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m SucceSSor. o. No so the assai os Brutus. He recommende to me Wo menWho have lent mone to the eople of Salamis ne of them, Scaptius, viSite mycamp and I promise to do,hat Ucould sor him. I resused however, o give ima Command an ordere some horsemen. Whom Appius ad place at his disposai, to leave Cyprus. II. Asterward a deputatio sto Cyprus came to me, an Vasked them to a Scaptius. The sal the were quite illincto do so, ut Scaptius Claime mos usurious interest, hic was specifie in his bond m edici adname a more moderate rate. 2. I thought Scaptius misconstrue the decrees os the senate on hic he relied. He asterward trie to represent the debl a largerthan it reatly was, ut the Salaminians hewed hi his miStake, and were ager topa what the reatly owed. I ielded however, o Scaptius, o sarras to leave thecas ungetlled. 3. Pam sure an sat judge ould say that Brutus ought no tocomplain, Speciali considering ome decree recenti made noli Subjeci, hicli, by the way, Lucceius ears may impat the public credit. 4. I agre Withoo a toth secret' o mention. ou illiso hea fro Quintus sor ome time, o ingto the heavnsnow. I do ha I can or Thermus, as ou ished Deiotarus saysthat P. Valerius is insolvent. I et me knowio the calendar is fixe sor next year.
Te in Epirum salvum venisse et, ut scribis, e sententia' navigasse Uehementer gaudeo, non SSe Romae meo tempore pernecessario SubmoleSte fero, hoc me tamen consolor non
spero te istic iucunde hiemare et libenter requiescere. C. Cas a sius, frater Q. Cassii, familiaris tui, pudentiores illas litteras miserat de quibus tu e me requiris, quid sibi voluerint quam eaS, qua POStea miSit, quibus per se scribit consectum esse Parthicum bellum recesserant illi quidem ab Antiochia ante Bibuli adventum, Sed nullo OStro ευημερήριατι hodie vero
a. eo tempore per necessario. The last ord seem notri occur else here in this ense, at a time hen m interesis urgenti require Our presence.' p. sorthe Pron., p. 29, 2o, note. The senate were to discuss, On or oon aster Marcho, the provision to be made so the governmento the provinces Cp. Ad Att. 5. Ο est totum, quod alendis Martiis futurum est. soli. Ep. 34, Mandi, notes. Cicero flenexpresses his anxiet to leave Cilicia af early
5. in Cassii in Cassius Longinus,
tribune in o-49 B.C., vetoed the senate's command to Caesar early in that ear, and afterward commande in Spatii or Caesar.
firs letter o C. Cassius, a to the meaningos ,hich bou consul ted me, was more modest that hic later ine, in hic, hewrites that he has put amenda the Parthianwar. The C. Cassius here mentione Wasquaestor to M. Crassus in Syria commanded the remains of his arm tili alie arrivalo Bibulus p and was subsequently one fCaesar' murderers. Cp. Intr. to Paris II,
8 IlH, Parthi, to e supplied hom Parthicum bellum. Cp. adv. I d,
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hiemant in Cyrrhestica maXimumque bellum impendet; nam et Orodi regis Parthorum, filius in Provincia nostra est, nec dubitat Deiotarus, cuius filio pacta est Artavasdis filia, ex quo sciri potest, qui cum omnibus copiiS ipse prima aestate Euphraten transiturus sit. Quo autem die Cassii litterae Victrices in senatu srecitatae sunt, id est Nonis Octobribus, eodem meae tumultum nuntiantes. Axius noster ait nostra auctoritati plena suiSse, illis negat creditum. Bibuli nondum erant allatae, qua certos scio plenas timoris fore. X iis rebus hoc Vereor, ne, cum Pompeius propter metum rerum noVarum nuSquam dimittatur, io Caesari nullus honos a senatu habeatur, dum hic nodus Xpediatur, non putet Senatus nos, antequam SucceSSU Sit, Portere
decedere nec in tanto motu rerum tantis provinciis Singulos
I. In Cyrrhestica Cyrrhestica was a districi noli horder of Syria an Cilicia. I lay est of the Euphrates and outh fCommagene Politicalty it seem to have been attached to Syria Cp. MetZg. Billerb.,
and Ad Att. 5. 8 I. a. Nostra nee Oni mean Roman.' Cp. Ad am 8 Io, I, here Caelius, howas a Rome calis Cilicia ' provinciam nostram. For an account os the operations of Cassius see Ommsen . 2, 339. Cicero
depreciates his successes, but the had reatly been considerable Orodes lingi Parthia, had putrio deat Surena, the victor of Charrae, and had sent his own son acorus, and
haPS, a genitive, p. Madv. 42, 2. Da dative, perhaps it salis unde theaule adv. 246. The orna Orodi recur Ad Fam. 5. I, 2, but Orodis is found Ad Att. 5. 8 I. 3. Artavasdis Artavasdes as ingos Armenia. In DB.C., he offere Crassus auxiliar cavat ry, and a re passage through his country, which ho ever, Crassus declined. Ex quo ei ther stom Artavasdes' Wiel ., MetZg. iso the son o Deiotarus. The Deiotarus here mentioned was theone hona Cicero defended e re Caesar in a speech stili extant. He a te trarch os Galatia, and after ard received
side a Pharsalus. Cp. Caes. Beli. iv. 3, 4. 4. Ipse Orodes, hos son Pacorus marrie a sister of Artavasdes Cp. Adiam. 15 3. I. 6. Nonis Octobribus aliis date present dissiculties. When Cicero rote theletter Ad Fam. 5. I rom his province. to ard the lose of September 5I, he hadnotaeard of the successi Cassius, and thelalter' despatch mus have been carried with unusual speed is it reache Rome onoctobera. eseiab. suggest Nonis Novembribus Hosm. ap. esenb. 'datae . Oct. See also Lange Rom. Alt 3 38O. Meae. Probabi the despatch whic inepossessis Ad Fam. 5. I. 7. Q . A Xius: CP Ep. 28, 5, Ole. Auctoritatis plenas fuisse, produceda great impression. 8. Illis, c. Cassii litteris.'9. X iis rebus . . praeesse, ar
protectio against revolution an Caesar receivin no honour rom the senate, untii
this dissiculi be setile the senate maythinitha Dought notrio leave m provincetit a successor has been appotnted and that the provinces ought notrioa ent rusted eachio one legate. The resusa os honou to Caesar, refers probablyrio Pompey' opposition to the proposais suggeste o Caesar'sbelialf. p. 3 , . While the resultis thediscussion about Caesar' provinces as un- certain, and Pompe was dela inexat Rome cp. Ad Att. 5. 18, I , he mos important province of the west ould e without regular ovemors, and the senate might objecto extend suc a provisiona systemto the ast, an so insist o Cicero' re
13. Ιω tanto motu aerum Theseword reser to the Parthian war and theimpendita revolution.
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sit. Sed omnia metuo. Etsi bellum κροτελεύτιον habet illa' tua epistola, quam dedisti nauseans Buthroto tibi, ut video et spero, nulla ad decedendum mora. Mallem ut video nihil
opus fuit it spero. Acceperam autem Sati celeriter Iconii
per publicanorum tabellarios a Lentuli triumpho datas. In his
io γλυκυ πικρον illud confirmas, moram mihi nullam fore, deinde addis, si quid secus, te ad me SSe Venturum Angunt me dubitationes tuae simul et Vides, quas acceperim litteras. Nam quas Hermoni, centurionis Canuleii, pSe Scribis te dedisse, non accepi. Laenii pueris te dedisse Saepe ad me ScripSeras: fas a Laodiceae denique, cum eo venissem, tertio Idu Februar. Laenius mihi reddidit, datas a. d. X. Kal Octobres. Laenio tuas commendationes et statim Verbi et reliquo tempore re probabo. Ea litterae cetera vetera habebant, unum hoc noVum, de Ciby 5
I. Ne quid mihi . . possit, Iest mygovernment houldae prolonge by a mea-sure against hic even the tribunes veto cuidae of no avail. The et was illegat in question affecting the consular provinces. Cp. p. 34, , Ole. a. Sustinere, to resist Cp. Philipp. 8. I, - . ... - εχ. Multis rebus occurreres, migni provide for man disticuntes. . Sollicitudinem struere, in Crea ting anxieties. Cogor . . ita sit, I cannot helmit, and hooeso may be right.' 5. t si 'however. Cp. Madv. 443. ακροτελευτιον, a concluding clause: usuilino a verse. Cp Thucyd. a. 7. 6. Nauseans, stili suffering ro the
9. Α Lentuli triumpho datas. sent jus alter the triumphis Lentulus. Cicero refers to P. Lentulus Spinther, consul 57B.C. Wh Precede Appius Claudius asgovernor o Cilicia. The letters of the frstbook Ad Familiares are addresse to him, with one eXception. IO. γλυκυ πικρον illud, that mixture of weet an bitteris hichra ouit in thelast ord os ou previous letter i. e. in the ἀκροτελευτιον mentione above. The wor γλυκυπικρον is found in Sappho o,
Confirmas, yo repeat. II. Si quid secus, Vis things turn ut otherwis in an way. 'Ia QNas . . litteras, what letters Ihave received, and therefore ha I have
I 3. ermoni. Apparenti Hermon asa lave o heedmani Canuleius. esenb. infert liberto. I . Laenii. t oes not appea to whom Cicero refers. A M. Laenius protected hima Brundisium in MB.C. p. Pro Planc.
63s Pueris, flaves. Cp. Ad Att. 5. o 8 quas Laenii pueris scribis datas.'I7. Et statim verbis, probavi. For the omission of the verb, P. Madv.
Probabo, ,ill shewm valuerior. I 8. Unum hoc novum, the ni neWtopic the mention. De Cibyratis pantheris Dep. EP. 33, 5. M. Octavius, curule aedile elect wii Caelius, probabi asked Atticus iste thought Cicerowould sen him ome panthers and Cicerois oblige to Atticus o sayinche thought
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ratis pantheris Multum te amo, quod respondisti M. Octavio te non putare, sed posthac Omnia, quae certa non erunt, pro certo negato. Nos enim et noStra ponte bene firmi et mehercule auctoritate tua inflammati Vicimus omnes- hoc tu ita reperies cum abstinentia, tum iustitia, facilitate, Mementia ε
Cave putes quicquam homine magi umquam SSe mirato quam nullum teruncium me obtinente proVinciam Sumptu tactum esse nec in rem publicam nec in quemquam meorum, Praeterquam
in L. Tullium legatum Is, ceteroqui abstinens sedi Iulia
lege transita semel tamen in diem, non, ut alii Solebant, omni iobus vicis, praeter eum semel nemo accepit facit ut mihi excipiendus sit, cum teruncium nego Sumptu lactum Praeter eumo accepit nemo. Has a nostro Q. Titinio sordes accepimus Ego aestivis consectis Quintum fratrem hibernis et Ciliciae praeseci; Q. Volusium, tui Tiberii generum, certum hominem et mirifice sabstinentem, misi in Cyprum, ut ibi pauculos dies esset, ne cives Romani pauci, qui illic negotiantur, ius sibi dictum nega- rent; nam evocari e insula Cyprios non licet. Ipse in Asiam prosectus sum Tarso Nonis Ianuariis, non mehercule dici potest,
2. Te non putare, C. me missurum. Omnia . . negato, Sa n as 'every
thin os,hicho ou are o certain, i.e asto, abilit and wish to execut the commission in question. 4. Auctoritate tua. p. .g. Ad Atti 5. ao, laboras ut etiam Ligurino μωμυsatis faciamus.' 8. In rem publicam, on public Objecis. Cicero must mean, iesides the regula supplies ' e cannot mea that he hept u his public establishment at his oWn XPenSe. For the ouble negatives nullum . . nec, cp. ΕP. 32, 3, Ole. 9. L. Tullium: p. ΕP. I, 4, note. Is Ceteroqui vicis, he. in other respecis abstinent, has transgressed the Julian law cp. p. 32, 3, note), butoni orace in achraay, no in very village, like thers. This seem a rare sense f transita: the est S. has aransitam, whicli akes no sense. esenb suggeSis sed qui . . transitans,' .e o his Waythrough owns. e ould also insert a prepositio besore omnibus vicis. II. Facit ut . . sit, mustae excepted. Cp. Madv. 48 b. I 3. Has . . sordes, the discredit of this
A . . in itinio Q. Titinius, a Roman knight, an commoti rien os Cicero an Atticus, ad apparenti recommended Tullius as legalerio Cicero. sonis Titinius is mentioned Ep. 62. I. I . Aestivis confectis, aster the summer campaign. The militar successes delaile in Ad Att. 5. 2o, an Ad Fam. 5. 4, ere obtaine to ard the lose of 5 IB.C. ences aestiva ' mustae alien ratherloosely. Cp. orceli., and Ad am 3 9 4. 15. in Volusium This Volusius, per-haps the fame with one mentionedip. 3I, 4, defende an Illyria pirate on his tria be re Vatinius, in B.C. P. Ad Fam. 5. O , a. Who his sather-in-la Tiberius 'was,seem notri beano n. I 8. vocari probabi means, to e summone to a Our hel elsewhere.' p. In Verr. a. cl. 3. 28 68. Cicero ouldgo there re to Cyprus to decide cases pendinibetween Cyprians and Roman citi
In Asiam Cicero means, 'o the districis orth o Taurus,' hic belongedgeographicallyrio Asia in the Roman ense, but were politicali annexedri Cilicia. p.
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POStea Vero quam Taurum transgresSu Sum mirifica XSPectatio Asiae nostrarum dioecesium, quae se mensibus imperii mei nullas meas acceperat litteras, numquam hospitem Viderat. Illud autem tempus quotannis ante me laeta in hoc quaeStu civitates locupletes, ne in hiberna milites reciperent, magnas pecunias dabant, Cyprii talenta Attica Cta, qua e insula-non
υπερβολικως, Sed VeriSSime loquor- nummus nullus me obtinente
erogabatur Ob haec beneficia, quibus illi obstupescunt, nullos
io honores mihi nisi verborum decerni Sino StatuaS, sana, τέθριωra Prohibeo, nec sum in ulla re alia molestus civitatibus, sed sortasse tibi, qui haec praedicem de me Perser, Si me amas tu enim me haec facere voluisti Ite igitur ita per Asiam feci, aut etiam sames, qua nihil miserius est, quae tum erat in hac I mea Asia- messis enim nulla suerat- mihi optanda fuerit quacumque iter feci, nulla vi, nullo iudicio, nulla contumelia auctoritate et cohortatione perfeci, ut et Graeci et cives Romani, qui
frumentum compreSSerant, magnum numerum populis pollice
rentur Idibus Februariis, quo die has litteras dedi, sorum
et institueram agere Laodiceae Cibyraticum et Apamense, ex Idibus
Martiis ibidem Synnadense, Pamphylium tum Phemio dispiciam
I. Qua admiratione. amid what admiration. the abi. CP ΕP. 34, 2 note. 3. Nostrarum dioecesium, ' soriar sm districis extended. For the Ord, P.
Ep. 38 4 Ad Fam. 3. 3, 2. t is sed in classical Gree ont of the administration, not of the district administered. O the genitive defin.), p. Madv. 286, Obs. 2.
Numquam hospitem viderat, hadhadiso ne quarteredis them. The io pites Mouldae soldier or Other employedon the public service, probably. 5. Illud . . tempus . . fuerat, thehat year, rom sunmie to inter had been employe aster the ollowin fashion. 8. περβολικως, Wit exaggeration. Quite classicat. 9. rogabatur, not. I hink, epistolary. Erogare means to dra money. Wesenb has erogabitur.'Io Τεθρ retra, statues in chariois drawn by mur horses, of bronge or arble. The word is quite classicat. I a Tibi, sc molestus sum.
13. Voluisti: p. auctoritate tua. I 4. Ut etiam fames . . Optanda fuerit, ' that Phad reason toae gladisve of the lamine hic has prevalle in my Asiaticdistricis, that is, is visit as a PleaSure. though it too place unde such painsul cir
In hac mea Asia, .e in the districis mentione in a.
I 5. Fuerat, i .e in I B.C. I 6. Auctoritate, but by m influence. On the omissionis an adversative conj., P. Ep. 29, 25, Ole. I 8. Compresserant, had secreted. Cp. Ad Att. 3. Ia, G Io. 4, 6 In Verr a Act.
Numerum, amount, commoni used os provisions presume the corii as O besol at a moderate rice. Populis, the disserent cities.
I9. Forum . . agere . . Apamense, to
try at Laodice cases rom Cibyra, and
2I. hemio Phemius seem to have been a musician perhaps a laeedman os Atticus. r. F. Madan has potnted out tome that the nam occurs a that os a musician Hom. Odyss. I. 5 .
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κέρας- Lycaonium, Isauricum ex Idibus Maiis in Ciliciam, ut ubi Iunius consumatur, velim tranquille a Parthis Quinctilis, Si erit, ut volumus, in itinere est per provinciam redeuntibus conSumendus: Venimus enim in provinciam Laodiceam Sulpicio et Marcello consulibus, pridie Kalendas SeXtiles ; inde nos oportet decedere a. d. III Kalendas SeXtiles. Primum contendam a Quinto fratre, ut se praefici patiatur, quod et illo et me invitissimo fiet; sed aliter honeste fieri non potest, PraeSertim cum Virum optimum, Pomptinum, ne nunc quidem retinere OSSim rapit hominem enim Postumius Romam, ortasse etiam OS Iotumia. Habem consilia mostra Nunc cognosce de Bruto. 10 Familiares habet Brutus tuus quosdam creditores Salaminiorume Cypro, M. Scaptium et P. Matinium, quos mihi maiorem in modum commendavit Matinium non novi; Scaptius ad me in castra venit pollicitus sum curaturum me Bruti cauSa, 5 ut ei Salaminii pecuniam solverent egit gratias Praesecturam Petivit: negavi me cuiquam negotianti dare, quod idem tibi ostenderam. Cn. Pompeio petenti probaram inStitutum meum, quid dicam Torquato de M. Laenio tuo, multis alii : Si praefectus Vellet esse syngraphae causa, me curaturum ut Nigeret. o
I. κερας, a musica horn. Cp. Liddelland coit, sub voc. I presume hos of Pamphylia ere famouS. In Ciliciam, c. ire. 2. A Parthis, a regard the Parthians.
7. Praefici, to e lest in charge of the
province, o the departur os Marcus. 9. Pomptinum : P. EP. I, , Ole. Io. Postumius as on ver intimate
6. I 2, 24 Pro Sesti 52 III. Postumia, is of Servius Sulpicius. Pomptinus, apparently wasae lover. II. Nunc cognosce: P. p. 29, o, no let me telloou.'I3. x Cypro, it Salaminiorum, of the eople of Salamis in Cyprus.' p. the expression magnetes a Sipylo ' Tac.
M. Scaptium . nother M. Scaptius is mentione Ad Att. 6. I, 4, as a Praefect in Cappadocia. P. Matinium of this an nothing
I9. Torquato . . aliis, C. petenti . . petentibus. Cicero probabi refers to L. Manlius Torquatus, praetor B.C. and
sonis the consul in 65 .c. e fide With Pompe in the civit War see Ep. 5O, I , and was hille in Africa cp. Beli. Asric. 96 .
pha means a bili hicli might be ivenwithout an value received by the giver.
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Gratias egit, discessit. Appius noster turmas aliquot equitum dederat huic Scaptio, per quas Salaminios coerceret, et eundem habuerat praesectumn veXabat Salaminios. Ego equites X Cypro decedere iussi moleste tulit Scaptius. Quid multa ut ei fidem 5 meam PraeStarem, cum ad me Salaminii Tarsum venissent et in iis Scaptius, imperavi ut pecuniam solverent. Multa de syngrapha, de Scapti iniuriis negavi me audire. Mortatu Sum, petivi etiam pro meis in civitatem beneficiis, ut negotium conficerent denique dixi me coacturum Homines non modo non Io recusare, Sed etiam hoc dicere, se a me solvereri quod enim
praetori dare consueSSent, quoniam ego non accePeram, Se a
me quodam modo dare, atque etiam minus esse aliquanto in Scaptii nomine quam in vectigali praetorio. Collaudavi homines. Recte, inquit Scaptius sed subducamus summam. Interimi Dcum ego in edicto tralaticio centesimas me observaturum haberem cum anatocismo anniverSario, ille e syngrapha poStulabat quaternas Quid ais Θ' inquam possumne contra meum edictum p 'Εxigeret, should et his debl aid'. exigendo obtineret Forcell. I. Turmas aliquot equitum. For an account of the misdeed of these trooPS, P. Ep. 38 8. . Ut ei fidem meam prae Starem, to sulfili promiserio him os geliin his debisaid. 6. Multa de syngrapha, c. diXerunt. Io. me, froin y wn unds.' p. Pro Plancio et, Io a vobis persolvere.'As Cicero hadiso received What therusuallypaida governors, the would pay the moneyasked fora Scaptius ut of hat the had
II. Praetori Cilicia had been sor some years a Consula province, but perhaps the Salaminians sed the old ille for a provincia governor the oldest provinces havingbcen ouerne by praetors Or Praetor, asManutius hinks may be sed here as a generat ille 'fovernor. His note is Praetori Proconsulici antiquo more cum omnes magistratus quibus pareret exercitus, Praetor appellabantur. Consuessent, Conj., as a quotation. p. Madv. 369. Non acceperam, had notaeen in the
habit os receiving. The ver is in the indici, as ivin Cicero' statement of his
I a. Minus . . praetorio, thei debl to Scaptius amounte to muc les than theexactions of Overnor had usuali cost them. I 4. Subducamus summam, et uscompute the amount.' Forcell. I 5. Tralaticio, customary. Cp. p. I9, a note This provision it regar tothe rate os interes seem to have originaledduring the administration os L. Lucullus. Cp. Plut Luculi. O MommSe 4 2, 526. Centesimas. The words centesimae usurae have been variousi explainex one
per Cent per month, o tWelve per cent per annum feem mos likelyrio be the meaning of the expreSSion. I 6. Cum anatocismo anniversario.
This expression is explaine by Ernesti as meaning that compound interest a to bepaid o theirst year only, and simple interest in following years But Boot quotes Savignyas explaining it thus that the interest asoni toae addexto the principat at the endos each ear, notis the end of eac monili. Thus a man who borro edomo sesterces at a per cent. is e falle to pay the interest at the prope time, ouldae liablefo the interest o II 2 sesterces in thesecon year, and of Ia5 in the third, and
I7. Contra meum edictum sc. quaternas dare. Cp. o me ellipse Ep. 23, 2,
At ille proseri senatus consultum Lentulo Philippoque consulibus, VT QVI CILICIAM OBTINERE IUS EX ILLA SYNGRAPHA DICERET. 12 Cohorrui primo; et enim erat interitus civitatis reperio duo senatus consulta isdem consulibus de eadem syngrapha Salaminii cum Romae versuram sacere Vellent, non Poterant, quodis
lex Gabinia vetabat Tum dis Bruti familiares, freti gratia
Bruti dare volebant quaternis, Si ibi Senatu ConSulto caVeretur. Fit gratia Bruti senatus consultum, UT NEVE SALAMINIIS NEVE
QVI EIS DEDISSET FRAUDI ESSET : pecuniam numerarunt EtJ postea venit in mentem aeneratoribus nihil se iuvare illud o Senatus consultum, quod ex syngrapha ius dici ex Gabinia
vetaret Tum sit senatus consultum, UT EX EA SYNGRAPHA esset quam ceterae, sed ut eodem Cum haec disseruis- Sem, Seducit me Scaptius ait se nihil contra dicere, sed illos putare talenta CC se debereri ea se Velle accipere debere autem sillos paulo minus rogat, ut eos ad ducenta perducam Optime' inquam Voco illos ad me remoto Scaptio. Quid vos quantum ' inquam debetis λ' Respondent QVI. Refero ad Scaptium. Homo clamare Quid opus est' inquam quam ut rationes conferatis λ Adsidunt, subducunt ad nummum convenit. Illi se onumerare Velle, urgere, ut acciperet Scaptiu me rurSus seducit, rogat, ut rem sic relinquam. Dedi veniam homini impudenter
I. Lentulo Philippoque consulibus. In 56 B.C. a. EX ILLA YNGRAPHA, in accord- ance wit the stipulations of that bili,' .e. recogniZincit a valid. p. the ex se
3. Erat interitus civitatis, alia proinvision involved the ruinis the community.'s. Versuram facere, do borro money. 6. Lex Gabinia. his law sorbade alliendin o monent provinciat a Rome. It was probabi passed when Gabinius astribune 68-67 .c. p. reli. Onomast. tom. iii. sub voc. The decree of the senate here mentione Was probabi passe toprotect both the tender and the borro ers frona the consequences of thei breac of thelaw, but Cicero contend that it could notintersere,ith the rules laid down by himselfin his province I appears that Brutus Wasthe ea tender, though he wished the contractrioae made in anotheriame. p. Ad At 6. I, 6.9. Pecuniam numerarunt, c. Bruti familiares. II. UT EX EA SYNGRAPHA . . eodem. Boot suggest ut ex ea syngrapha ius diceretur non ut alio iure ea syngrapha esset quam ceterae syngraphae sed ut eodem.
That is, the bili, though giVeia irregularly, was notrioa void but accordin to Ciceroth term of the senate' decree bound thelende tot content Wit the rate of interest fixed in the province by the govemor' edici. Cp. p. 38 7, noteS.I6. Ad ducenta perducam, inducethem to pay two hundred. 17. Quid vos ac ' dicitis. 19. Quid opus . . conferatis 3 whatis anted ut that ou hould ast p. orperhaps as r. Jeans render compare Our accountsy' esenb suggest the omissionos quam ut and the insertio os licet' after conseratis. 2Ο. Subducunt, the addisp. Ad nummum convenit, C. subductio, ' the accounts agre to a Penny. 22. Ut rem sic relinquam, that Imould leave the assai unsettied. Heioped Cicero might have a more accommodating
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PAR II. petenti Graecis querentibus, ut in sano deponerent postulantibuS, non conceSSi. Clamare omnes qui aderant, nihil impudentius Scaptio, qui centesimis cum anatocismo contentu non
esset; alii, nihil stultius mihi autem impudens magis quam
5 Stultus videbatur: nam aut bono nomine centeSimis contentus erat aut non bono quaternas centesimas sperabat Habes meam 1aCauSam, quae Si Bruto non Probatur, neScio, cur illum amemus, sed avunculo eius certe probabitur, praeSertim cum Senatu Consultum modo factum Sit, Puto, postquam tu e ProsectuS, in Io creditorum cauSa, ut centesimae perpetuo aenore ducerentur:
hoc quid intersit, si tuos digitos novi, certe habes Subductum. In quo quidem, ὁδου πάρεργον, L. Lucceius M. f. queritur apud
me per litteras Summum esse Periculum, ne culpa Senatus his decretis res ad tabulas nova perveniat; commemorat, quid
as olim mali C. Iulius secerit, cum dieculam duXerit; numquam rei publicae plus. Sed ad rem redeo. Meditare adversus Brutum
CaUSam meam, Si haec causa est, contra quam nihil honeste dici potest, praesertim cum integram rem et causam reliquerim.
Reliqua sunt domestica De ἐνδομ υ. Probo idem, quod tu 14
I. Ut in fano deponerent. I this
deposit in a temple were made in accordance
with a judiciat sentence, interest would ceaset hecome due rona the da on hic it Was made. Billerb., Wiel. cp. also dFam. 3. 56, 3. 3. Anatocismo, addition os interest toth principat. 5. Nam aut bono . . sperabat, eitherhe was satisfiex ith a per cent. hopita tohave the principat repaid, o hopexto repay the principalisutis interest at 48 per cent. Bono an non bono nomine perhaps mean ' a debl recogniZed an unrecogniZed by law, in his paSSage. 6. Habes p. Ep. 29, O, Ole. 8. Avunculo M. Cato,as hal brother of Servilia, the mother of Brutus. p. Ep. 38 8, and Iuv. Sat. I 4 43 sed nec Brutus
erit Bruti nec avunculus usquam.
9. Modo 'lately. Cp ΜOmmse 4 2, 526. In creditorum causa, relating to the positionis creditors
Io. Ut centesimae . . ducerentur,
that Ia per cent simple interest should belli standard rate. Cp.ap. 38 Forceli.
II. Hoc quid intersit, ' the disserencebetween his and the lowest offer of the Salaminians, i .e the Salaminians os redmore than stricti couldi required of them. Tuos digitos, the activit os our
finger in calculation. Habes subductum, Myo have atready computed. Cp. Madv. a for the differ- ence belwee this and subduxisti.'Ia. In quo, a to hichialter. ὁδου πὰρ εργον, by the way. Cp. Ad Att. 7. I, 5. L. Lucceius. No the historia towhom Cicero addresse the letter Ad Fam. 5. 2 so the lalter is calle Q. F. I . Ad tabulas novas, Cp Εp. 7 I, 2, note. I 5. C. Iulius Cicero generali spealisos the subsequent dictator a C. Caesar. Perhaps this is the C. Iulius Caesar mentione by Asconius, in Scaurianam, P. I 36. Dieculam duxerit, allo e the timeo paymen to e deferre a litile. Boot. Cp. Ter Andr. 4. 2, 27. I 6. Plus sc. mali factum esse. Μ editare . . dici potest Considerho to lea m cause against Brutus isone an spea os leadin a cause liennothing canae sal on the ther fide. I 8. Integram, undecided. Cicero hadles the case of Brutus and the Salaminiansio his successor' decision. I9. Reliqua, ' Premaining topics.'
ΕΡ. 3 . I EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES II. 13. et 55
Postumiae filio, quoniam Pontidia nugatur; sed vellem adesses. A. Quinto fratre his mensibus nihil Aspectaris ; nam Taurus
propter nives ante mensem Iunium transiri non potest Thermum, ut rogas, creberrimi litteris sulcio. . Valerium negat habere quicquam Deiotarus reX, eumque ait e SuStentare. Cum Scies, Romae intercalatum sit necne, Velim ad me scribas certum, quo die mysteria sutura sint Litteras tuas minus paulo eXSpecto, quam Si Romae SSeS, Sed tamen XSPecto.
I. I am much pleased ith our letters though I is the came more osten. a. I De much assectio sor Appius, and PSaw, a Soon a our quarret a made P, that he had the fame regar sor me. I wonder homyo can oub my Wis to eo good term with him. 3. I can assure o I expecte Curio' change of party. I intend. a Phave finished my judicia and nancia business, and earne the good opinion os ali classes, o set things in orde in Cilicia, and the return to Rome, here
M. CICER IMP. S. D. M. Raras tuas quidem ortaSse suave accipio litteras, Vel quas
dentes quam multi et ossici et
De ενδο μυχ φ, about the family secret,' i .e his plans so the marriage of Tullia The ,ord occur in another sense Soph. Philoct. I. Postumiae filio, sc eam nubere. Servius Sulpicius the younger, Whose Other Postumia was, is here referre to. Pontidia. Sh seem to have suggested another match sor Tullia perhaps with a sono heriswn. p. Ad Att. 6. I, Io Nothingmore seem to beanow of her. Nugatur, is tristin with me. Adesses, were in Rome. 2. Taurus. Q. Cicero ha been les in Cilicia, and his messengers could no crossthe Taurus in inter. 3. Thermum: p. p. I, 2, Ole. Ηegoverne Asia a propraetor 53-5 B.C. Cp. Ad am a. 7 6 Ad Att. 5, 3, 2. I does no appea ho he was in an ofCicero' support. . . Valerium : p. Ad Fam. 4. 2, a Ad Att. 16. 7, I. Perhaps Atticus had asked Cicero to procure repaymen through Deiotarus, it whom Valerius as, o money
enim non perseruntur- Sed ProXime acceperam quam Pru- Io
consilii etsi omnia sic conSti
due roni the lalter to Atticus. 6. Intercalatum sit, is an intercalarymont has been inserted. Cp. p. 35 5 Appendi 8. For Cicero's anxiet on his subjeci, p. Ep. 35 5, Ole. 7. Certum. The accusative is rare In
this sense Pro certo is more common.
Mysteria, the estiva of the Bona Dea, o which cp. Ep. 6, 3, Dote.
erat in animo . . . Nonis Maiis compared Withap. 38 6 4-6, suggest that the two letters ere ritte between Ma I and 7. The allusion generali are to the two letters,
II. Quam multi . . consilii, ho
the genit qualitatis. Omnia . . admonebas, i.e in m rela
tions with Appius and wit Dolabella. p. Ep. 35 2 auda.
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tueram mihi agenda, ut tu admonebas, tamen confirmantur OStra
conSilia, cum sentimus prudentibus fideliterque suadentibus idem Videri. Ego Appium-ut saepe tecum locutus sum-valde diligo meque ab eo diligi statim coeptum esse, ut simultatem depo- Suimus, sensi; nam et honorificus in me consul fuit et suavis
amicus et studiosus studiorum etiam meorum Mea vero ossiciae non defuisse tu es testis, cui iam καομικος μαρτυς, ut Pinor,
accedit Phania, et mehercule etiam pluris eum feci, quod te amari ab eo sensi. clam me Pompeii totum esse Scis Brutum 1 a me amari intellegis. Quid est causae, cur mihi non in optatis sit complecti hominem florentem aetate, opibus, honoribus, ingenio, liberis, propinquis, adfinibus, amici collegam meum Praesertim et in ipsa collegii laude et scientia studiosum mei' haec eo pluribus scripsi, quod non nihil significabant tuae litterae subis dubitare , qua essem erga illum voluntate. Credo te audisse
aliquid salsum est, mihi crede, si quid audisti Genus insti-
. Ut simultatem deposuimus Thequarre t which Cicero here refers seem tohave alien place besore the consulfhi ofAppius, i 54 B.C. Perhaps it rose ut os the pari aken by Appius in ome disturb- ances in F B.C. p. Ad Att. 4. 3, 4. The reconciliation as essected by Pompey. Quintil. Inst orat. 9. 3, 4I. 6. Studiosus . . meorum, ' devote tothe fame ursuits ith myself. Appius Wrote a book o the augur' ossice of hichhe dedicated the firs book o Cicero. p. Ad Fam. 3. 4, Iri 3 9, 3. There is also hint of Appius literar iastes, Ad Fam. 3.
7. Cui - Caeso. κωμικος μάρτυς, a well-schoole wit-ness' Metzg. . .e 'one ho ad earned his par of mediator a thoroughi as a comedian earn his o the stage.' his seem far-latched. Manutius hinks that the word mea ' intervening suddent toremove dissiculties, like a character in comed who patefacta veritate sedat omnes turbas. Cicero expresses a very avourable opinion of this Phania, Who was a reedmanos Appius Cp. Adiam. 3. I.
8. Accedit, add his testimony. 9. Pompeii Gnaeus, idest son os thegreat Pompey, married one of the aughterso Appius: anothe was arrie to M. Brutus. p. Ad Fam 3 4 2. These connections ould e additiona reasons for
II. Complecti, sc amore. to regardwith muc affection. Hominem, sc Appium. Florentem, distinguished. Cp. Na- gelsb. 28, 363. Honoribus. e was consul 5 B.C., and censor o B.C. Cp Εp. I, 4.
II. Liberis Appius ad three aughters, and ad apparenti adopte the two sons of his rother Caius Cp. p. 34, a,
Propinquis. I cannotae sure o homCicero refers. Appius' brother Caius ad governe Asia a propraetor, ut as O
Ad sinibus : se above so his daughters
marriages. Collegam, as augur.
I6. Institutorum et rationum mea
ΕΡ. 3 . EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES IT. 13. et5
tutorum et rationum mearum dissimilitudinem non nullam habet cum illius administratione provinciae e eo quidam suspicati
fortaSSe Sunt animorum contentione, non opinionum dissensionem ab eo discrepare nihil autem feci umquam neque diXi, quod contra illius existimationem esse vellem Post hoc negotium sautem et temeritatem nostri Dolabellae deprecatorem me pro illius periculo praebeo. Erat in eadem epistola ' veternus civi
tatis; gaudebam sane et congelasse nostrum amicum laetabar
otio. EXtrema pagella pupugit me tuo chirographo. Quid ais p
Caesarem nunc defendit Curio inuis hoc putarat praeter me prionam, ita vivam, putavi. Di immortales quam ego risum nostrum desidero Mihi erat in animo, quoniam iurisdictionem conseceram, civitates locupletaram, publicanis etiam superioris lustri reliqua
Sine Ociorum ulla querela conservaram, privatis summis infimis
fueram iucundus, proficisci in Ciliciam Nonis Maiis et, cum sprima aestiva attigissem rem militaremque conlocassem, decedere
e senatus consulto. Cupio te aedilem videre miroque desiderio me urbs adficit et omnes mei tuque in primis.
3. 8, 7. Cicero speah in more decidediernis bout Appius conduci else herea P. Ep. 32, 2.2. Cum illius . . provinciae, With his provincia administration. 3. Animorum . . discrepare, that the divergence in ur conductoros stommutua animosi ty an no stomis differencein opinion. O the ablatives contentione . . dissensione, P. P. 26, 9 note onP. 87. ' Discrepare ' - discordare,' diversum esse. Forcell.
. . Hoc negotium, soli., this assair of the triat, in hicli ou frien Dolabella hasbeliave so rashly.'7. Erat in eadem . . civitatis, in
dethargy of the state. ' 8. Congelasse, had rown inactive. The or feem onlyrio occur here in the metaphorical sense. p. ' conglaciat' Ep. 35 3 .
9. Pupugit . . chirographo, annoy-ed mei iis autograph contenis. Caelius appears to have adde a se. lines in his own
II. Ita vivam, a trul a I hope tolive. Cp. Madv. 44 in Obs. 3. Risum nostrum desidero, Umis thelaugh, might have had ove it.'Ia. rat This and the ollowing tenses
I 3. Reliqua, the arrears. O themerit o Cicero' provincia government,see Ep. 38 4-6, notes. I 6. Prima aestiva. Prima in primum
Wesenb suggesto rem que militarem Conlocassem,' militarem que conlocassem
Conlocassem conlocare in Ordinare,
Componere. Forceli. A Parthia inroad Was stilliso impossibie. I7. X senatus consulto. his decreewas probabi passe to caro ut a lex Pompeia os 5 B. c. p. Intr. to Pari II, 17. A decree of somewhat simila importio the ne here mentione is give Ep. 3 , 8. Cicero says in various places that he considers himself toae holdinihi provincesor ne year Only. p. Ad Att. 5. 9, aura. I 5 I; Ep. 36, 9 an such appears ohave been the impor of the decree of the senate bove referrexto. p. Ad Fam. 5. 9, 4 5. 4 5.
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M. TULLI CICERONISTO ATTICUS AD ATT. VI a).
huro, O RI ς'in cicΕR ATTICO SAL Cum Philogenes, libertus tuus Laodiceam ad me salutandi' causa venisset et se statim ad te navigaturum esse diceret, has 1 litteras dedi, quibus ad eas rescripsi, quas acceperam a Bruti tabellario; et respondebo primum PoStremae tuae Pagma quae mihi magnae molestiae fuit, quod ad te scriptum est a Cincio de Statu sermone, in quo hoc molestissimum est, Statium dicerea me quoque id consilium probari. Probari autem de isto hactenus Dixerim me vel plurima vincla tecum summae con-I. Philogenes
ing Pomponia. p. Ad Att. 6. 3, 8 Statius and Cincius had apparenti metrant discussed the affair of the families to'hic the were
attached. 7. Probari autem, do I say approved no more of that.' p. Ad Att. 5. 3, 3, Liv a I. 44 transcendes autem Τ' 8. Dixerim. de me say. Cp Εp. 26, 3, note Ἐayser and eseub. ould re-
iunctionis optare, etsi sunt amori artissima tantum abest, ut ego X eo, quo Stricti sumus, laXari aliquid velim. Illum autem multa de istis rebus asperius solere loqui Saepe Sum XPertuS, saepe etiam lenivi iratum id scire te arbitror in hac autem peregrinatione militiave nostra Saepe incensum ira vidi, saepe 5 placatum. Quid ad Statium scripserit, nescio : quicquid acturus de tali re fuit, scribendum tamen ad libertum non fuit. Mihi autem erit maXimae curae, ne quid fiat secus, quam volumus quamque Portet; nec Satis Si in eius modi re se quemque praeStare, ac maXimae partes istius officii sunt pueri Ciceronis io sive iam adulescentis quod quidem illum soleo hortari. Ac mihi videtur matrem valde, ut debet, amare teque mirifice. Sed est magnum illud quidem, verum tamen multiplex pueri ingenium, in quo ego regendo habeo negotii satis Quoniam respondi postremae tuae Paginae Prima mea, nunc ad primam reVertar Istuam. Peloponnesia civitate omnes maritimas esse, hominis non nequam, Sed etiam tuo iudicio probati, Dicaearchi tabulis credidi is multis nominibus in Trophoniana Chaeronis narratione
move the sui sto at lactenus. and placea comma aster dixerim. Vel plurima, evenas many as possibie. I. Et si sunt . . artissima, though,e have the mos intimate unionis affection. Tantum abest ut . . sumus, far stom
already connecis s. On tantum abest ut 'with the conj., p. Madv. 44 a Obs. I. a. Illum, c. Quintum. 3. De istis rebus, about the conducto his iis. In another passage Ciceropraises his brother' forbearance unde great provocation Ad Att. 5. I, 3 and 4. 7. Scribendum . . non fuit. O the indici, p. Madv. 348, ObS. I. 9. Se quemque praestare, that acho us hould engage to do ali in his ownpower ' in appeasing Quintus Cicero means the should urge ach other tota at theycould Manutius appears to connec theseword with the preceding, an explainsthem as in me tibi eum praestare qui esse debeo, i .e. 4 is no enough that one' own conduci is re sto blanae, ut ne mustus one' influenc on others Io. AC, adversative: P. Madv. 433, Obs. a. Que is sed in a simila sense, Ep. 82, 2, an ei, p. 32, 3; esenb has
ΜaXimae . . pueri Ciceronis. the largest hare in his orco reconciliation
belong to the oun Cicero,' .e to theyounge Quintus Who Was noWa years oldprobably. p. Ad Att. 5. 2o, . O the genitive ' pueri. cp. Madv. 28 I, Obs. II. Quod, to hic effect Madv. et a C. Ia. Est magnum . . ingenium, thenatur of the out is powerfui ' or vigor-ous indeed, ut variable. Forcell. ives varium, duplex, inconstans a synonymssor multiplex, in a simila passage Onthe orderis the words, p. Madv. 489 b. I 6.maritimas, O the se coast. 17. Nequam, ' Orthless Dicaearchi. Dicaearchus, o Messene in Sicily, was a Peripatetic philosopher, pupilo Aristolle, an contemporar of heophrastus. e a id much attention to geography. Polybius and Strabo cp. Strab. a. Io 3. 7o criticiete his statement onthis subjeci. Cicero mentions him a preferring the practica to the contemplativellis Ep. IO, 3. Tabulis, probabi ' maph Wit a playon iis ether meaning account books.' 18. Credidi, lave credit for the state-ment, 'belleve itis thei authority. Cp. Ep. 8, Ioa Zumpti. G. I 2. Multis nominibus, o many grounds Cp. Ad Fam. 2. I, nomine neglegen
In Trophoniana . . narratione, ar
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PARTHI. Graecos in eo reprehendit, quod mare tantum Secuti Sunt, nec ullum in Peloponneso locum excipit. Cum mihi auctor placeret
etenim erat ἱστορικώτατος et ViXerat in PeloponneSO- admirabar
tamen et vi adcredens communicavi cum DionySio; atque S primo est commotus, deinde, quod de isto Dicaearcho non minus ne existumabat quam tu de C. Vestorio, ego de M. CluVio, non dubitabat quin ei crederemus Arcadiae censebat SSe Lepreon quoddam maritimum Tenea autem et Aliphera et Tritia
νεοκτιστα ei Videbantur, idque τοὶ τῶν νεῶν καταλογου confirmabat,
io ubi mentio non fit istorum. Itaque istum ego locum totidem verbis a Dicaearcho transtuli Phliasios autem dici Sciebam, et ita ac ut habeas; nos quidem sic habemus. Sed primo me
parently in a dialogue o narrative bout thecave o Trophonius, in hic Chaeron as
a. Locum . his Wordaeem to have been omitte in alter' editio by an error of the press relli and wesenb infert it ἱστορικώτατος, 'most earne In history. Plutarch, Themist. 3, se theword in the sense of historicat; in classical Gree it ould ather mean mos Inquisitive. Ad credens, credens, both neut.
Cum Dionysio. Dionysius Was Cicero siseedman heris the o. Ep. 28, 9 note. 6. De C. Vestorio Vestorius as abanker a Puteoli, osten mentione in theletters of Book 4 to Atticus, an onfriendi ternas both wit the larier and with
Μ. Cluvio Cluvius Was another moneylende a Puteoli, os hic the old amewas Dicaearchia Boot. p. mitti' Dict. o Geogr. a. 78. Cicero compares the credit due to Dicaearchus o geographywit that due to these bankers in money
, Arcadiae. maritimum, he Prob. Dionysius thought that a place called L preon, o the coast, belonge to Arcadia The Lepreon o the order os lis and Messenia may have stood o the se mearly times, and had been a member of the Arcadian consederacy. P. Paus. 5. 5. 3. 8. Tenec was in the territory si
on the Commonwealth. Cp. De Rep. a. 4, 8 Atticus ad criticiete the accurac of the statement, apparently Cicer notices simila criticismin another potnt Ad Att. 6. I, 8 The statement hic Cicero herereporis fro Dicaearchus o sto Dionysius must have been curious he argumenthom Lepreon implies that the statement of Dicaearchus would have been justifie is the Arcadian confederacyiadaad a single ea- portu se the anxiet o Dionysius to dis- prove the antiquit o Tenea an ither places, would shew that the existence of single inland cit in a consederacy'acheldiata to the sweepinx assertion o Dicaearchus, in ,hic, case the existence os Tegea and Mantinea, to et mo sarther, might seem sussicient to disprove it hewhole discussio illustrates the inadequacyof the materiat at the disposa os ancient
Phliasios . . habemus, Iano that the eople o Phlius are calle Phliasii, and do ou correct our copy accordingly ita iacis habeas, p. orcell. mine satready corrected. II. Sed primo . . Σιπουντιοι, but
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ratione et continentia video tum id magi sacereS, Si adesses.
Atque hoc oro, quod egi e Idibus Februarii Laodiceae ad Kal.
Maias omnium dioecesium praeter Ciliciae, mirabilia quaedam effecimum ita multae civitates omni aere alieno liberatae, multae valde levatae sunt omnes suis legibus et iudicii USae, αυτονομίαν 5 adeptae, reViXerunt. His ego duobus generibus acultatem ad se aere alieno liberandas aut levandas dedi uno, quod omnino nullus in imperio meo sumptus actus est-nullum cum dico, non loquor περβολικ-- nullus, inquam, ne teruncius quidem. Hac autem re incredibile est quantum civitates emerserint. Accessit io altera. Mira erant in civitatibus ipsorum surta Graecorum, quae magistratu sui fecerant quaeSivi ipse de iis, qui annis decem proXimi magistratum gesserant aperte latebantur. Itaque Sine
ulla ignominia suis humeris pecunias populis rettulerunt populi autem nullo gemitu publicanis, quibus hoc ipso lustro nihil sol is Uerant, etiam superioris lustri reliqua reddiderunt itaque publicanis in oculis sumus. Gratis ' inqui viris i Sensimus. Iam cetera iuris dictio nec imperita et clemens cum admirabili facilitate oditus autem ad me minime provinciales nihil per cubi-2. Hoc foro, at this session, homFeb. I 3 toma I. 3. Praeter Ciliciae, exceptis Cilicia proper. Praeter is sed adverbially. p. Madv. 72, iii Obs. 2.5. Omnes . . re vixerunt, ali eingallowed theiriwn laws and couris, and Ohavin regaliae a in os independence, have recovere much strength. Cp. Ad Att. 6. I, ID illud, in quo sibi libertatem censent Graeci datam ut Graeci inter se disceptent suis legibus. This reedom id not exempt rom obedience to the command of the Roma governor aut allowed the cities to se theiriwn, o Roman laWs for thei domestic flairs Cp. A W Zumpi C. E. 2. 56, 57. 6. His . . duobus generibus, in the two potiat Pisit nommention. 8. In imperio meo, during my O-vernment.' Cp. Ep. 36, 5. Ole.
9. Ha . . re, by this circumstance,
IO. Accessit altera, sci res. The con
expect ' alter, corresponding uno.'II. Ipsorum furta . . fecerant, peculations of the Greeks themselves I mean Ofthei magistrates. Ipsorum, opposed tolli Roman Ossicers. I 2. Annis decem proximis o the ablat. cp. Madv. 276.14. Ignominia, expOSure. Suis humeris, of their W accord Boot. e quotes pro Milon. 9, 5 Pro Flacco 37, 94. ut hos passages ather suggest 'fro their Wn resOUrces, i. e. without borro ing, as r. Jeans under- stand the phrase.'I6. Reliqua, the arrears. Cp ip. 37, 3.
I9. Provinciales, suchos ad been usual in the province cp. ac Ann. 5. 3I , here a foretgn prince asks for his
brother, ne . . Complexu provincias obtinentium arceretur foribusve eorum adsis
Nihil per cubicularium, no ne need applyrio a chamberlatia in orde to et an audience, supp. ' agebatur.
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DPARTHI.cularium; ante lucem inambulabam domi, ut olim candidatus. Grata haec et magna mihique nondum laboriosa ex illa vetere
militia. Nonis Maiis in Ciliciam cogitabam; ibi cum Iunium
menSem consumpsisSem-atque utinam in pace magnum enim 5 bellum impendet a Parthis , Quinctilem in aeditu ponere annuae enim mihi operae a. d. III Kal. Sextil. emerentum magna autem in spe sum mihi nihil temporis prorogatum iri Habebam acta urbana usque ad Nonas Martias, e quibus intellegebam Curionis nostri constantia omnia potius actum iri quam de pro- Io vinciis ergo, ut Spero, propediem te videbo. Venio ad Brutum 7 tuum, immo nostrum Sic enim mavix equidem omnia laci, quae potui aut in mea provincia perficere aut in regno Xperiri. Omni igitur modo egi cum rege et ago quotidie, per litteras scilicet; ipsum enim triduum quadriduumve mecum habui turbulentis ini rebus, quibus eum liberavi. Sed et tum praesens et Postea cre
berrumis litteris non destiti rogare et petere mea cauSa, Suadere et hortari sua multum profeci, Sed quantum, non Plane, quia longe absum, scio. Salaminio autem -ho enim Poteram coer-
a. Grata haec . . militia, these acts of condescensio are popular an highlyualued, and y old service a an advocate an politician has thus sar revente mybeing annoyed by performing them.'3. Ibi cum On the position D cum cp. Μadv. 465 . 5. In reditu ponere, to occup Julywit m journe home, i.e Wit m returnio the wester fronti er of the province, probably. For e presenti remarks thathis ea expirexones ut 3O.
6. Annuae . . Perae . . emerentur,
8. Acta urbana D see Ep. IO, O, Ole, o P. I 8. 9. Curionis . . constantia. Curio ap
parenti ha already eguia to insis that Pompe shouldae deprived of his provincesis Caesar ere deprived of his Cicero oesno seem to have suspected that Caesar hadhought Curio' services. p. Mommsen . a 354 for the facis. Omnia potius . . Provinciis, stat thelast thing on hic discussion would ahe place in the senate ould e questions os provincia administration. IO Ut spero . . videbo. Cicero ad Dared that the senate might require him tosta more than a year in his province and Curio' opposition to ali discussion about the provinces ad relieve him of this
erte myset in effectin everythinc couldi m province, an in attemptin ali could in theraeighbourinckingdom.'
a. In regno, C. Ariobarzanis, in Cappadocia. Cp. Ad Att. 5. 8, I and 4 5.2O 6. I 3. Egi cum rege . . scilicet, havem ad representation to the ing, an amstili aking them-Ι mean by letter.' Perlitteras scilicet correct omni modo. Cum rege, sc Ariobarzane. I . Triduum quadriduumve onbsor three o fou days.'Turbulentis in rebus, while heremas disorde in his country. Cp. Ad Fam. I 5. 2, 4-6 Ad Att. 5. o. 6.16. Mea causa, out o consideration
I7. Sua, sor his own interest,' hichwould e promoted by his payin his
cere adduxi, ut totum nomen Scaptio vellent solvere, Sed centesimis ductis a proXum quidem syngrapha, nec Perpetuis, Sed renovatis quotannis. Numerabantur nummi noluit Scaptius.
Tu, qui ais Brutum cupere aliquid perdere λ quaternas habebat in
syngrapha. Fieri non poterat, nec Si POSSet ego Pati OSSem. Audio omnino Scaptium paenitere ; nam quod Senatu conSultum esse dicebat, ut ius eX syngrapha diceretur, eo consilio lactum eSt, quod pecuniam Salaminii contra legem Gabiniam sumpserant; vetabat autem Auli te ius dici de ita sumpta pecunia decrevit igitur senatus, ut ius diceretur ex ista syngrapha. Nunc Sta os habet iuris idem, quod ceterae, nihil praecipui. Haec a me ordine acta puto me Bruto probaturum, tibi nescion Catoni certe probabo. Sed iam ad te ipSum revertor: in tandem, Attice, laudator integritatis et elegantiae nostrae,
inquit Ennius, ut equites Scaptio ad pecuniam cogendam darem, me rogare' an tu si mecum esses, qui scribis morderi te interdum, quod non simul sis, paterere me id facere, si vellem Non amplius inquit quinquaginta. Cum Spartaco minus multi primo fuerunt quid tandem isti mali in tam tenera insula non secis stosent non secissent autem cinam quid ante adventum meum
a Perpetuis; P. Ep. 36, 3, without compound interest. 3. Renovatis quotannis, probablyrccum anatocismo anniversario. See Ep. 36,
Numerabantur, Were usi bovis bepaid. See Madv. 337, Obs. I. 4, Tu sc. is es,' is it ou, or can ou defend this. oesenb has tu qui qui ais, an Manutius interpret the passagesimilarly, qui verum est id quod scribis,
Aliquid perdere, to put up ith ome
5. Fieri non poterat, payment on suo term Was impossibie.' 6. Scaptium paenitere, that Scaptius is sorrnsor his ovetousness. Nam quod . . sumpserant, for a tothe statemen that cp. p. 26, a note adecree of the senate legalized the ringingo an actio unde that bili, Panswer that the decree was assedaecause theseople of Salamis ad borrowed money m violationo the Gabinian law. That is, the Vectos the decree was to exempt the tende and the peoples of Salamis sto penalties fortendin and borro in at ali noto authorige an exceptiona rate os interest. p. Ep. 36, Ia note It appears then that he go- vernos edici fixed the rate os interest,hichcould e recovere on ali contracis hichbecam subjecis o litigation durinthis yearo ossice even is the coiitracis ad been concluded previously. 9. Auli, c. Gabinii. Io. Nunc ista habet . . praecipui: p. Ep. 36, 2 note HI a. Nescio, sc. an probaturus sim. n probare' ith acc. and dat. cp. Madv. a a, Obs. I. I 4. legantiae, propriety, purity. Cp. Pro Sun. 28 79.16. Inquit eseiab has ut inquit. I 7. Morderi, are torment ed. Cp. Tusc. Disp. 3. 34, a. I9. Cum Spartaco supp. and et hedi mischie enough. The number of the origina solio ers of Spartacus is varioustygiven. Florus, 3. o supporis Cicero. 2o. Tenera, unWarlike,' esseminate. 2I. Non fecissent autem, do I say
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non secerunt Inclusum in curia senatum habuerunt Salaminium ita multos dies, ut interierint non nulli fame erat enim Praefectus Appi Scaptius et habebat turmas ab Appio. Id me igitur
tu, cuius mehercule os mihi ante oculos solet versari, cum de aliquo ossicio ac laude cogito, tu me, inquam, rogaS, Praesectu ut Scaptius siti Alias hoc statueramus, ut negotiatorem neminem, idque Bruto probaveramus. Habeat i turmas p cur potius quam cohortes sumptu iam nepos evadit Scaptius Volunt' inquit principes. Scio nam ad me Ephesum usque venerunt entesque equitum Scelera et miserias suas detulerunt itaque statim dedi litteras, ut e Cypro equites ante certam diem decederent, ob eamque causam, tum ob ceteras Salaminii nos in caelum decretis suis sustulerunt Sed iam quid opus equitati solvunt enim Salaminii nisi sorte id volumus armis emcere, ut aenu Squaternis centesimis ducant. Et ego audebo legere umquam aut
attingere eos libros, quos tu dilaudas, si tale quid fecero Nimis,
nimis, inquam, in isto Brutum amasti, dulcissime Attice, nos vereor ne parum Atque haec scripsi ego ad Brutum scripsisset ad me Cognosce nunc cetera Pro Appio nos hic omnia 10 isacimus, honeste tamen, sed plane libenter; nec enim ipsum odimus et Brutum amamus, et Pompeius mirifice a me conten-
I. Inclusum . . habuerunt: P. p. 36, 3, note so the construction.
. De aliquo officio ac laude, a ut anythin right and honourabie.'5. Praefectus. In the provinces a militar ossice seems toae denote by this titie.
CP Ep. 7, 3 note praefectura. 6. Alias, at another time,' previously. Neminem, sc praesectum faceremus.
8. Sumptu . . Scaptius, Scaptius is be- coming quite extravagant in his expenditure,' ironical He ould probabi offer o pay the troops placed at his disposal, an cavatrywouldae more expensive than infantry. Volunt . . principes, the obles os Salamis it have it so 'ae Scaptius says.'9. Scio, no doubtr ironicat. Ia ob eamque causam tum ob ceteras, and both so that reason an sorothers. The combination que and tum ' is curiΟUS.I3. Solvunt, Mare ready to Pay. Cp. Madv. 339, ObSS.I5. t admirantis; and shal thenventure.' p. Ad Att. 7. 23. I et non
omnes nostra corpora Opponimus.'
Cicero reser totis tremise De Re publica. Dilaudas, valle vel valde laudas.' For-
celi. I seem onlyrio occur here. I 8. Ne parum, scit amaverimus.
Haec scripsi, foll. s Cp. EP. I . I, as illustratin Cicero's anxiet to have his
services mentione in a similar case. I9. Cetera, What eis have Ut say.'Pro Appio : p. Epp. 37 a P 35 I and 5, notes Rein, Crim. R. 564 733. Appius ha been accused of ambitus ' and of
maiestas, and seem to have been ac-
Nec enim . . et CP Ep. 6, 4, note. 2I. Brutum M. Brutus Was son-in-la
io Appius Cp. Ep. 37, 2, note. Contendit, exerte himself muta toobtaincit. Forcell. common se of the word in Cicero's writings.
vp. 39. EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES XV. 5. et 65dit, quem mehercule plus plusque in dies diligo C. Caelium
quaeStorem huc venire audisti. Nescio quid sit; sed Pammenia illa mihi non placent. Ego me spero Atheni fore menS Septembri. Tuorum itinerum tempora Scire Sane elim. Ευήθειαν
Sempronii Rufi cognovi ex epistola Corcyraeaa quid quaeris' in svideo potentiae Vestorii Cupiebam etiam nunc plura garrire, Sed lucet urget turba, festinat Philogenes. Valebis igitur et valere Piliam et Caeciliam nostram iubebis litteris et salvebis a meo
39. M. CATO TO CICERO AD FAM XV. ).
1. On public an on private ground althe Precogniged with pleasure in the senatethe merit and successis your administration et The sorm hicli, approva tookWas in m judgmen that mos honourable o ou is o preser that hic themajorit os the senate adopted Pam glad; ut his compliment illiso necessarilybe sollowed by a triumph, nor is a triumph reatly the ictes distinction. 3. Myregard sorso induces me to express m view at greate tengi than Sual.
I. Quem . . diligo. Pompe Was no
preparinisor his impendin struggie ith
politica bearing. C. Caelium C. Caelius Caldus ent Out o serve a quaestor in Cilicia under Cicero, and the lalter asterward les hi in charge of the province, notwith standin hisyouth and om defecis of character. P. Ep. 42, 3 and 4.
2. Quaestorem . . venire, is comingas quaestor. Cp. Madv. 22o. e Wasprobabi one of the quaestor for 5I-5 B.C. No very definite ut seem to have obtainedas to the successionis quaestor in the provinces C. Cassius remaine more than a
year in Syria aster Crassus death. p. Inu. to Pari II, DI 6. Nescio, quid sit, I domo knowwhatto mahe of this assair, referring to ha sol-lOws. Ool. eseiab. punctuates audisti: nescio quid sit; sed . Sed Pammenia . . non placent, but
Att. 5. 2Ο, Io Pammenes a perhaps
wardis protege of Atticus o Cicero, Whose Propert was endangered by a law-suit. Gree orator o writer of the nam is mentione Brut 97, 332 Orat. O IODas a contemporar os Cicero. . Tuorum itinerum tempora. the probabie dates of our ourneys. Cicerowishedri meet Atticus o his Wn Way to
below, and p. 34. I, o more Particularsabout Rufus.
5. Corcyraea Atticus had visite Corcyra on his vrio Epirus, apparently Cp.
Cicero ad been a Puteoli, o his a toassume the overnment of Cilicia, usus had avoided him, though unde considerable obligation to im Cicero supposed thath feare to meet estorius, and there re avoide publicity, and ironicali says that he nutes Vestorius the power hic couldfrighte Rusus into discourteSy. 7. Turba, the crow os clients and petitioners. Valebis . . iubebis . . salvebis sui. indic sor imperat. cp. Madv. 384 Obs. 8. illam : P. EP. 3I, 7. Caeciliam. Caecilia, more osten called Attica was aughter of Atticus. Cp. p. II7 8, note.