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M. CATO S. D. M. CICERONI IMP.

Quod et res publica me et nostra amicitia hortatur, libenter' facio, ut tuam virtutem, innocentiam, diligentiam cognitam in maximii rebus domi togati, armati doris pari industria administrare gaudeam itaque, quod pro meo iudicio sacere potui,

ut innocentia consilioque tuo defensam provinciam, SerVatum Ariobarganis cum ipso rege regnum, sociorum reVocatam ad StU-dium imperii nostri voluntatem sententia mea et decreto laudarem, feci. Supplicationem iecretam. si tu, qua in re nihil a

sortuito, sed summa tua ratione et continentia rei publicae pro-xo visum est, dis immortalibus gratulari nos quam tibi referre acceptum mavis, gaudeo quod si triumphi praerogativam putas supplicationem et idcirco casum potius quam te laudari mavis, neque supplicationem sequitur semper triumphus et triumpho

I. Quod illi hortatur. Cp. p. 38,

a. Facio, ut . . gaudeam : P. EP. 30,

5, note.

Cognitam . . togati, proved in the ostcritica event of ou domestic administration. Cp. ' cedant arma togae in Cicero'spoem n his consulfhip. The togar asthe res usualty or a Rome, a theemblem os domestic administration the sagum, o militar cloak of war. 3. Armati foris These Word refer tothe overnment of Cilicia lone, o Ciceroha neve hel a militar command abroadhelare his proconsulate. Cato is comparing Cicero's ovemment os a province it his consulfhip, ut the order of the word is rather harsh. Administrare. The S. has rud- ministrari. which, o ever feem hardlyeve to e sed in the sense of adhiberi. whic it must ea here. p. hoWeVer,

Cicero de Domo Sua 27, 7 I; Nagelsbach

II 4, 3I3. For administrare as a Meuter Verb, p. Sall. Iug. 24 Caes. Beli. Gall. 4. 29 4. Pro meo iudicio, in accordance wit m conviction, conscientiously. 5. Ut . . laudarem. Cato ad pro- posed a complimentar vote in Cicero's honour,aut notis forma supplicatio. Defensam. Contra metum Parthici belli. manui. Cp. Ad Fam. 5. 4, 4. 6. Ariobarzanisci P. Intr. to Pari I, Io Besides the services there mentioned,

Cicero induced the powersu high pries of

Sociorum . . voluntatem, that thehearis of our allies have been won hac to acheersu acquiescence in ur ule. 7. Sententia mea et decreto, myspeech and vote, ,hen our Services erediscussed in the senate. ' Decernere is sed

of the individua senator a Wellos os thewhole Ody. p. In Cat. 4. 5, et supplicationem mihi decrevit. 8. Qua in re . . provisum est, Supplyin the firs clauses factum fro- provisum an in the secon or meaning ali stom nihil. Stipfie. O the Zeugma, P. Madv. 478, Obs. 4.IO. Gratulari, grates ingere. For- celi. Tibi referre acceptum, c. id quod provisum est. Mosm.

D. Praerogativam, the necessar pre-

liminary,' hic a triumphisil solio assuret a the ther centuries do the vote of the first. For this metaphorica sense of praerogativa Cp. In Verr Act. I. 9, 26.

Ia. t idcirco . . mavis, and there-

cati, was addressed. I 3. Neque . . et . . iudicare, I remarhthat a thanksgiviniis no always sollowed by a triumph, and that a declaration os the

ΕΡ. o. EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES XV. 6. 267

multo clarius est senatum iudicare potius mansuetudine et innocentia imperatoris provinciam quam vi militum aut benignitate

deorum retentam atque conserUatam eSSeri quod ego mea Sententia

censebam. Atque haec ego idcirco ad te contra consuetudinem meam pluribus scripsi, ut, quod maXime volo, existimes me labo srare, ut tibi persuadeam me et voluisse de tua maiestate, quod amplissimum sim arbitratus, et, quod tu maluisti, actum Sse gaudere. Vale et nos dilige et instituto itinere severitatem diligentiamque sociis et rei publicae Praesta.

I. I value our approbation mos hiOly, and is there ere severa Cato in the ' Commonwealth should see sor no further recognitio os, Services am forrnyo were o convince by the ground allege in m previous lette to justisym demand of a triumph ut Phope that is the senate granis me oneIou ill harem pleaSure at the decision.

M. CICERO S. D. M. CATONI. 1 laetus sum laudari me inquit Hector, opinor apud NaeVium, io abs te, pater, a laudato viro : ea est enim prosecto iucunda laus,

quae ab iis proficiscitur, qui ipsi in laude ViXerunt. Ego vero vel

senate, soli. O neque . . et ep. Ep. 6, 4, p. 45, note, and o the omissioni Mord mean- in remar that,' p. Promuren. 7, 5 sin autem sunt amplae et honestae familiae plebeiae, et proavus L. Murenae et avus praetor fuit. 4. Contra consuetudinem . . Pluribus, at sonae tengili contraryrio my usual practice. 6. Voluisse . . arbitratus, supported that measure, With regar to the honour tobe aid ou, hic I thought would ringyo mos distinction. This sense of velle is illustra ted by the sor in hic a lawwas submittexto theseoples velitis iubeatis

Quirites, etc. O the ood o sim, P. EP. 3. 3, note quod vererere. 7. t quod tu . . audere, and et that Damala the ourseso preserre Wasadopted. Et almost, sed. Cp. Ep. 38.

5. I 2, 7. illiner o Tusc. Disp. 4 3I, 67. says that the word forma trochai tetra

meter Catalectic.

ut opinor domo expres uncertainty. ut the unim portance of the fac in question. Cp. Ad Fam. 3. 6, 3 diebus qui tibi . . lege, ut opinor, Cornelia constituti essent.'Man. thinks that Cicero affect ignorance,s a noto seem a habitua reade os poetry. II. In laude, Willi credit. Cp. In Verr. Aet. I. 7, 5 esse in laude.

Ego vero, emphatic. p. adv. 8a and 454 for ' vero. certainly. Vel gratulatione . . dictae, both by the congratulatio of our lette and the

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PARTHI. gratulatione litterarum tuarum vel testimoniis sententiae dictae nihil est quod me non adsecutum putem idque mihi cum ampliS-

Simum, tum gratissimum est, te libenter amicitiae dedisse, quod liquido veritati dares. Et, si non modo omneS, Verum etiam multi Catones essent in civitate nostra, in qua Unum XStitiSSemirabile est, quem ego currum aut quam lauream cum tua laudatione conserrem p nam ad meum sensum et ad illud sincerum ac subtile iudicium nihil potest esse laudabilius quam ea tua ratio, quae est ad me perscripta a meis necessariis. Sed causam meae I Uoluntatis, non enim dicam cupiditatis, exposui tibi superioribus litteris, quae etiamsi parum iusta tibi visa est, hanc tamen habet

rationem, non ut nimis concupiscendus honos, Sed tamen, Si deseratur a Senatu, minime Spernandus eSSe ideatur. Pero autem illum ordinem pro meis ob rem publicam susceptis laborii bus me non indignum honore, usitato praeSertim, XiStimaturum.

Quod si ita erit, tantum e te peto, quod amiciSSime ScribiS, Ut, cum tuo iudicio, quod amplissimum esse arbitraris, mihi tribueris,

testimon of our opinion expresse in thesenate O the ablatives, P. Epp. 26, 9;37 a notes and With the genitives, Ep. 5,a, aliquod testimonium tuae vocis 2. Nihil est . . putem, 'thin I have obtained ever possibi honour. The negative form ives a certain wkWardiaess O

this sentence.

3. e libenter . . dares, that latend-sti made ou ake leasure in hat ougranted ithou hesitation to truth. Forthis sense of liquido, p. Supsse, an In Verr. 2 Act. 4. 56, 2 confirmare hoc liquido, iudices, possum. The Ord con lain a light expression os discontent, Joupralsed me no more than the facts constratn-ed o to do.' o Atticus 7 2, 7 Cicero is more out spoliem 'Cato . . in me turpiter sui malevolus : dedit integritatis . . mihi testimonium quod non quaerebam quod postulabam negavit.'4. Dares, conj., S Xpressin Cicero'sthoughis Cp Εp. 36, II, Ole. Si non modo . . Catones, Micra dono say ali, ut many of Our Countrymen mere Catos. 6. Currum . . lauream, the insignia os a triumph. 7. Nam ad meum . . iudicium, ac- cordin t m own Delings, O to Our re- markabl uncorrupi and refined judgment.' Illud marks omethin exceptionat.

me. Wiel and MetZg. 9. Quae est . . necessariis, has beensent mea mydriend a some tength. Thespeech was probably that referre to by Cato in the precedin letter Caelius ha writtenCicero an account of iis substance. Ad Fam.

8. II, 2. II. an . . rationem, has his rea-

sonabie round or justification. Cicerohad explaine to Cato in a revious letterthat honour conferred by the senate Mould

restore im the dignit he had heldie re his exile. p. Adiam. I 5 4, I huic meae voluntati in qua inest aliqua vis desiderii ad

sanandum volnus iniuriae. I 2. Non ut nimis . . videatur, that the honou seems ne not indee to edestred too agerly but et certaint notriobe rejecte i offered. O the position of ut, cp. Madv. 465 b, Obs. I 5. Usitato praesertim: p. Adiam.

I 5 4, I tantum ut multi nequaquam paribus rebus honores summos a senatu Conse

cuti sint.' Lentulus Spinther triumphe forsuccesses probabi not greater than Cicero's

cero' predecessor, once hopexsor a triumph

Quod amicissime scribis, what Ouwrite in the mos friendi term to a Foudi in the caseis the supplicatio.' ' P.

3 of the preceding letter.

ΕΡ. 1.I EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES VIII. 1 269

si id, quod maluero, acciderit, gaudeas: Sic enim secisse te et Sensisse et scripsisse video, reSque ipsa declarat tibi illum honorem nostrum supplicationis iucundum fuisse, quod scribendo adfuisti;

haec enim senatus consulta non ignoro ab amicissimis eius, cuius honor agitur Scribi solere. Ego, ut Spero, te propediem Videbo, satque utinam re publica meliore quam timeo l

I. No possibi achievement in Our province an recompens yo sor misSin thesight tot seen here now sor instance, the vexation o Domitius o Seein Antonyelecte augur. 2. I ear e re o the eve os civit ar Pompey illiso allo Caesar to e electe consul untes he rs gives u his command Caesar hinlis hecannot sa&Indo this unies Pompendoes the fame Lam in much doubi hic sideto talie, and so I dare Sa areaou. 3. In civit War, ne must conside the strengi aswel a the rights of the contendin parties. 4. Appius S moSt rigorou a a CenSOr, strange to Say. Unies either Pompe or Caesar ah the command against the

Parthians, a serious quarre i imminent.

CAELIUS CICERONI SAL. 1 Tanti non sui Arsacen capere et Seleuceam eXPUgnare, ut

earum rerum, quae hic geStae Sunt, Spectaculo carere : numquam

I. Sic enim . . video, se thalyour acis an seelings and the angvage of your letter expressed his pleasure. 3. Quod scribendo adfuisti, in thalyo were present he the decree grantingm a supplicatio Was rawn p.' his would she interest in Cicero' distinction.

Scribendo is the dat of the gerund Cp. Ep. 34, 5.

is dissiculto ascertain. A comparison of

about the election o Domitius a suture

with of this letter suggest that Ad

Fam 8. 2 a Written e re the letterno unde consideration. ut Ad Fam 8. I cannot have been writte belare themiddie of the ludi Circenses in September. Cp. of that letter On the theriandHirtius Caes. De Beli. Gall. 8 5o suggesis

an earlier date sor Antony' electio as augur, and what is sat in of this letterabout the Parthian war a stili going on is capabie, When compare Wit the langu age of p. 42, 3 of a simila interpretation. But the war might e meret suspended, and iis renewal probabie and o the whole a disposed to thin that the letter asperhaps writte late in September. Compare Suringae editio of the correspondence be- tween Caelius and Cicero, P. 74, an Lange,

7. Tanti non fuit . . careres, tocapture Arsaces an stor Seleucea ould no have been a sussicient compensatio formissing the sight of hat oes o here.'On the genera structure of the sentence Cp.

Arsacen a ille, apparently os thehings of the Arsaci dynasty. he ameo the actua fovereig o Parthia was Orodes. p. Intr. to Pari II, 4 9 ao; Ep. 36, 2. Seleucea a cit o Gree origin onlyseparate by the Tigris rona Ctesiphon the

Parthia capital. 8. Numquam . . doluissent . . vidi sin

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PARPII. tibi oculi doluissent, si in repulsa Domitii voltum vidisses.

Magna illa comitia suerunt et plane studia e partium SenSuapparuerunt perpauci necessitudinem secuti ossicium praestiterunt. Itaque mihi est Domitius inimicissimus, ut ne familiarem

quidem suum quemquam tam oderit quam me, atque e magiS, quod per iniuriam sibi putat arguratum ereptum, cuiu ego auctor suerim. Nunc urit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem unumque modo me studiosiorem Antonii nam Cn. Saturninum adulescentem ipse Cn. Domitius reum secit, sane quam superiore a Uitato invidiosum quod iudicium nunc in exspectatione est, etiam in bona spe, poS SeX. Peducaei absolutionem. De summa re publica saepe tibi ScripSi me annuam pacem non Videre, et quo ProPiu Se contentio, quam fieri necesse est, accedit, eo clarius id periculum apparet. PropoSitum hoc est, de quo, qui rerum Potiuntur,

again is yo ha seenio Domitius looked when deseated. Cp. Ter Phorm. 5. 9 64. L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, the consul of 54

B.C. Wa a Candidat for the place in the

college of augur vacate by the deat os in Hortensius on hic cP. P. 42, 2. Unde thes Lex Domitia, repealed by Sulla,

college ere fille a sollows candidates

were nominate eac by two augurs, and their ames submitte to eventeen tribes,

chosen by tot The candidate who obtaineda majorit of the voles Was then elected by the college of augurs Cp. Intr. to artri,

2. Magna, important. Et plane . . apparuerunt, anxit Wasclea that peopte exerte themselves for Pari Pu Oses. 3. Necessitudinem . . praestiterunt,

,ere induce by private friendshi to dis-charge thei persona obligations.' . Ut ne familiarem . . quam me, that he hates me a much a he ver haledeven one of his friends. Ironicat. 6. Per iniuriam, ecause a oungeran tes distinguished man was preferre tohim. Anton was a ' quaestorius; Domitius a ' consularis. Cuius . . fuerim, of hic he sup- poses I was the author. O the conj., P. ΕP. 9, 2, Ote O P. 72. Caelius as onintimate term Willi Curio cp. Ep. 76 I , t whose influenc Cicero ascribe Antony'selectio as augur ep. Philipp. a. 2 4 . 7. Nunc furit . . Antonii, no heis in a age at the delight peopte tali in his vexation, and that only one has heWn moregea sor Anton than I have. The inus' a probabi Curio, o perhaps Saturninus Wesenb. Cp. Philipp. a. 2, 4. O the infin and accus aster surit,' p. Madv. 397a an for the accus after gavisos, Ib. 223 c. O the abi. me,' p. p. 66, a,

note.

8. Nam introduces an illustrationis theange of L. Domitius an his family. Cn. Saturninum. n. Appuleius Saturninus a son o L. Saturninus os Atina, propraetor os Macedonia 58 B.C. e adprobabi supporte Anton in his contest; se above On l. 7. Both ather an sonare mentione in the oratio Pro Plancio 8, 9. 9. Ipse Cn. Domitius, o of the L. Domitius mentione above, and of Porcia, Cato' sister. e mugiit against Caesar at Pharsalus, an asterward joined the conspirac against his life Cp. Philipp. a. II, 27. Wesenb suggesis adolescens ipse, saying that Cn. Domitius has no been mentionedbesore Met2g. render 'ipse' in person Sane quam P. EP. 33, a note. IO. In bona spe, with good hopes sorthe defendant. II Post Sex. Peducaei absolutionem. This Peducaeus a son an namesak of a propraetor os Sicil in 75-7 B.C. Whom Cicero mentions it prais in his speechagainst Verres a Act. 4. 4, 4a . Theson seems also to have evioye Cicero'sesteem. p. pp. 48, 3; I a Caelius appears to have thought his acquitialinjust.

Ep. 1.J EPISTOLARUM AD FAMILIARES VIII. et 1

sunt dimicaturi, quod Cn. Pompeius constituit non pati C. Caesarem consulem aliter fieri, nisi Xercitum et provincias tradiderit Caesari autem persuasum Stis Salvum CSSe non POSSe, Si

ab exercitu recesserit. Fert illam tamen condicionem, ut ambo eXercitus tradant. Sic illi amores et invidiosa coniunctio non sad occultam recidit obtrectationem, sed ad bellum Se erupit; neque mearum rerum quid consilii capiam, reperio quod non

dubito, quin te quoque haec deliberatio sit perturbatura. Nam mihi cum hominibus his et gratia et neceSsitudo St: cauSama illam, non homines odi. Illud te non arbitror fugere, quin o homines in dissensione domestica debeant, quam diu civiliter Sine armis certetur, honestiorem sequi partem, ubi ad bellum et castra ventum sit, firmiorem, et id melius Statuere, quod tutius sit. In hac discordia video Cn. Pompeium Senatum qui que res iudicant secum habiturum, ad caeSarem omneS, qui scum timore aut mala Spe vivant, acceSSurOS, Xercitum conse

lquestion is. Propositum m προβλημα ap. 45, 2. a. Consulem aliter fieri, soli. see

3. Caesari . . recesserit. Caesar

mouid probabi have been prosecuted nsome charge connected with his consulfhipo provinciat overnment i he had been deprive of his officia positio even or astior time; and a Pompe was dominantat Rome his conviction Ouid probablyhave ensued. p. ommsen . 3, 349; Merivale . 55 uet. Iul. 3o. . Illam refers to ha solioWs Cp. Ep. 34 9, Ole.

5. Tradant, delive up to ossicers in potnted by the senate. Illi amores . . coniunctio, 'theirold intimac and unpopular union, referringto the combinatio of 50 B.C. an to themarriage of Pompe wit Julia. Intr. to

Non . . recidit . . sed . . se erupit,

Quod non dubito, a to hic I

Causam illam . . odi, while I ate Caesar' cause, butio his supporters. Onthe omission os an adversative, p. Εp. 36,

II. Civiliter, Mith constitutionat we

I 4. Quique res iudicant. Manutius explain these ord of the udges, howere taken rom the wealthy or middie classes. Pompe had in his secon consulis Ship. 55 .α, nacte a laway hic the tribunal were reconstituted, and Cicero Ep.

account sor Caesar' unWillingnes to standa triat.16. Exercitum conferendum non esse, that there is no comparison belweenthei armies, Caesar' bein much the est. I cannot agre With r. Jeans in thinhingthis a strange admission sor Caelius to make, and the event uret prove the superior qualit os Caesar' trOOPs.

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PARTII. 27 arendum non esse. omnino satis spatii est ad considerandas utriusque copias et eligendam partem. Prope oblitus sum, quod

maxime sui scribendum: scis Appium censorem hic ostenta saceres de signis et tabulis, de agri modo, de aere alieno acer-s rime agere persuasum est ei censuram lomentum aut nitrum esses errare mihi videtur; nam dum Sordes eluere Volt, Venas sibi omnes et viscera aperit. Curre, per deos atque homines let. quam primum haec risum veni, legis Scantiniae iudicium apud Drusum fieri, Appium de tabulis et signis agere credero mihi est properandum. Curio noster sapienter id, quod remisit de stipendio Pompeii fecisse eXistimatur. Ad Summam, quaeriS, quid putem suturum si alteruter eorum ad Parthicum bellum non eat, video magnas impendere discordias, quas serrum et vis nudicabit uterque et animo et copiis est paratus sine tuo peri-

I. Ad . . . eligendam partem, sorctoosing one' fide. 3. Fuit scribendum: Πλ. p. 38. a,

note.

ostenta facere, is ste in a Porten- tous activity.'4. De signis . . agere, is malimgthe strictest enquir a to the number of statues an pictures me have, and the

censoria potestas Would nable Appius to Censure extravagant expenditur On orkso art. A to the extent os lande property, perhapsae trieda put in force again the law of Ti. Gracchus, hic his grand-satheriad co-operated in passing. in to the debis, a Lex Sulpicia os 88 B.C. provided that o senator hould e in eb to the amount os more thala oo denarii, o Pain, I presume, of expulsion This lasma nothave been repealed like the res of thos of Sulpicius, o may have been replaced by simila one. p. Plut Sulla, 8. In ali thesecases the censor ould probabi have thepower of stigmatiging or degrading theguilly. .

5. Persuasum . . nitrum esse, he is

persuade that his censorshi Willoc assoamor nitrerio cleanse his character Lomentum Was a mixture Os bean-meat an rice, sed to leans and mooth the

face. Forcell. 6. Errare . . aperit, I hin he akesa mistake, sor in his anxiet to was ossdiri e pens his ein an his flesh,' .e. exposes himselsa attach. 8. Legis Scantiniae. The nam is somelimes ive a Scatinia. The date os this la is uncertain. It was directe ' in eos qui nefanda Venere uterentur, an is mentione by Juvenal Sat. a. 44 , Dd, accOrdin to ne reading, by Cicero Philipp. 3 6 I 6 . 9. Apud Drusum This Drusus, clearly

an abandoned man was probabi the sameas the one mentionedip. 28, 9 q. V. Appium . . agere. Appius may have appropriated severat Work of ar a governoror ossice in the provinces Cp. ΕP. 32, 2 De Domo 43 III. IO. Quod remisit . . ompeii, in Withdrawing his objection to a vote in thepanos Pompey's troops. millerb. . II. Ad summam, in Word α breviter. Forcell. I a. orum, Pompeii et Caesaris. Non eat, pres in ut sense. P. Ep. 6, I, note, and Madv. 347 b. I 3. Video. I seem to have been suggeste a a compromise that ither Caesaror Pompe should ake the command against the arthians, and so spare the CommoIi-wealth the anger threatene by theirrivalr in Italy. ut the contro os assairsat Rome a no maint in Pompey's hands i he had gone to theias he would have relinquished that controi is he hadallowed Caesar to go, the alter Would have been secure against prosecutio for ometime, and would have ad opportunities facquirinidistinction, wealth, an influential

connections.

Diiudicabit. esenb thinks the addition o di needless, an refers to Ad Att. I 5, 25 casus consilium nostri itineris iudicabit.

culo fieri posset, magnum et iucundum tibi Fortuna spectaculum

parabat.

I. I Was ather Surprisexto hea that my aughter ad engage herseis to Dolabella, it her mother' approvat Ioad thought o Ti. ero. a. hy id oumali a present os cor to the Atheniani Lam ureaou har m regre at the deatho Hortensius. 3. Phave est Caelius in charge of m province I anticipale our criticisms, but could do no etter. To have lest y brother ould have provoked cenSure, and there seems no ange of War. 4. Pompe an Caesar have both made more extraordinar appotniments. I hope ou ill support y laim to atriumPh.

CICERO ATTICO SAL. Ego, dum in provincia omnibus rebus Appium orno, subito Sum actus accusatoris eius socer. Id quidem ' inqui di adprobenti Ita velim, teque ita cupere certo scio; sed crede mihi, nihil minus putaram ego, qui de Ti. Nerone, qui mecum egerat, certos homines ad mulieres miseram, qui Romam Venerunt factis sponsalibus. Sed hoc spero melius mulieres quidem valde intellego delectari obsequio et comitate adulescentis cetera nolia ξακανθιζειν. Sed heus tu, πυρους ς δῆμον Athenis' placet hoc o

tibi ρ etsi non impediebant me certe libri non enim ista largitio

3. 2, 4. 3. Omnibus rebus . . orno, do ali Ican to suppor his credit. Cp. Epp. 35 I 38, Io, noteS. 4. Accusatoris . . Dolabella accused

Appius. p. p. 35 l. c. e married Tullia, illi her mother' approvat, hile Cicero a negotiating Withai Nero, fallier of the emperor Tiberius.

6. Qui . . miseram. Madvig Adv. Crit. II. 236 says si sic sententias Cicero VinXisset, scripsisset sine dubio: qui etiam de Ti. Nerone miserim.' ' Puto fuisse, egos quin de Ti. Neror e miseram.'De i Nerone v sup Cicero had agood opinionis Ti. Nero cp. Ad Fam. 3. 6 , I , ho after Caesar' deati opposed Augustus in the war o Perusiari scape to Sextus Pompeius in Sicily, and asterwardsto Anton in Greece returne to Ome, and at Augustus request, divorce thelatur empress Livia. Cp. Suet Tib. 4 Tac. Ann. I, IO 6 5 I. 7. Mulieres. Terentia an Tullia re

meant.

8. Sponsalibus, 'heletrothal. It was a contraci, ostentu not alWays made besore marriage, and iis fulfilment couldimensorcedat law. p. Smilli' Dici of Antiq. p. 7 I, sub voc. matrimonium. 9. Adulescentis, C. Dolibellae. Cetera . . ἐξακανθίζειν, to puli ut at the thoms i. e. faulis , hic deface his character in ther respecis. Boot. The Gree word is found in Theophrastus. Io πυρου . . Athenis, Sc. διαδιδρει. Cicero a first censures his friend's bellaviour,as an instance of largitio frumentaria, aut Correct himself, remembering that Atticus was noto citigera os Athens, ut ni onhospitabie term with it people. p. sorthe facts Appendix 3. I, an Corn. Nepos, Atticus 2 6. II. Et si non . . libri, though it asno violationis the precept of m Wor onthe Common easth. CP. p. 38, 9 LOS libros quos tu dilaudas. Largitio . . liberalitas These Wordsare contrasted De Orat. 2. 25, IO5.

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sui in cives, sed in hospites liberalitas. Me tamen de Acade

miae προπύλω iubes cogitare, cum iam Appius de Eleusine non cogites De Hortensio te certo scio dolere, equidem Xcrucior decreram enim cum eo valde familiariter vivere Nos provinciae 35 praesecimus Caelium: puerum' inquies et fortasse saluum et non gravem et non continentem. Adsentior fieri non potuit aliter. Nam quas multo ante tuas acceperam litteras, in quibus ἐπέχειν te scripseras, quid esset mihi iaciendum de relinquendo, eae me pungebant videbam enim, quae tibi esSent οχῆς cauSae, Io et erant eaedem mihi : puero traderes fratri autemst illud non

utile nobis; nam praeter fratrem nemo erat, quem Sine contumelia quaestori, nobili praesertim, anteferrem. Tamen, dum impendere Parthi videbantur, statueram fratrem relinquere aut etiam rei publicae causa contra senatus OnSultum PS remanere,

is qui posteaquam incredibili felicitate discesserunt, sublata dubitatio est. Videbam sermones: hui, fratrem reliquit num est hoc non plus annum obtinere provinciam quid, quod Senatus eo Voluit praeesse provinciis, qui non praefuissent' at hic

triennium. Ergo haec ad populum. Quid, quae tecum Num 4

qui te classicat. Cicero thought of uildinga porch in the Academ at Athens, an Appius of doing the fame taleusis. Cum, although. Cicero means that

one reason for such an expenditure- Wish

to rival Appius-had been removed. 3. De Hortensio. M. Caelius ad written Ad Fam 8. I 3, 2 that that great orator as a the oint of eath. Cicero heard of his deat a Rhodes Brut. I, I . s. Caelium: p. EP. 38 IO. Fortasse, minuendi vim habet Boot. Cp. Ep. 7o a and 6 I may be.

9. Erro χῆ s. 'Errox was a technical term sed by ome of the Sceptica philosophers, solio ers of Pyrrhon, for the suspensionis judgment,' hic the considered the prope frame of in in alter os speculation. p. Diog. Laert. 9, Io 7 and Ritte and Preller' note o that passage in their Histor os Philosophy, P. Ma.

Fratri autem, should I preser mybrother Τ Boot remarks that autem Issaid cum aliqua indignatione, ut Gr. δη.

Illud, the lalter. II. Nam introduces a suggestion hichis to e dismissed 'mo ther ourse Wasopen, sor. Cp. Ep. 26, 2, Ole. Sine contumelia Pomptinus ha test Cicero, and i does not appea that an of his other legates ad hel an magistracy, O that it,ould e a stio to his quaestor toprese any one os them to him. I . Senatus consultum: p. Ep. 37, 3, note also belo in this section. I 5. Incredibili felicitate, by a re- markabie iece of good fortune. O theabl., P. p. 26, 9 note Cicero as un-willingo admit the diplomati succes of Bibulus, ho omente a quarret etween Pacorus an his ather, Orodes. p. Dion Cassius o, o and sor Cicero' jealousyos Bibulus, Ad Att. 6. 8, 5 7 2, 7. I 6. Videbam sermones, sam halpeople ould say. Video in praevideo.'

qualified by ossice ho had notae governed provinces. Cp. Ep. 34, 8, note. At hic triennium, sc Asiae praesuit. Quintus Cicero Overne Asia sor three years Cp. Ad in F. I. I, 2 and 46. I9. Haec ad populum, these reasons

canetive to the publices

quam essem Sine cura, Si quid iracundius aut contumeliosius

aut neglegentius, quae ser vita hominum. Quid, si quid filius puer et puer bene sibi fident qui esset dolori quem pater non

dimittebat teque id censere moleste serebat. At nunc Caelius, non dico equidem quid egerit, sed tamen multo minus laboro. 5Adde illud Pompeius, eo robore vir, iis radicibus, Q. CaSSium sine sorte delegit, Caesar Antonium ; ego sorte datum offenderem, ut etiam inquireret in eum, quem reliquissem' Hoc melius, et huius rei plura exempla, senectuti quidem noStrae prosecto aptiuS. At te apud eum, di boni quanta in gratia posui, eique legio olitteras non tuas, sed librarii tui. Amicorum litterae me ad triumphum vocant, rem a nobis, ut ego arbitror, Propter hanc

ποιγγενεσίαν nOStram non neglegendam qua re tu quoque, mi

Attice, incipe id cupere, quo nos minutinepti Videamur.

Quae tecum, sc. proferam. I. Si quid . . neglegentius, in case

lie hould displa passion aifront people, Orneglec his duty. Cp. Ep. 5. 6. a. Quae fert vita hominum, aulis

Si quid filius, c. saceret. O theellipse, p. adv. 479 c. Filius, theyounge Quintus. 3. Non dimittebat, did or oesy no inten to endlaway. Cp. Madv. 337,

5. Non dico . . quid egerit, I dono discus his antecedents. Boot. Multo minus labor. am muchles anxious. For the misconductis Caelius, a stranger, ould not anno hi like that os his nephe .

6. o robore . . radicibus, a man

os suc poWer, and of such deeply-rooted influence. the ablat., P. P. 35, 3.7. Sine sorte, no regulari assignedio him. in Cassius a place in chargeos a province by Pompe 5I-5 B.C. Orhis subsequent history, P. p. 36, I, Ole. For Caesar' relations it Μ. Antonius, here reserre io, p. Caes. Beli. Gall. 8, 2;Cic Philipp. a. o 5o. Cicero means thath could no do ron in follo in an example se by suc eminent me a Pomm and Caesar. Ego . . Offenderem, Was I to ive 8. Ut etiam mali him actos a

my representative. F

assigne to me γ' reliquissem, 'osp an insormer ponCp. Pro Muren. 23, 47 for his se of ut, expressin result,

quirere.

9. Senectuti . . aptius, an is assur

naturali long kr Peace. II. Librarii tui. The secretar of Atticus seem to have been wit Cicero, hodictatexto him a lette in prais o Caelius. and then ea it to Caelius as having been writte by Atticus, ho, as appears homstis letter, ha in realit expresse himselfvery disserently. II. Propter hanc παλιγγενεσίαν, on account of the restoration to m political position in whiches have made some progress hanc . The Gree wor occurs, Joseph. Antiq. II. 3 9. Cicero refers maint tothe increased dignit whic his prgvincialgovernment, and the recognitio os iiis services by the senate, ould secure foraim: but parti ais to his genera position sincehis restoration rom exile. Cp. p. o 8 alterius vitae quoddam initium ordimur.

I 4. Id cupere . . Videamur, t enter

absurdus his friend share it on his bellati.

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TULLIUS S. D. TERENTIAE SUAE. Si tu et Tullia, lux nostra valetis, ego et suavissimus Cicero valemus Pr. Idus Oct. Athenas venimus, cum Sane adUerSiSVentis usi essemus tardeque et incommode navigassemus. Ne nave X euntibus nobis Acastus cum litteris praesto fuit uno et 5 Vicen Simo die sane strenue. Accepi tuas litteras, quibus intellexi te vereri ne superiores mihi redditae non OSSent: omneS sunt redditae diligentissimeque a te perscripta Sunt omnia; idque mihi gratissimum fuit. Neque sum admiratus hanc epistolam, quam Acastus attulit, brevem suisse iam enim me ipsum

X eXspectas sive nos ipsos, qui quidem quam primum ad OS Venire cupimus, etSi, in quam rem publicam veniamus, intellego cognovi enim e multorum amicorum litteris, qua attulit Acastus, ad arma rem Spectare, ut mihi, cum Uenero, disSimulare non

liceat, quid sentiam. Sed, quoniam subeunda Ortuna St, eo a citius labimus operam ut veniamus, quo Jacilius de tota re

I. u nostra: p. p. 7, 2, hereth sam term is applied to Terentia. Suavissimus Cicero. It would e

more usual to couple another substantive- e. g. puer '-with Cicero But p. p.

77, 3 mi iucundissime Cicero. In his passage Cicero is speaking of his sonMarcus Cp. Ad Fam. 4. 4, G 6.

4. Acastus A lave o Cicero, ostenmentione in his letters o Tiro an to Terentia. Also Ad Att. 6. 9 I.

Uno et vicensimo die, in t enlymne day lao Rome. 5. Sane strenue, With good speed.' Cp. Ad Att. 4. 18, I sane celeriter; and I 6 6, I strenue. Manut On another Cincasio a lette too sorty-si day to reach Athens sto Rome cp. Ad Fam. I 6 2I, I , hut tha seem to have been an unusuallylong time. Io Sive nos ipsos, or ather, us in person; that is, Pson and me. I 3. Ad arma rem spectare, that thing look oward war. Cp. Ad Fam. 4. 2, 3 consilia ad concordiam specta-

Verunt.

Ut . . non liceat. O the tense, P. Ep. 6, I, Ole, P. a. I 4. Quoniam . . fortuna est, sincewe must submitrio hat sortune has in storem us, i. e. must ruit sonae rish, as it was

impossibi to void offending ither om- penor Caesar Manut. p. De Prov. Cons. I7, excipere ortunam.'Εo citius . . deliberemus. I halleXer myset to arrive more speedily that Ima deliberate bout the whole case illi more ase. I have followed eseiab. in removing a comma aster operam. O theposition os citius,' pari froni iis verb veniamus, cp. Madv. 468.

ΕΡ. 4. EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICUM VIL 7. 27

deliberemus. Tu velim, quod commodo valetudinis tuae fiat, quam longissime poteris obviam nobis prodeas. De hereditate Preciana, quae quidem mihi magno dolor est-valde enim illum

amavi-, Sed hoc velim cures: Si auctio ante meum adventum siet, ut Pomponius aut, si is minus poterit, Camillus nostrum snegotium curet. Nos cum Salvi Venerimus, reliqua per noSagemus; sin tu iam Roma profecta eris, tamen curabi S ut hoc

ita fiat. Nos, si di adiuvabunt, circiter dus Novembres in

Italia speramus fore. Vos, mea suavissima et optatissima Terentia, Si no amatis, curate ut valeatis. Vale. Atheni a. d. io XV Kal. NOUemb.

I. Dionysius oes no seem ver gratesu sor, recommendation, ut Ι ill notretractrit a Philogenes letter o ou a quite correct . . I hope Pomptinus had n unpleagant reason sor entering Rome I expectrio eo the gales o Jan. 4 dono move at an ris to ou health. 4. I hin there ill e no opposition to mytriumph unles Caesar instruct his friend among the tribune to oppos it. I care litile abou it; speciali as I hea there is ome notion o sendinume o Sicil asstili holding the imperium. shali ho ever evade that commission d. o Say

I. Quod . . fiat, so far ascit an bedone ithout injur tofou health.'Commodo is the ablat modi. p. p. 34, 2 an quod fiat,' p. Madv. 364,

2. De hereditate Preciana. Ia yer amed Precianus is amedis a friendo Cicero, Ad am . . , , an perhapsiliis legac came rom him. For Cicero'ssentiment about legacies, p. Ad Att. 6, 9, 2 also Philipp. a. 6. Hereditates mihi negasti venire. Utinam hoc tuum crimen verum esset plures amici mei et

necessarii viverent.' . Sed, however. Resumptive, as osten,

aster a digression p. p. 23, 2, p. 72. Auctio. The properi Was probabi tobe sold for division among the creditor and

5. Pomponius, Atticus Cicero asanxious that his iis' steedman Philotimus should have nothuinto do illi the business. Cp. Ad Att. 6. 9, 2. Camillus C. Furius Camillus, a stiendos Cicero, is mentioned a bella thoroughlywel acquainted with the lamo suretyship. Cp. Ad Fam. 5. O, 3.7. Sin tu iam Roma . . fiat, but is yo have atready lest Rome when o receive this letter , tali care that this is doneas I wisti by writinxto properaeopte). Oncurabis, P. Ep. 38, IO, Ole. 8. Si di adiuvabunt. Notis common expression it Cicero.

9. Vos, Terentia an Tullia The pluralma be sed here ne person is directlyaddressed, is it be intende to includeothers. p. De Orat. I. 9, 38 Virg. Aen.

CAMPANIA DECEMBER. ur evidence sorfixing the date an place of this letter feemst be that Cicero had received DI letterseo Atticus ritte no earlier than Dec.

I 6 that he does no mention his intervieruwith Pompe o Dec. 25 on hic cp. Ad Att. 7. 8, that he was ea Trebula onDec. 9 see Ad Att. 7 3 Ia , and a Formiae

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CICERO ATTICO SAL. Dionysius, Vir optimus ut mihi quoque est perspectus, et 1 doctissimus tuique amantissimus, Romam Venit XV Kalend. Ian. et litteras a te mihi reddidit: tot enim verba sunt de Dionysio in epistola tua. Illud ' putato non adscribit et tibi gratias egit: Datqui certe ille agere debuit, et, Si Sset actum, quae tua Sthumanitas, adscripsisses. Mihi autem nulla de eo παλιν α datur propter Superioris epistolae teStimonium. Si igitur sane bonus vir hoc enim ipsum bene secit, quod mihi sui cognoscendi penitus etiam istam facultatem dedit Philogenes recte ad te aio Scripsit; curavit enim quod debuit Eum ego uti ea pecunia volui, quoad liceret itaque usus est menses XIIII. Pomptinum cupio Valere, et, quod Scribis in urbem introisse, Vereor quid sit;

I. Dionysius: p. Epp. 38, 3 65, 2. Vir optimus, probabi reserring to Cicero' recommendatio of him to Atticus. Cp. mihi quoque. Cicero id not se the wor optimus, hoWever Cp. Ad Att. 7. 4 I. Ut . . Perspectus, sor hic I also have nown him, Atticus rote. On the dative mihi, p. Madv. 25 EP. 32, 4,

. Illud ' putato. So the est S.

Boot suggest ' illud optatum,' ,hatra somuch wishexto hear. 5. Debuit Cicero as apparenti indignant that Dionysius hewedis gratitude for his recommendation. 6. Nulla . . datur, soli., I cannot retraci ha I have sat os him,aecause of the testimon borne by m previous letter.'Cp. Ad Att. 7. Dionysium . . misi ad

te . . quem quidem cognovi cum doctum tum sane Plenum ossicit . . plane virum bonum. Datur conceditur. Cicero a reconcile to Dionysius subsequently cp. Ad Att. 7. 8, ut ad again occasio toreproach him it ingratitude Ib. 8.IO . 9. Etiam istam, ' even that containedin our letter,' .e in Atticus silenc a toan expressionis gratitude by Dionysius. Recte, ' truly. The meaning of the following word is no very clear, but Ciceroseem to have placed in the hand of Philogenes Some money belongin to himself orto Atticus, it liberi to se it for ometime. p. Ad Att. 5. 3, 2. I appears that Atticus ad give Philogenes bilis onsonae mercliant in Asia. II. omptinum cupio valere. I wisti Pomptinus may be restore t health. Onthe acc. an infin aster cupio, cp. Εp. 27. I, Ole, P. I 89. Cicero seem to have heardilia his legate Pomptinus ep. p. 3I, 4, note , was ili. I a Vereor quid sit, am anxiousabout his reason for doing o. Pomptinus would naturali have alte to attend the triumphat entr of his genera Cicero, fthere as an prospect os a triumph hisentering Rome e rehand shewed that hehardi thought a triumph possibie.

Ep. 4. EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICUM VII. . et s

nam id nisi gravi de causa non secisSel. Ego, quoniam IIII Non. Ian. compitalicius dies est, nolo eo die in Albanum venire , ne molestus familiae veniam : tertio Non. Ian. igitur inde ad urbem pridie Nonas. Tua histις quem in diem incurrat, nescio, Sed prorsus te commoveri incommodo valetudinis tuae nolo. Dera honore nostro, nisi quid occulte Caesar per suos tribunos molitus erit, cetera videntur esse tranquilla tranquillissimus autem animus meus, qui totum istuc aequi boni acit, et eo magis, quod iam a multis audio constitutum esse Pompeio et eius consilio in Siciliam me mittere, quod imperium habeam. Id est 'Aβδηριτικοὶ io Nec enim Senatus decrevit nec populus iussit me imperium in Sicilia habere; sin hoc res publica ad Pompeium deseri, qui me magis quam privatum aliquem mittat itaque, si hoc imperium mihi molestum erit, utar ea porta, quam Primam videro. Iam, quod scribis mirificam Yspectationem AESSe mei neque tamen is

a Compitalicius dies. The Compitalia vere a moveable eas in honour of the Lares, celebrated speciali by the laves an dependant of different families. p. Smilli' Dici of Antiq. sub voci, ' Compitalia, p. 3 7, Albanum. The state os Pompe near Alba. From a comparison of this passage wit Ad Att. 7. 5, 3, it appears that Cicero had intended ora there IIII Non.

Ian.

3. Molestus familiae. Cuius hilaritatem die festo meus adventus interpellaret Manut. esenb has te molestus sim familiae veniam III Non. Ian. igitur. 4. ληφι s. Attack os quarta sever, a classica wOrd. 5. Te commoveri, that ou hould travet, no usual apparently without mentionis a tarting-Place. In commodo : CP Ep. 43 I, Ole. De honore, sc triumpho. 6. Nisi quid . . molitus erit, uniessCaesar shal secretly interpos sonae dissiculty by the helmo the tribunes devote to im .' Anton an in Cassius are meant. p.

Appendix 6, 4.

7. Cetera . . tranquilla, there seemst be acquiescence very here else. For- celi. 8. Qui . . aequi boni acti, whichtakes in good part whateve is done in thematter. O the genit. cp. Madv. 29 , Obs. a. Que is usuali adde to aequi boni.'The word - aequo animo patitur.' orcell. Cicero say else here that he ni destre atriumph ecause Bibulus as ager sor ne, whos services ad notaeen greater than hisown Cp. Ad Att. 6. 8, 5a . , 6 and 7. 9. Eius consilio, his ad visers. The word is more commoni used of judges actingunde a magistrate; ut p. Ep. 8, 4 anda,

notes. O the datives Pompeio . . Consilio, p. p. 278, note n l. I.

Io 'Aβδηριτικόν, otish. Cp. Ad Att. 4. 16 6 als Juvenal, at Io, o-who, Owever, refers to Democritus os Abdera in resutation os the popular re-judice Cicero states the sollowin dilemmaas to the commission proposed sor him. Isthe senate Or eopte is to provide so thegovemment of Sicily, either has named me. I Pompe is commissione to provide sor iis overnment, hymeedae senda man investex ith the imperium γ' fPompe were invested with a genera contro of the provinces, o of an os them, he might en legates to gover them honeed not necessarii be possesse of imperium ' at the time of thei appotniment. Caesar ad offere to mali Cicero his legat when the lalter a a private citigen cp. Ep. II, 3 , an Pompe had entrusted the goveminent of the Spanisli province tolegates for ome time. Cp. Intr. to Pari II,

I . Utar ea porta . . videro, I hallget id of imperium' by entering Rome by the neares gate. Cp. EP. 35 I, note notea, p. 23. I 5. X spectationem mei, anxiet to

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PARTHI. quemquam bonorum aut satis bonorum dubitare, quid acturus Sim ego, quo tu bonos esse dicas, non intellego-ipse nullos

novi-, sed ita, si ordines bonorum quaerimus. Nam Singulares sunt boni viri, verum in dissensionibus ordines bonorum et genera quaerenda sunt. Senatum bonum PutaS, Per quem Sine imperio provinciae Sunt λ-numquam enim Curio SuStinuiSSet, Si cum Oagi coeptum eSSet, quam Sententiam Senatus equi noluit, e quo factum est ut Caesari non succederetur-an publicanos' qui numquam firmi, sed nunc Caesari Sunt amicissimi ,- an aen era tore pio an agricolas inuibus optatissimum est otium, nisi 'os timere putas, ne Sub regno sint, qui id numquam, dum modo otiosi essent, recuSarunt Quid ergo exercitum retinentis, cum legis dies transierit, rationem haberi placet Mihi vero ne absentis quidem. Sed, cum id datum est, illud una datum est Annorum

1 enim decem imperium et ita amam placet Placet igitur etiam

Singulare . . quaerenda sunt, thereare ell-disposed individuals, ut in timesos civi dissension e ought o look ut sorwell-disposed order an Classes.' esenb. suggest the insertio of multi aster viri. Ordine I hink, has a more direct reser- ence to politica privileges than genera. Forcell. ives unus.' solus among the synonum singularis.'5. Per quem, through the lauit ofwhich, i.e through it Want of decision. Per quem . . pro Vinciae sunt, Pro- vinces are ithout overnor invested illi prope powers. Cilicia, for instance, as

governmentis Caesar' provinces. 6. Numquam . . sustinuisset, Curio would neve have persevere in his opposition is he had been formali aske to give

way. O this sense of agere cum,' p. Ep. 34, 6, note o p. 238 Ad am 8. 3, 2 Philipp. a. I, 52. Curio' oppositionto the proposed recallis Caesar had apparenti interfere Wit the arrangement tobe made bout ther provinces. p. p. 8 6 p. 262. In 5 B.C. tribunes attachedio Caesar had vetoed proposais affecting thegovernmen os provinces generalty Cp Εp. 34, 8, p. 2 o. Cicero probabi mistook Curio' character in supposin he would have teldexto remonstranc . 7. Quam sententiam the proposa os M. Marcellus that negotiations hould eopene Mith the tribunes, o induce themto illidra in thei veto in the summer of 5 B.C. Whicli proposa the senate rejected frequens senatus in alia omnia iit,' Ad Fam 8. 3, 2.9 Pii m i, arustworthy. The had been alienated by rigour hicli sonae of the lead-ing optimates hewed in ensorcing a contractuntavourable to the equites. p. p. 9 8.

I a Cum legis dies transierit 3 aster the time fixe by law shal have expire 3 Cp. for the lacis, Appendix 6 a Thegenitive is possessive or Conjunctive. P. Madv. 28O. 13. Ne absentis quidem, sc. rationem

haberi, o whicli phrase p. EP. 3 , , Ole. 14. Id, SC absentis rationem haberi illud exercitum retinentis at hab Theseword are ver important in thei beat ingon the occasio of the civit War. p. Ap

I 5. nim, whyy Atticus interposes. Ita latum, carrie by such unconstitutiona means. Cp. Intr. to Paris , o 7:II,4 7 8 with the reserences there given, and Dion Cass. 39. 29-3I Suet. Iul. oriar; Veli. a. 4 and 46 so the circumstances under hicli the lex vatinia' and Lex Pompeia Licinia were carried. Placet 3 eseiab hac placet. Placet igitur, then I also approve or must approve. Cicero means that the responsibilit for the various cis done by orso the triumvir could notae divi ted.

me eX pulsum et agrum Campanum perisse et adoptatum patricium a plebeio, Gaditanum a Mytilenaeo, et Labieni divitiae et Mamurrae placent et Balbi horti et Tusculanum. Sed horum omnium fons unus est imbecillo resistenduita fuit, et id erat acile nunc legione XI. equitatus tantus, quantum olet, TranSPadani, plebe surbana, tot tribuni pl. tam perdita iuventus, tanta auctoritate duX, tanta audacia. Cum hoc aut depugnandum est aut habenda e lege ratio. Depugna inquit potius quam servias. Ut quid λSi ictu eris, proscribares si viceris, tamen servias Quid ergo' inqui acturus es λ' Idem quod pecudes, quae dispulSae Sui iogeneri Sequuntur grege ut bos armenta, sic ego bono Uiro auteOS, quicumque dicentur boni, Sequar, etiam si ruent. Quid sit optimum male contractis rebus plane video nemini est enim CXPloratum, cum ad arma Ventum est, quid futurum sit, at illud

I. Agrum Campanum: P. EP. Io, I,

Patricium P. Clodium a plebeio P.

Fonteio). P. Scipio a patrician was adopted by in Metellus a plebeian CP ΕPP. I, 3, notea 34 5),aut the author of the speech De Domo ' complain os other irregularities in the casei Clodius De Dona. I, I .

a Gaditanum, C. L. Cornelium Balbum the lde Balbus: p. Ep. 27, 2, note a Mytilenaeo, sc Theophane ep. p. I, 3 . Is a mus have been the case both Balbus an Theophanes ere Roma plebeians, I cannot see hy the disserence of birthplace hould have ad the adoption irregular. Perhaps Cicero isties to notice the degradationis the Roman ranchise. Labieni. T. Atius Labienus Was oneo the abies of Caesar' ossicers. p. Caes. Beli. Gall. I. I, lib. He was tribune in 64-63 B.C. and accuses Rabirius of

perduellio. Cp. Intr. to Pari I, 4. Atthe eginning of the civit a Labienus deserte Caesar, hicli change Cicero'sopinion of him. p. Ep. 47 I. Labienus fel in the campaigia os unda. See Intr. to Par IV, DI 2.

Divitiae. Labienus seem to have rebuit theriow of Cingulum, in Picenum, at his own expense. p. mitti' Dici of Geogr. I. 625 Caes. Beli. Civ. I, I 5. Mamurrae A Mamurra ad acie as praefectus labium ' or hie eligineer, o Caesar in Gaul. e had a splendi houseo the Caelian, and his prosperit seems Ohave excite much hostilily. p. lita Η. N. 36 6, 7 Hor Sat. I. 5 57 Suet. Iul. 73 Catuli Epigr. 29, o further notices of him. 3. Horti et Tusculanum 'garde in the suburbs of Rome and villa at Tusculum. Cp. Ad Att. 9. I 3 8 Pro Balbo 25 56. The an sor his arden a a gist homPompey Cp. Ad Att. l. c.

4. On unus, c. the submission of the Roman to the oin fovereignt of Caesar an PompenseOm 59-52 B. C. 5. Transpadanici P. Ep. 3I, 2 note. 8. E lege. The a Cicero reser toWas ne proposed by the whole od of tribunes in a B.C. p. Intr. to ari II,

Ut quid, c. emcias. 9. Servias. Cicero osten Xpresses a want of confidence in Pompey uterque regnare vult he says of him an Caesar. Ep. 6, 2.1o. Dispulsae, M scattered. I 2. Etiam si ruent, even is the rusti

13. ale contractis rebus, ' no that assair are in a mischievous Complica

tion.

disastrous consequences O deseat are certain.

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omnibus, si boni victi sint, nec in caede principum clementiorem hunc ore, quam Cinna fuerit, nec moderatiorem quam Sulla in Pecuniis locupletium. Συ Hroλιrευο χαι σοι iam dudum, et lacerem diutius, nisi me lucerna desereret. Ad summam. DIC M. TVLLI. 'D Adsentior Cn. Pompeio, id est T. Pomponio AleXim humaniS-Simum Puerum, nisi sorte, dum ego absum, aduleScenisactus St- id enim agere videbatur- salVere iubea Uelim.

I. Yo are amused at my Writin s osten aut I shallio itiit, meet a Tellme what ou thin o the followin important question either some concessio mustbe maderio Caesar, o publicausines mustae interrupted or a civit War mustaegin: whic os these eviis do ou thin the leasty ou ill probabi say, a moderate concession to Caesar, and 3. I quite agre with ou : ut even that wouldae a great missortune. 4. eople say the concession to hic I reser illiso satisf Caesar: the demand attribute to him re most hameless. Is, figlit, hance ill determine the time of ou beginnin hostilities, and the time os eginning ill suggestour Policy.

CICERO ATTICO SAL. Quotidiene inquii a te accipiendae litterae sunt λ' Si habebo 1 cui dem, quotidie. At iam ipse ades.' Tum igitur, cum Venero, io desinam. Una video mihi a te non esse redditas, qua L. Quinc-2. Hunc Caesarem. his prediction was

ulteri falsified by the event. p. Epp. 57;

ord, is, opinion is asked, I hal say, agree it Cn. Pompeius that is, ith M. Pomponius. DIC M. TVLLI Wouldae the word used by a presidin ossice in askin Cicero'sopinion in the senate, an his supposedans er adsentior, soli., implies that hethought Atticus and Pompe agreed in their vieius. e stili calis his selen Pomponius, notwithstandin his adoptio by Caecilius. Cp. Ad Att. 3. O Ad Fam. I 4 5, a. 5. Alexim. his Alexis a probablyson an namesahe of a Deedmau and secretar of Atticus. p. Ad Att. 7. 2, 3 oa, IO. 7. Id . . agere, tot thinhing of that,' probabi os assumin the toga virilis ,henhe would ecome adulescens. This asgenerali done at the age of 4. P. Smith' Dici of Antiq. sub voci, Ιmpubes, p. 63I. 9. Cui dem, a messenger. At iam ipse ades. Atticus is supposedio remark, ,hy rite he we hali meet so oon. Cp. of the precedin letter

for an account of Cicero' movemenis.

ΙΟ. Unas. The pluralis Munus is sed wit plura substantives denotin a Ompound objeci, hic can e repeate and counted. Cp. Madv. 76 c, Obs. Qua . . Cum ferret, in bearing hicli Cp. Madv. 358. L. Quinctius, apparenti tribune in 7 73 . . e defende Oppianicus o acharge of Oisoning, an is no generallymentioned with praisea Cicero. p. Pro

Cluent. 7, 74 28 77.

tius, familiaris meus, cum serret, ad bustum Basili volneratus et Spoliatus est. Videbis igitur, num quid uerit in iis, quod me

Scire opus sit, et simul hoc διευκρινησεις πρόβλημα an πολιτικον

cum sit necesse aut haberi Caesaris rationem, illo Xercitum vel Per Senatum vel per tribunos pl. obtinente, aut perSuaderi CaeSari, sui tradat provinciam atque Xercitum et ita consul fiat, aut, Si id ei non persuadeatur, haberi comitia sine illius ratione, illo patiente atque obtinente provinciam, aut, si per tribuno Pl. non Patiatur, tamen quiescat, rem adduci ad interregnum, aut, Si beam causam, quod ratio eius non habeatur, Xercitum adducat, Ioarmis cum eo contendere, illum autem initium sacere armorum aut statim nobis minus paratis aut tum, cum comitiis, amicis eius postulantibus, ut e lege ratio habeatur, impetratum non sit, ire autem ad arma aut hanc unam ob causam, quod rati non habeatur, aut addita causa, si forte tribunus pl. Senatum impe isdiens aut populum incitans notatus aut senatu conSult circum- Scriptus aut sublatus aut expulsus sit dicensve se Xpulsum ad illum

I. Ad bustum Basili. A tombin the Appian way ea Rome, osten the ceneo assauits Cp. Ascon in Milonian. 49, P. 55.

κόν, the followin question, hic may betrui calle a problem o statesmanship. The wor προβλη , a generali used os philosophica enquiries. διευκρινησεις, judge rightly, no apparenti a classica word. In the followin passage Cicero attempisto state ali the possibi courses Whic evenis could ahe. Elther, he says A. Caesar might aeem the seace, and then I. Retain his arm tili electe consulfo 48 B.C. Resignest, and then e electe con

sul.

Retaincit, and walve his laim tothe consulfhi for 84.C. Relain it, and emplo his friendsamong the tribune to impede an election os consul sor 8 B.C. tillan interregnum enSued. Η might appea to armS,I. Because he was no allowed to suefo the consulfhip When absent. For that reason, combined with some affrontisseresto his friendDamong the tribunes, Η might egi Warint once or aster thecomitia ad been et for the electio of

consul sor 48 B.C. an his opponenismight ither maintain the capital, o tr toreduce it an Caesar by tamine. Cicero does no seemo have anticipate the extreme haste an violenc by hic Pompeyand his friend gave Caesar a plausibi pretexi or eginnin hostilities. p. Appen

. The infinitives haberi, Persuaderi . . ire, ali seem to dependis sit necesse. 8. Si non patiatur, tamen qui e Scat, si 'in etiamst: cp. Ep. 89 a note 'i heemplo tribune to oppos this, butae abstain stom violence.' menb suggest et after satiatur. II. Armis . . contendere. esenb. inseris mos aster 'armis, arguing that the ver contendere Would otherwiseie in the passive voice, like the preceding infinitives. 16. Notatus, censured.' stigmatized. Cp. Caes. Beli. Civ. I. 5 I. 7. HA B.C. an appeat was made to the magistrates and citiZens to suppon the constitution, hichimplied that the conduci os ome of the

Circumscriptus, limited in the exercis os his functions Cp. Philipp. a. a 53 ἔPro Milon. 33, 88. his a Caesar' actualplea foraeginning hostilities. I7. Sublatus, suspended, as ad beenthe case,it Q. Metellus Nepos in 6 B C. Cp. Intr. to Par I gra a. Sit The conj is sed ecause Cicero

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coniugerit, Suscepto autem bello aut tenenda sit urbs aut ea relicta ille commeatu et reliquis copiis intercludendus,-quod horum

malorum, quorum aliquod certe Subeundum est, minimum PuteS:

dices profecto persuaderi illi, ut tradat eXercitum et ita consul fiat. Est omnino id eius modi, ut, si ille eo descendat, contra dici nihil PoSSit, idque eum, si non obtineat, ut ratio habeatur retinentis

CXercitum, non facere mirer nobi autem, Ut quidam utant,

nihil est timendum magis quam ille consul. At si malo ' inquies quam cum Xercitu. Certe. Sed istud ipsum dico, magnum

I malum Putat aliquis, neque ei remedium est ullum. Cedendum est, si id volet. Vide consulem illum iterum, quem vidisti consulatu priore. At tum imbecillus plus inquit valuit quam tota res publica. Quid nunc putat et eo consule Pompeio certum St

Ep. 36, II, Ole, P. 252. Dicensve se e X pulsum. Cicero saysthat Anton and Q. Cassius ere ' nulla vi expulsi Ad Fam. 16. II, 2. r. Jean re- marks notice the wea alternative marked by ve,' after a successionis strong alternatives marked by aut . I. Aut tenenda sit These Word dependis cum ' aster πολιτικον. It wouldbe more regula ha Cicero ritiem urbem

teneri. but the sentence hadaecome o long that he preferre to introduce another finite

a. Ille CaeSar. Commeatu . . intercludendus, shouldbe ut of Dom supplies of provision and Dona ther refources.' p. pp. I, 4;

Quod horum . . putes. Here therapodosis egins It corresponds cum sit necesse. Τhe ood of sit an putesis accounted fora the word occurring in an indirect question. p. Ep. 34 9 note,

P. 24 I.

3. Putes dices. I preser esenberg's punctuation putes Dices. 4. Persuaderi For the infinit., p. Madv. 388 a. Ut tradat . . fiat, that he hould resigntiis commandraefore the ex consula election, and then stan for the consulfhip.

Cicero seem to contemplate an understand-

in belween Caesar an his ea din opponenis, such as hould revent an serious opposition to Caesar' election. ence heuses the wor 'fiat, implying that i Caesar stood he wouldae elected. 5. Est omnino id . . possit, that

ne ii concede so much.

6. Si non obtineat . . mirer. his is Kayser' suggestion The S readini obtinet . . miror suret would impi either consusion of thought or Orgettines in the writer, and an hardi be construed 'Si non obtinet would naturali be followed by facturum puto non sacere miror',ould naturallyae precede by cum non obtinu

erit. 8. Sic , c. consulem.

9. Istud ipsum, that very thing, his

Io. Aliquis, Pompey, probably, homCicero had met a Formiae o Dec. 25. P. Ad Att. 7. 8, 4.

Cedendum est, Ne must ive a toCaesar, Atticus is supposed to say. esenb. has illum cedendum, and ives the wordsdown to priore ' o Cicero.

II. Vide consulem . . priore, See

ness.

I 3. Quid nunc putas, c. eum valitu

Et eo consule . . Hispania, during his consulfhip too Pompe is resolve to bein Spain. For certum est',ith the dat. . CP. De Orat. 2. 33, cum diceret sibi certum esse discedere. Cicero here, as in ΕP. I, 3, rites a though e thought twould e mischievous for Pompe tora toSpain. ut aster Caesar' triumphae rotethat he had been in favour os Pompey's

esse in Hispania. rem miseram si quidem id ipsum deterrimum est, quod recusari non potest, et quod ille si aciat, iamiama a bonis omnibus summam ineat gratiam. Tollamus igitur hoc, quo illum posse adduci negant de reliquis quid est deterrimum' concederes illi, quod, ut sidem dicit, impudentissime postulat. Nam quid impudentius Tenuisti provinciam per decem annOS, non tibi a senatu, sed a te ipso per vim et per actionem datos; praeteriit tempus non legis, sed libidinis tuae, ac tamen, legis;

ut succedatur, decernitur impedis et ait habe meam rationem.'Habe nostrum. Exercitum tu habeas diutius, quam populu iussit, o

invito senatu Depugnes oportet, nisi concedis. Cum bona quidem spe, ut ait idem, vel vincendi vel in libertate moriendi.

Iam si pugnandum est, quo tempore, in caSu, quo conSilio, in temporibus situm est itaque te in ea quaeStione non Xerceo.

Ad ea, quae dixi, adser, si quid habes equidem die noctesque Is

I. Id ipsum . . gratiam, alia concession hicli cannot e refuse to im, and his acceptance of hicli ould in thegreates gratitude rom allisell-disposed citigens For the tens os ineat, P. p. 3. ollamus . . hoc let u dismissiliis setilement Dom consideration.' 5. Quod . . postulat, i. e. to retain his arm tili aster he had been electe consul, o perhaps tili his consulfhipaegan. Idem Pompeius. Idem is sed ithreferetice perhaps to aliquis p. 284 l. Io, perhaps to Pompeio certum est esse in Hispania, p. 284 l. I 3, a Manutius thinlis. 6. Tenuisti . . habe nostrum Cicero here addresses Caesar o the Xtravagance of his demands. O the facts referre io,

ienses do no necessarii sile that Caesar'sgovernmen had expired when Cicero Wrote, a Cicero may rite a he would avespoken when the question should be discussed. 8. empus non legis, soli., p. ' legis

dies, P. 28O.9. Decernitur, the senate votes sorthe appotniment of a successor. For his

hypothetica use of the indicative. p. Pro Muren. 3o, a Petunt aliquid publicani Τcave quidquam habeat momenti gratia. Io. Habe nostrum sc. rationem, 'doyo fhew ome regar sor s. The wordsare not sed technicali as in the preced- in clause. esenb read ' Habe tu nos

tram.

II. Invito senatu. The senate by declining to senilis successor might prolong the govertament of a proconsul or propraetor beyon the time fixed by law.Depugnes Oportet. Caesar is supposedio sanio Pompey. Ia Idem Pompeius. 13. Quo consilio . . situm est This remar was verified by the event. Thesenate by sending Caesar a defiance a Pompey's suggestion besore the Italia levie hadassembled, made it impossibi to defendRome Cp. Intr. to Par III lo. I 5. Adfer, si quid habes, let me hear an advice Fouctaveri give. Cp. Madv. 93 a.

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