Antiphonti operam : is erat ante manu mi SSu quam Productu S. Ne diutius pendeas, palmam tulit; sed nihil tam pusillum, nihil tam sine voce, nihil tam . . . Verum haec tu tecum habeto. In Andromacha tamen maior fuit quam AstyanaX, in ceteris parem habuit neminem. Quaeris nunc de Arbuscula:
I. εμπη, .e the valle os the Velinus belween Reate an Interamna: so called, apparently a rivali in the Thessalian Temple in beauty. The dispute a probab lyabout the regulationis sonae of the channeis through hicli the water a carrie off. Cp. Pro Scauro I 2, 27. a. Decem legatos Ten commissionersor SSeSSors appotiate to assis the consul in his udgment, ut ho appotnted, cannot say. e here get a notice of sonae of the ordinar busines of the consuis. 3. A. M'. Curio These ord have generali been supposexto reser to the conqueror O Pyrrhus On hos great Ork, forming the cascadem Terni, cp. Ommsen I. 463 Nieb. Rom. Hist. 3. 4I5. ut asCicero seem to e referring to a recent grievance, umpi supposed that a name-sahe of M'. Curius, living neare to Cicero'stime, a the author of the wor here referre to. p. mitti' Dici of Biogr. I. 992, sub nom. Dentatus.' his seems needless, sor perhaps the ord quod . . defluit are meret inserte to rem indAtticus of the relative positio of the two places, an to hew ille probabilit of quar- reis arising. E quo est . . Rosia, since heia thesamous Rosia has been rained though it still retains sonae moisture. The plain called
Rosia o Rosea was ne os notorious ser
tilily, and consisted probably in par ofland reclaime stom the lahe Velinus. p.
Tac Ann. I. 79. O the occasion referredi in that passage, theaeopte of Reate pro- teste against an obstructionis the ourseo the Velinus, and ma no have destred Cicero' aid O avertis similar measure. r.
Jeans says that at leti is stili hewna mutilate statue, sal toae erected by thepeopte in honouris Cicero' services in his
ver triat.'4. Cum Axio. Axius as a wealthyROman senator Cp. Ad Att. o. II. ἰVarro de R. R. 2, 3. 5. Septem aquas. Some prings, distant boutrave miles frona the lake. Axius may have ad another villa there. The Septem aquae are mentione by Dionys Hal.
Fonteii . . o M'. Fonteius, Propraetoros Gallia Narbonensis Donas i 75 .C., was defende by Cicero in 6 B. C., n acharge of maladministration. Pomptini has been suggested a C. Pomptinus triumphe ove the Allobroges. p. Ad Att. 4. 6, 2 Ad Q. F. 3. 4. 6. 7. Aequabili, uniform,' 'generat, Manutius suggesis inmixe withaisses. 8. Antiphonti Possibi a reedmano Milo. It was not apparently usual togive lave actor their reedom ill asterproos of thei talent Antiphon, heresore,
was greatly savoured. Operam. c. 'dedi.'Io Pusillum, mean,' insignificant. II. In Andromacha, in the characteros Andromache, whichae fille in a play of
Quam Astyanax. he est S. has quam Astya, whic Schiit supposecto be
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dilata Sequere nunc me in campum ardet ambitu jμα de τοιερέω Faenus ex triente Idibus Quinctilibus lactum erat besSibu S. Dices istuc quidem non moleste sero. virum civem l Memmium Caesaris omnes opes confirmant cum eo Domitium ConSuleiiun Xerunt, qua pactione epistolae committere non audeo. Pompeius remit, queritur, Scauro studet; sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur 'Εξox in nullo est pecunia omnium dignitatem X aequat Messalla languet, non quo aut animus deSit auta amici, Sed coitio consulum et Pompeius obsunt. Ea comitia putosore ut ducantur. Tribunicii candidati iurarunt se arbitrio Catonis
I. Ludi, Apollinares in Circo. millerb. Venatio. The fight with wil animais; spectacles for hici, Cicero ad n Iaste. Cp. Ad Fam. 7. I, 3 also EP. 9 I.
2. In Campum, C. Martium, to thescene of the elections.' Σῆμα δε τοι ἐρεω μ- αριφραδες Ουδε σε λησει.-ΗOm. Il. 23 326. 3. Faenus . . bessibus. The rate ofinterest calle centesimae usurae, Was ne per cent per monili Pone Vas for ever hundred ' asses per month. Lower rates finierest ere expressed by takin fractions of the Vas.' a thoughrior ne Per Cent. Permoni the expression asses usurae instea dos centesimae usurae, halbeen used Thus, i asses usurae per celat per month Ia per Cent. Peraear. trientes per cent. per month - 4 per earbesses
Cicero Ad Att. I. Ia I complain that hecannot borro sto a particula moneylenderint aclowe rate than centesimae. and in another passage Ad Fam. 5. 6, 2 says, omni semissibus magna copia est.'-Ιthin h. heresore, that there is no dissiculty in taking the word trientes anx bessibus here in their ordinar sense, though therates seem rathe lower than might be expecte to hau prevalle when the demandsor money was reat. Nor an se howDean Merivale I. I get the mea ning I per cent per month out of the wOrds.-I have been led to reconside m opinion niliis passage by r. J. R. ing' remark in the Academ for Feb. I 5. 87I. 5. Memmium : CP EP. 3, 16, note. Domitium: p. p. 23, 6. 6. Consules. The consuis, Appius Claudius Pulcher an L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, agre edo suppor C. Memmius and Cn. Domitius. For an acconut of the pactio here referre io, P. Ad Att. . 8, 2 consules flagrant infamia, quod C. Memmius candidatus pactionem in senatu recitavit, quam ipse et suus competitor Domitius cum consulibus secissent, uti ambo H. S. quadragena consulibus darent si essent ipsi consules facti, nisi tres augures dedissent, qui se adfuisse dicerent, cum lex curiata erretur, quae lata non esset, et duo consulares, qui se dicerent in ornandis provinciis consularibus scribendo adfuisse cum omnino ne senatus quidem fuisset. Cp. Merivaleo. 439 4 O. 7. Utrum fronte an mente For theeXPression, P. Ep. 29. I7, and On Pompey's dissimulation in generat, Ad Att. . . I, ' ut loquebatur; Ad Fam 8. I, 3. solet enim aliud entire et loqui. That men' doubis ere justified in this instance e earn stomAd Q. F. 3. 8. Scaurum . . iampridem Pompeius abiecit. The Scaurus here referre t was a M. Aemilius Scaurus, of whom litile is nown excepi that Cicero defende him o a charge of repetundae, in a speech of whicli large fragments remain. Cp. 4, O te. 8. ξοχη, distinction, Meminence. 9. Messalla : p. Intr. to Pari II, II; I3 AEP. 33. I, Ole. Non quo aut animus . . Ob SUnt. For the combinatio of the indicative expressin a rea reason, it the conjunctive givin an imaginar reason, P. Madv. 357b ObS. II. Ducantur, be delayed. Cp. p. 88 bellum ducere. Cicero's Xpectations were sulfilled, as the year 53 B. C. Opened illi a succession os interregna. p. Intr.
to Pari II, DI 3. Tribunicii candidati . . tribueretur. This bon is also mentioned Ad 4 F. 2. I 5b Baiter I 4 , 4. Se . . petituros, that the wil submitthei conductis candidates to the judgmento Cato. I cannot agre with r. Jeans
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petituros apud eum ' HS. quingena deposuerunt ut, qui a Catones damnatus esset, id perderet et competitoribus tribueretur. Haec ego pridie scribebam, quam comitia ore Putabantur; sed ad te, quinto Kal. Sextil. si acta cirunt et tabellarius non erit profectus, tota comitia perscribam, quae Si, ut Putantur, gratuita suerint, Plu sis unus Cato potuerit quam omnes leo omneSque iudiceS. MeS-sius defendebatur a nobis de legatione reUocatus iam eum Caesari legarat Appius. Servilius edi Xit ut adesset. Tribus habet Pomptinam, Velinam, Maeciam. Pugnatur acritem agitur tamen Satis. Deinde me eXpedio ad Drusum, inde ad Scaurum parantur oration Ioibus indices gloriosi FortaSSe accedent etiam consules designati,
10 in quibus si Scaurus non fuerit, in hoc iudicio valde laborabit. Ex
that the word mean inlyrio gorio the pollis approvexb Cato. 3. Scribebam epistolar tense. The electio os tribunes seem to have alien place in uly. p. p. 33, 2. CSenb. suggest the additio of ea aster comitia' - ea in tribunicia. 5. Ut putantur, c. sutura. For the persona use of the passive os puto.' p. De Amic. 2, 6 quia prudens. . putabatur. Thechange of ense sto putabantur' bove is accounted o by the impression here mentione not ein entertaine on one dayonly Cp. Madv. 3 5. Gratuita, iure stomaribery. Cp. Pro Planc. 22 5 gratuita suffragia.'6. Messius cp. EP. O, 7, note. 7. Re Vocatus, summone bac sortriat.' Schiit following Manutius, horadds a propinquis ut opinor, aut ab amicis,' seems to th in that the legatio' ould protecthim against such a summons, ut illerb. and erivales I. 37 domo agree With him. 8. Legarat, legatum assignarat' For- celi. had gotaim a post a legate.'Appius. Probabi cos. 5 B.C. Servilius, ne of the praetor so this year Foran account of him, P. EP. 9, Ο, Ole. Tribus habet, the tribes rom hichlii judges are to e taken are. Cp. In tr. to Par II 6 8 Pro Planc. Mandra 6.9. Agitur . . satis, Forceli explainsthese ord as, satagitur,' I have noughto do ' Manut as in aliquid proficitur.'Io Drusum. Perhaps sather of the em-pres Livia. e was accuse of praevaricatio, o collusion it an opponent on a
charge of repetundae. Cp. the conclusionos Asconius commentar on the oration Pro Scauro p. 394 Ad Att. 4. 6, 7. II. Indices: tittes.' table os contenis. The different volumina' of his speeches would naturali be distinguished by then ames of the me fori against whom theywere deli vered For the meaning os index, cp. Ad Att. 4. 4 b, I, where Cicero gives the Gree σι υβom as an equivalent for in. dices ' also perhaps, Philipp. I. 8, 2 legis index. Gloriosi This ord is sed in a good sense in various Passages, .g. Phil. 2. Ia,27. I in geliin fine ames O ut onthe volumes of my orks: or. Perhaps, tilles sor my orks which ill do me
Accedent etiam consules designati, the consul elect wil perhapsae adde tom clients. Briber has been o generat, that the successis candidates, whoeve theywere, ould probab lyae prosecuted. Calvinus and essalla ere actuali successsul. The ear 54 B. C. close Without an electionis consuis, an severa interregna sol-lowed. ence Messalla an Calvinus en teredis thei ossice at once, and there Wasno interva aster thei electio in hic the prosecutions ith hic the were threate ne could e instituted. p. Ad Q. F. 3. 8, 3 Ad Att. 4. I 6 8 Intr. to ari I, I 3. Messalla was a sterward condemne in 5 B.C. See Ep. 33 I. I 2. In hoc . . laborabit, he wili comeos badly: it,ill go very hard withaim in his triat, i. e. the ne or hic Cicero had promise his advocacy. Judges might beless illinxto convictis consul elect thoughhe was no legali exempt stom Prosecution. Ex Q. fratris litteris Cicero'sirother
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O fratris litteris suspicor iam eum esse in Britannia' uSPen Soa imo exspecto, quid agat. Illud quidem sumus adepti, quod multis et magnis iudiciis possumus iudicare no Caesari et cariSSI-
mos et iucundissimos esse. Dionysium velim Salvere iubea et eum roges et hortere, ut quam primum veniat, ut POSSit Ciceronem meum atque etiam me ipsum erudire.
29. a P. LENTULUS SPINTHER AD FAM. I. in
I. In Britannia Caesar a in Britain Do the pring tili the early autumnos 54 B.C., aster a horter visit in the pre-vious year. p. Ad Att. 4. 6, 3 Caes. Beli. Gall. 5. 8-ax Merivale . 47I-476;MOmmse 4. I. 257-26O. Q. Cicero ent
4. Dionysium Three contemporaries of this name, at east, are mentione in
Cicero' letters ID Deedman os Atticus, se Sin; a the one here referre is and 3 another literar flave os Cicero. In the
earlier letters to Atticus, the first is osten referre to the second is osten notice in thelate letters to Atticus, and was the eacher
of the oun Ciceros the thir is mentioned Ad Att. 9. 3, I Ad Fam. 5. 9. 24 5. Io, I, c. p. relli' Onomasticon, sub nom. AUTUΜN. From the language of 25 of this letter it seems that Appius asalready ookin forwardo his provincialadministration, an perhaps e ma Insertha thesear of his consulfhi Wa dra ing
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his recent liberalit made me ali the more disposed sor such a course an thoughtthat, after his great exploiis, a struggle illi him ould have been mischievous to the State. I considere myset also pledge to som extent by whatia passe belween CaeSar, Pompey, and myarother. Premembere a saying os Plato, and thought hoWi ha been verified iniuriisto firs by the senate' behaviour in the years belweenm consulfhimand Caesar's, 3 and aster aes in anothe way by the reali assected alam os some of m apparent friends. am Ware that the lalter aste ard didgood service to me in procurin m restoration I 5. ut sterward the courted Clodius, and seemed to,isti, by treating myJust claim in amiggardi spirit, o prevenim assertinim independence. 6. In this the were miste by a mistahe inserencesrom the case of Metellus umidicus. 7. However, there has been no undue S- sumption about my ehaviour I ni Strive to serve suci me as may be in nee osm helP. The suppor I have give to Caesar is represented asin desection rom myst party. But m dear Lentulus, ou ill find the whole aspectis politic changed I 8 pnd wise citigens ought to change their views accordingly. Plato preferre to abstat Dompublic lis altogether m positio is disserent sto his, an Caesar's public services an private liberalit both give ima lalmon m Support. 9. I an no anSWeryou question about Vatinius and Crassus.-I Was urged by Caesar o defend Vatinius, andi testimon on his bellat was no stronger tha that hic yo have borne in savour os various eople. I ad a surther reason or m conduci; m suppor os Vatinius as a sat retaliatio for that hic certain obles ave o Clodius. o. Crassus, aster,e had been reconcited aroused, indignatio by nexpectedi under-taking the delance of Gabinius and attaching me. ut Pheard that Some peopte ere exultiniat the prospectisse permanent breach between us, an so Plistened to the earnestentreaties of Pompe and Caesar that I Wouldae reconcilestio him. I. I hould pr babi have acte a Phave done even isto persona reason had intervened 'ut 'illown that Caesar' remarkable gratitude and generosit have influence me, an I need powersul protectio against the tot of m enemies. 22. Had yo been present ouwould Pthinh, have approve m Conduci. 23. Ag ou is to se anythino may have ritie since ou departure, I illsend o a se speeches a Wor callex De Oratore, in three books, an a poem in three book on m missortunes. 24. Latten caresuli tofour interest here. Quintus will e ver gratesulcis o can o anythin to Secure his properi in your province. I shallae glaesto hea an particular about our private lis and our Son' studies. 25. Appius declares himself resolve to go at once Myour successor o Cilicia, an I
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M. CICERO S. D. P. LENTULO IMP. PARTHI.
Periucundae mihi suerunt litterae tuae, quibus intelleX te per-1 Spicere meam in te pietatem : quid enim dicam benevolentiam, cum illud ipsum gravissimum et sanctissimum nomen pietatis levius mihi meritis erga me tuis esse videatur Quod autem tibi
grata mea erga te studia scribis esse, facis tu quidem abundantia quadam amoris, ut etiam grata sint ea, quae praetermitti sine nefario scelere non possunt tibi autem multo notior atque illustrior meus in te animus esSet, Si hoc temPOre omni, quo diiuncti fuimus, et una et Romae fuissemus Nam in eo ipso, io quod te ostendis esse tacturum quodque et in primi pote et ego a te vehementer X specto, in sententiis senatoriis et in omni actione atque administratione rei publicae floruissemus de qua ostendam equidem paulo poSt, qui Sit meu SenSu et Status, et rescribam tibi ad ea, quae quaeri S Sed certe et ego te auctorea amicissimo ac sapientissimo et tu me consiliario ortasse non imperitissimo, fideli quidem et beneUOl certe USUS OSSCS - URmquam tua quidem causa te esse imperatorem prOVinciamque bene gestis rebus cum Xercitu Victore obtinere, ut debeo, laetor:- sed certe qui tibi e me fructus debentur, eo uberiore et Prae- a Sentiores PraeSen capere PotuiSSeS. In ei Vero ulciScendis, quos
IMP. Seeri a note. q. Levius . . meritis, too ea todescribe ou claim upo me. 5. a Cis . . ut . . non possunt, yo in your verno in assection reat the arest discliarges os ut as acis deservin ofgratitude. 8. Illustrior, more evident Hoc tempore omni Nearly three years, o Lentulus seem to have les Rome hesore the lose of 57 B. C. P. P. I,
hic seem to impi that he hadiso been present at an of the debates in the senate during Januar 56 B.C. 9. In eo ipso, in that coursem actionwhich o declare o Wil follow, that is, in debat an legislation.
Io. Quod . . in Primis potes, C. Tacere. II. Sententiis senatoriis, our X- pression of Opinion a senators. Ia Actione . . rei publicae, in politica action an administration. Foroliis sense of the gen rei publicae, cp. Nagelsb.
De qua . c. re publica. I 3. Meus sensus et status, m Opinio an position. Both were uniavourabie, and ence the quali syin sed certe with whicli Cicero introduces his statementos the possibi resulis o Lentulus preseiaceat Ome. I . Ad ea quae quaeris Lentulus had questione Cicero a to sonae of his recentacis in suppor of the triumvirs Cp.ri . Sed Certe . . capere potuisses Thesens of this passage se enas toae, Bad asthe times ere, e could have helped achother, and though Prejoice at the distinctionyo have on in our province, et Ouwould have enjoye cleare an more abundant ruits of m gratitude ad o been
I7. Te esse imperatorem, that ouerio the ille imperator, whicli Lentulus had probabi received sor successe OVersome robber tribes h infeste his province, as Cicero di asterwards Cp. Ad Att. 5. O, 3; Otea, P. 23. I9. Praesentiores Praesens is vari-
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tibi partim inimicos esse intellegis propter tuam propugnationem Saluti meae, partim invidere propter illius actionis amplitudinem
et gloriam, mirificum me tibi comitem praebuiSSem quamquam ille perennis inimicus amicorum suorum, qui tuis maXimis beneficiis ornatus in te potissimum fractam illam et debilitatam vim 5 Suam contulit, nostram vicem ultus Si PS Sese ea est enim conatus, quibus patefactis nullam sibi sin posterum non modo dignitatis sed ne libertatis quidem partem reliquit autem etsi mallem in meis rebus eXpertum quam etiam in tuis, tamen in molestia gaudeo eam fidem cognosse hominum non ita magna romercede, quam ego ma X imo dolore cognoram te qua ratione tota iam videtur mihi eXponendi tempus dari, ut tibi rescribam ad ea, quae quaeris. Certiorem te per litteras scribis esse tactum mecum Caesare et cum Appio Sse in gratia, teque id non reprehendere adscribis Vatinium autem Scire te Velle ostendis quibus is
rebus adductus defenderim et laudarim. Quod tibi ut planius
CX ponam, alitu Paulo rationem conSiliorum meorum repetam necesse aeSt. Ego me, Lentule, initio rerum atque actionum
ousi explaine a meaning evident' and effective. Cp. Forceli an Halm' note nIn Cat. 3. 9, 2I. ither ense ould suit this passage very well. I. artim . . partim. The enenates of Lentulus ither ate him for his supportos Cicero' restoration, Or, ithout an Particula distikerio Cicero, enute Lentulus thedistinctio he had wona bestiendi nihim. . Ille perennis inimicus Theme ord are by sonae referre to C. Cato byother io Ap. Claudius Pulcher. 6. Nostram vicem . . ipse sese lit. has punished himselfi ou account: ' has avenge Our Wrong on himself an save ustrouble.' p. r. J. . onge' note onthis passage, an Liv 3 . 3 ne nostram vicem irascaris. Ea est enim . . reliquit. Is C. Catois meant, Cicero reser probabini his ut-rageous conductos tribune is 56-55 .C., sor hic he was aster ard trie but ac-quitted. p. of the precedin letter. I Ap. Claudius to the bargat whicli e sconsul made ith tw of the consula candidates for the nexi ear Cp. os theprecedin letter, and note. It is hardi probabie, however, that in eithermas the libertyo the offender ould e endangered by a conviction, and is the allusion has been rightly
explained Cicero mus have writte Mithrhetorical exaggeration This letterris one of the mos elaborate in the whole collection. 8. Te autem . . cognoram, though could wish ou ad earne stom m experienc only Lyet rejoice that our troubles have taught yo what valuerio et O men's horiour, ithout such heau suffering asthose hic taught me this tesson. Io Eam . . quam, talem,' qualem. EP. 45, 3, Ole. Non ita magna mercede, at a Cost notra very high. O the ablat. cp. adv. 258. Ita has no correspondin particle, cp. Philipp. a. 42, Io non ita multis,' not so many '-though there is a generalcontrast illi maximo dolore. On thethought, p. Ep. 26 8. II. De qua ratione, inbout my holeposition in his assair, i. e. in his reachwit the optimates, o ingrio a discover of what he thought bad fait o thei pari. I a. Xponendi . . quae quaeris, Osgiving an explanation hich should serve as
I 5. Vatinium: p. Intr. to Paris I DI 8; IV. θῆ 4 5 an Ad Q. F. a. I 6, 3. Cicero defende him in August. 54 B C. I 6 Laudarim, bore testimon to his
I7. Altius paulo, Trom a potnt om what remote. Cp. De Legg. I. 6, I 'alte . . et . . a Capite reperere. Rationem, the ground. 18. Initio, abi os time: see Madv. 276: and cp. EP. 23, 2, Ole.
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tuarum non solum meis sed etiam rei publicae restitutum putabam et, quoniam tibi incredibilem quendam amorem et omnia in teipSum Summa ac singularia studia deberem, rei publicae, quae te
in me restituendo multum adiuvisset, eum certe me animUm
merito ipsius debere arbitrabar, quem antea tantum modo communi ossicio civium, non alicui erga me singulari beneficio debitum praestitissem. Hac me mente fuisse et Senatu e mete consule audivit et tu in nostris sermonibus collocutionibuSque ipse vidisti Etsi iam primis temporibus illis multis rebus meuS Io offendebatur animus, cum te agente de reliqua nostra dignitate aut occulta non nullorum odia aut obscura in me studia cernebam nam neque de monumentis meis ab iis adiutus es, a quibus debuisti, neque de vi nefaria, qua cum fratre eram domo e XPul SUS; neque hercule ii iis ipsis rebus, quae quamquam erant mihi 1 propter rei familiaris naufragia necessariae, tamen a me minimi
putabantur, in meis damnis ex auctoritate Senatus sarciendi eam Voluntatem, quam XSPectaram, praeStiterunt. Quae cum Viderem - neque erant ObScura- non tamen tam acerba mihi haec
accidebant, quam erant illa grata, quae secerant. Itaque quam sa quam et Pompeio plurimum, te quidem PS praedicatore ac teSte,
3. Deberem . . praestitissem. The conjunctive is sed ecause Cicero is describin a revious state of his own ind. Cp. Madv. 357 a Obs. I. F. Ipsius, c. reipublicae. QVem . . praestitissem. whicli Iaad displayedae re in discli arge of the commondut o citigens, notos a retum for nysrecia favour conferrexupo me. 7. Senatus . . audivit CP the orat. Post Red in Sen. .-i ita genuine. 8. Sermonibus collocutionibusque. Forcell. seem to trea these ord as equivalent to ac other.
9. Primis temporibus, in the time immediatet followin m restoration. IO. De reliqua nostra dignitate. eprobabi refers to the grant in rebullding his villas. p. Ad Att. 4. 2, 5 Consule . .
aestimarunt. . Cetera valde illiberaliter. II. Occulta non nullorum odia: p. Ep. 2Ο, 8, note.
obscura in me studia, doubisul eat
in m cauSe.'I2. De monumentis meis. Cicero
ma here reser I to his o n ouse or aporiton oscit, a) to the eighbouring colon-na de of Catulus destroyed by Clodius ut rebuit by the senate' order, 3 perhaps Osonae uilding hicli Cicero a consul was commissioned by the senate to erect in Commemoration os the suppressionis Catiline's conspiracy. Manutius, sollowed by Mulier. Mr. Yonge, and r. arry, in notes on his passage or on below, spealis os an atrium libertatis' hici Cicero a commissione to buld ear the otio of the
Palatine hili. Mulier refers to Ad E F.
I. I, 9, 26. Other Passages relatin tothis matter are-Ad Att. 4. 2 4 3, 24 Ad . . . . a 2 7, 2 alter De arusp. Resp. 27, 58. I 3. De vi nefaria. The rebulldin os Cicero' hous was interrupte with violence
I 6. In meis . . sarciendis, iliat is, the aking good myriosses unde a voleo the euate. Cp. Ad Att. 4. 2, 5. I 8. Non tamen . . quae fecerant, though I a what the were Oing- an indee it a no secret- was notso much annoyed by thei present conductas gralesul for thei past services.'
2O. Te quidem . . ac teste, as Ou
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debebam et eum non solum beneficio, Sed amore etiam et Perpetuo quodam iudicio meo diligebam, tamen non reputan S, quid ille vellet, in omnibus meis sententiis de re publica pristinis Permanebam. Ego edente Cn. Pompeio cum ut laudaret P. Sestium introisset in urbem, diXissetque testis Vatinius me sortuna et felicitate C. Caesaris commotum illi amicum esse coepisse dixi me eam Bibuli fortunam, quam ille adflictam putaret, omnium triumphis victoriisque anteferre diXique eodem teste alio loco, eosdem esse, qui Bibulum exire domo prohibuissent et qui me coegissent tota vero interrogatio mea nihil habuit nisi oreprehensionem illius tribunatus in qua omnia dicta sunt liber
tate animoque maximo de vi, de auspiciis, de donatione regnorum. S Neque Vero hac in causa modo, sed constanter saepe in Senatu
quin etiam Marcellino et Philippo consulibus Nonis Aprilibus
mihi est senatus adsensus, ut de agro Campano requenti Senatu 15 Idibus Maiis reserretur. Num potui magis in arcem illius causae
invadere aut magis oblivisci temporum meorum, meminiSSe actionum p Hac a me sententia dicta magnus animorum motu eSt tactu cum eorum, quorum portuit, tum illorum etiam, quorum
Praedicator is a rare ord, but occursPro Balbo 2, 4. I. Beneficio. on accolint os his service O me. Cp. p. 26, 9 note On iniuria.
4. Sedente. sitiing on the ench assigne to claudatores. millerb. Ut laudaret: p. laudarim, note. 5. P. Sestium: p. Intr. to Par II, Da, sor an account of his triat. Introisset. Pompe held a commissionto suppi Rome illi coria, and this ould require him orae way rom Rome a good deal. Dentering the urbs Pompe would forisit his imperium, unies a special X- emptionia been granted hi m. p. Notei, alSO p. 23, 3, note an on the different mean in of urbs and Roma ' hic Phad Overlooked in the note on this passage in myrars edition EP. 5, 4, Ole. 6. Illi, sc Caesari. Billerb. thinlis Vatinius is meant, ut ould o this require
ipsi Τ7. Dixi me . . anteferre No emarkquite to this effect exist in the speeches Pro Sestio an In Vatinium as e have them Bibulus, however, is mentione In
Ille Vatinius. 8. Eodem teste, in presenc os ille fame man. Pompe, o Vatinius Τ9. lio loco, in another par os myspeech. Eosdem esse . . prohibuissent: P. Intr. to Pari I, 6 17; 8, an references there iven, or an account of the storinyscenes of 59 B.C. When Vatinius Was tribune. IO. Qui me coegissent, Whohad compelle me to leave m home and go into
Interrogatio. Cicero' speech against
I a Maximo. For it gender, hich llows that of the eares substantive cP.
Madv. I a. Devi. regnorum CP. Intr. l. c. and In Vat. 2, 29. I 3. In senatu, c. dixi.
I . Nonis Aprilibus. For an accounto Cicero' bellaviour in his matter, P. Intr. to Par Il, g 3 4, and Ep. 25 I. 16. Arcem illius causae, the strong-hold of the triumvirs party. 'I7. Temporum, myriusser ngs. Wiel. Billerb. Forceli. Actionum, my previous public career. His suffering might have aught hi cautiona ut e referrexto ac accordin tolli promise of his earlier liis.
I9. Cum eorum . . numquam putaram,
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frARTII. numquam putaram. Nam hoc senatus consulto in meam Sententiam facto Pompeius, cum mihi nihil ostendisset se Sse of seia Sum, in Sardiniam et in Africam prosectus est eoque itinere Lucam ad Caesarem venit. Ibi multa de mea sententia questus est CaeSar, quippe qui etiam Ravennae Crassum ante vidisset ab eoque in me CSSet incensus Sane moleste Pompeium id ferre constabat quod
cum in Sardinia Pompeius paucis post diebus, quam Luca diScCS-Serat conVeniSSet, de inquit 'ipsum cupio. nihil opportuniusio potuit accidere nisi cum Marco fratre diligenter egeris, dependendum tibi est, quod mihi pro illo spopondisti. Quid multa p
queStu CSt graviter Sua merita commemoravit; quid egisset Saepissime de actis Caesaris cum ipso meo fratre quidque sibi is de me recepiSSet in memoriam redegi Seque, quae de mea Salutei egi SSet, Voluntate Caesaris egisse ipsum meum fratrem testatus eSi cuius causam dignitatemque mihi ut commendaret, rogavit ut eam ne PPugnarem, Si nollem aut non possem tueri Haec οcum ad me frater pertulisset et cum tamen Pompeius ad me cum mandatis Vibullium misisset, ut integrum mihi de causa Campanaon the ellipses, cp. Μadv. 28o, Obs. 2, and 78, Obs. 3. On the genitives eorum and illorum, governedi motu animorum, CP. Zunapi L. G. 423, note 'cillorum ' is supposed by iei and illerb. to reser tolli leader of the optimates ' eorum to the triumvirs. ut frona ha follows in D isit no more natural to refer ' eorum to Caesar and Crassus and illorum to Pompeyand his immediate friend 72. Cum . . nihil . . offensum, Without a ving hewn an sign that he was offended. 3. In Sardiniam . . profectus St, set ut On a ourne to Sardinia and Africa . tw of the mos important cornprovinces. e ould probabi sat stom thepor o Pisae or frona Labro or Liburnum
5. tiam Ravennae, even a Ravenna, before the three et a Luca. p. Monamsen . a P. 3O7.9. Te ipsum cupio, sc videre,' it
Io. Diligenter egeris, Ventrea earinnestly, mahe urgent representations to.' Se note Onap. 5, 8, P. 38. Dependendum . . spopondisti, yOumust pay what ou promise in his anae,' e. oo must suffer for his fallure to sulfi lyOur promise ad on his elialc that hewould acquiesce inmur goverim ent. Ia. Quid egisset . . fratre, the negotiation he had carrie on it myarothera boui the cis os Caesar,' .e about thepledges to e iven by M. Cicero, thathe would not attac thos acts as informal. 13. Is Quintus.14. De mea salute, in promotin myrecat frona exile. 16. Cuius causam, C. Caesaris. I 8. Tamen, nevertheless.' althoughhe had commissione myarotheroo speak
I9. Vibullium L. Vibullius Rufus was
an officer ho serve unde Pompe against Caesar Ple is mentione Ad Q. F. 3. I, 5, I 8, and Caes. Beli. Civ. I. I 5 and 23. P. Ep. 49, note. Ut integrum . . reservarem, that Ishould kee m hand he wit regar tolli land in Campania ill his Own return. For the substantive se of neuter singulars, cp. Nogelsb. I, 65. De causa, de re. Causa accepitur . . Pro quocunque negotio. Foiceli.
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ad suum reditum reservarem, collegi ipse me et cum ipsa quasi re publica collocutus sum, ut mihi tam multa pro Se PerpeSSO atque Perfuncto concederet, ut ossicium meum memoremque in bene meritos animum fidemque fratris mei praeStarem, unaque, quem bonum civem semper habuisset, bonum Uirum CSSO Pateretur. 5In illis autem meis actionibus sententiisque omnibuS, quae Pompeium Videbantur offendere, certorum hominum, quo iam debes Su Spicari, Sermone reserebantur ad me; qui cum illa sentirent in re Publica, quae ego agebam, Semperque Sen Si SSent, me tamen non satis sacere Pompeio Caesaremque inimicissimum mihi futurum ogaudere Se aiebant. Erat hoc mihi dolendum, sed multo illud magiS, quod inimicum meum- meum autem p immo ero legum, iudiciorum otii, patriae, bonorum omnium-Sic ampleXabantur, sic in manibus habebant, sic fovebant, sic me PraeSente Scula bantur, non illi quidem ut mihi stomachum sacerent, quem eg 15 funditus perdidi, sed certe ut facere se arbitrarentur. Hic ego, quantum humano consilio eicere potui, circumspectis rebu meiSomnibus rationibusque subductis summam feci cogitationum mea-11 rum omnium, quam tibi, si potero, breviter eXponam. Ego, Si ab improbis et perditis civibus rem publicam teneri viderem, Sicut et om ei temporibus scimus et non nullis aliis accidisse, non modo PraemiiS, quae apud me minimum Valent, Sed ne periculis quidem
Quasi 's t say. 2. Tam multa . . perfuncto, havingsuffere an done so much in her cause.'3. Ut officium . . praestarem, to do
8. Cum illa . . sensissent, thoughthei politica views ere, an alway hadbeen in accordance it the measures Iproposed. Cp. p. 25 so the facts referre to. II. Inimicum meum. Cicero refers to Clodius. I 3. Amplexab ntur. his ver is common in the metaphorica sense. 14. In manibus habebant, a fovebant. Forcell. I seem to e a rarephraSe. Osculabantur. For a similar se os osculor, cp. Pro Muren Io, 23. I 5. Non illi quidem . . arbitrarentur, that thendi no indeed excite m Wrath - have non len-but certesialythought thendi so. For the positio of quidem' it persona pronouns, P. P. a 6, 7, note. 18. Rationibus subductis, havingcas up the account.' Cp. Ep. 36, 2. Summam feci . . omnium, arrive ata resultis ait m reflections. 2I., eis temporibus Cicero had Wit-nesse the crueities of Cinna an Sulla. Non nullis aliis may reser to the times of Saturninus, ho was tribune lien Cicero Wa st years old, an to those of the Gracchi.
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PARTHI. Compulsu ullis, quibus tamen moventur etiam sortissimi viri, ad
CorUm au Sam me adiungerem, ne si Summa quidem eorum in me
merita constarent. Cum autem in re publica Cn. Pompeiu prin-CCP CSSet Vir is, qui hanc potentiam et gloriam maXimis in rem publicam meritis praestantissimisque rebus gesti esSet conSecutu Scuiusque ego dignitatis ab adulescentia lautor in Praetura autem et in consulatu adiutor etiam X stitissem, cumque idem auctoritate et sententia per se consiliis et studiis tecum, me adiuviSSet meumque inimicum unum in civitates haberet inimicum, nonio putavi famam inconstantiae mihi pertimescendam, si quibusdam in sententiis paulum me immutassem meamque Oluntatem ad summi viri te meque optime meriti dignitatem adgregaSSem. In hac sententia complectendus erat mihi Caesar, ut VideS in 12 coniuncta et causa et dignitate. Hic multum valuit cum Vetusi amicitia, quam tu non ignoras mihi et Quinto fratri cum Caesare fuisse, tum humanitas eius ac liberalitas brevi tempore et litteris et ossiciis perspecta nobis et cognita. Vehementer etiam re ipSapublica me movit, quae mihi videbatur contentionem, PraeSertim maXimis rebus in Caesare gestis, cum illis viris nolle fieri et, et ne fieret, vehementer recusare. Gravissime autem me in hanc
mentem impulit et Pompeii fides, quam de me Caesari dederat, et fratris mei, quam Pompeio. Erant praeterea haec animadver-
I. Ad eorum . . adiungerem, Mould
me ad eius rationes adiungo.'4. Esset, vir is, qui WeSenb. unctuates ' esset vir, is qui. 6. In praetura . . in consulatu. In
his praetorshi Cicero ad supporte the Manilia la- in his consulfhi he proposed
' supplicatio for ten or twelv days inhonour os Pompey's successes ver Mithridates. p. De Prov. Ons. II, 27, and Intr. to Par I. I. 7. Cumque idem . . adiuvisset, and since also, he had servet me by his own influence an expression os opinion, and by Wis counseis and Eealous exertions hichyou hared 9. Inimicum P. Io, note. Io. Si quibusdam . . adgregassem, is
changed myclangvage a litile sonaetimes in eXPressin m Opinions and shewed a disposition to promote the dignit os a manwholad deserve&welli me o the tenses, cp. Madv. 379. Adgregare, coniungere adsciscere. FOrceli. 13. In hac sententia . . dignitate, lavin come to this decisiones ad necessarii to become intimate, illi Caesar, whose interest and honour,ere identified with thoseo Pompey.'I4. Hic, in his matter. Forcell. I 6 Tum humanitas . . cognita, his kiiadnes an generosit with hic I avebecome familia within a hori time. Onthe abi. brevi tempore, cp. Madv. 276 b, and o the combination o ablatives in dis- ferent senses, Ib. 278 a Caesar ad ap-pOinted Q. Cicero ne of his legates in Gaul, and had lent M. Cicero large sums f money. Cp. 6 I an a I. an Ad Att. 7. 8, 5 also Monamsen . 2 PP. 3I3, 3I . I9. Cum illis viris, wit Caesar and Pompey. II Pompeii fides. Apparenti a promise made by Pompe to Caesar, that Cicero ould relinquisti his opposition tothei measures It was very likel a repetition to Caesar of that whic Q. Cicero had made on his rother' bellat to Pompey.
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tenda in civitate, quae sunt apud Platonem nostrum Scripta divinitus, quales in re publica principe essent, tales reliquos Solere esse civis Tenebam memoria nobis consulibus ea fundamenta iactariam ex Kalendis Ianuariis confirmandi Senatus, ut neminem mirari oporteret Nonis Decembr. tantum vel animi suisse in illo ordine vel auctoritatis idemque memineram nobis
privatis usque ad Caesarem et Bibulum conSuleS, cum Sententiae nostrae magnum in Senatu pondus haberent, unum sere Sensum 1 suisse bonorum omnium. Postea, cum tu Hispaniam citeriorem cum imperio obtineres neque res publica consules haberet, sed Qmercatores provinciarum et Seditionum servo ac ministros, iecit quidam casu caput meum quasi certaminis causa in mediam contentionem dissensionemque civilem quo in discrimine cum mirifica senatus, incredibilis Italiae totius, singularis omnium bonorum consensio in me tuendo Xstitisset, non dicam, quid acciderit 15 multorum est enim et varia culpa- tantum dicam breUi, non,
mihi exercitum sed duces desuisse. In quo, ut lana sit in iis culpa, qui me non defenderunt, non minor est in iis, qui reli
querunt, et Si accuSandi Sunt, Si qui pertimuerunt, magis etiam reprehendendi, si qui se timere simularunt illud quidem certe ronostrum consilium iure laudandum est, qui meo ciVe et a me conSematos et me Servare cupientes, Spoliatos ducibus Servis
I. In civitate , wit regar to thestate. siel. Apud Platonem. In the La s, k. 4,
P. II, B, C. The sense is reel give by
Cicero. 3. Tenebam memoria . . auctori
tatis, remembere that in m consulfhipsuch a basis a laid on therars o Januarysor a firm position to be maintaine by the
senate, that o ne ought to onder at
senate sanctione the execution os Catiline' accomplices Cp. Intr. to Par I LII. 9. Postea. In 58 B.C. Lentulus seemst have been praetor in o B.C. an toliave obtaine the overninent of ispania Citerior ext year through Caesar' influence Cp. Caes. Beli. iv. I. 22.
II. Mercatores . . ministros, men
who bought provinces by giving their id toseditious practices. Piso an Gabinius obtaine Macedonia an Syria through the influence of Clodius in great measure. P.
II. Quasi certaminis causa, as an
involve the censure of many in various degrees.
I7. Duces. e complained speciallyo Q. Arrius and Q. Hortensius. p. Ad Q. F. I. 3. 8 Ad Att. 3. 9, 2 Intr. to Pari I, 6 22. I 8. Si me non defenderunt . . Simularunt. It is dissiculi to explain theseallusions Pthini qui me non defenderunt, an perhaps qui pertimuerunt, refer tothe consul and Pompey; qui reliquerunt' and si qui simularunt to the leader os
the optimates. 2o. Illud . . consilium, my well-known resolution. For his sense of illud, cp.
Madv. 485 . Cicero means his resolutionto retire sto Rome rather than involve his countrymen in a civit War. p. IntroisPar I, 6 2O. 2I. Qui . . maluerim. Qui, cum ego. Cp. Madv. 366. 22. Servis armatis contemptuous