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48a M. TVLLII CICERONIS

PAR IV. utrumque contra accidit istic enim bellum est Xortum, hic pa a consecuta, sed tamen eius modi paX, in qua, Si adesses, multa te non delectarent, ea tamen, qua ne ipsum Caesarem quidem delectant bellorum enim civilium ii semper Xitus sunt, ut non

ea solum ant, quae velit victor, sed etiam, ut ii mo gerendus' quibus adiutoribus sit parta victoria. Equidem sic iam obdurui, ut ludis Caesaris nostri animo aequissimod i

Plancum, audirem Laberii et Publilii poemata. Nihil mihi tamne e scito quam quicum haec familiariter docteque rideam : S

Froni great troubles impendinthere Per-haps this reser to the war in Spain Butas, do not know the date os Cornificius departure it is dissiculi to a sor certain.

The contrast otium . . negotium may

summum otium est sed ita ut malis salubre aliquod et honestum negotium I. Utrumque contra accidit, in both potnt m expectations have been falsilied. Istic hereso are, in Syria. 3. Ea tamen, soli. . ,hicli, however,

must be humoured by Caesar o bypeopte in generari Who have ide in in-

ning the victory.' 6. Quibus adiutoribus, abi abs.: P. Εp. 88 2, Ole. obdurui: p. p. 7o I. Cicero ostenuses the word in a metaphorica sense. Ludis . he ames Whic Caesar celebrate in honour of his victor In pam.

The too place probably, in October, 454α, and et to x the date os his

Caesarian. .

Animo aequissimo, Mith the greatest indissereiace. . Viderem . Plancum, audirem . . poemata There is muc pungenc in this comparison of the personat orthless-

seem to have been o good term Wit Laberius: p. Macrob. Sat. 2 3 Io. Plancum T. Munatius Plancus Bursa a tribune 53-52 B.C. e Wasbanished unde the ' Lex Pompeia de vi, but restored by Caesar. e was a bitterenem os Cicero, and aster Caesar s eath, an active supporter of Antony. p. a Fam 7 2, 24 Ad Att. 6. I, o Philipp. 6 4 IO 13 12, 27. It is uncertam in What character he was prominent a Caesar

gladiator.

Laberii et Publilii This sor of the

the later ne the old genitive a m , eis in Plautus and Sallust the lalter assect- in archai sorins It is also retaine byHorace and Virgil. Decimus Laberius, a riter of arces mimi' appeared at Caesar'saequest Or command as an actor in one of his own ieces,

but lamente his dishonour in a prologue quote by Macrobius, Sat. 2. 7. p. vet. Iul ao He received a present os 5oo O sesterces hom Caesar, ut no the rige, which was awarde to Publilius Syrus, the

9. Familiariter, amice et Hibere.

uocte scite' Forcell. . ,it the asteos philosophers, who ould cor suchentertainments a thos to hicli Cicero here refers. Docti in philosophi Cp.

doctrinae,' p. I, 3. Cicero ad re-

ΕΡ. 1o . EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICUM XIII. a. 83

tu eris, si quam primum veneris; quod ut facias, non mea Solum, sed etiam tua interesse arbitror.

Io do no regre havinientertaineo myriormidabie visitor His numerous scorthad stive troubie at the villa os Philippus, but mine a protecte seo mirusio by

Caesar seemexto e o himself. The conversation Was mainly litera . I hali hortly

gorio TuSculum.

CICERO ATTICO SAL. O hospitem mihi tam gravem μεταμελητον sui enim periucunde. Sed cum secundis Saturnalibus ad Philippum vesperi venisset, villa ita completa militibus est, ut vi triclinium, ubi

reform. ut his seem hardiniihely, sorno oni does Cicero here se the words secundis Saturnalibus' ithout an hint that the impi a recent change, ut theword tertiis Saturnalibus ' occur Ad Att. 5. 2o 5 in a letter Written e re the re-λr of the Calendar too place. Perhaps Pros, Ramsa is right in suggestini seeart. Saturnalia, in Smith' Dictionar of Antiquities that the popula practice adbeen or some time to keep three days, ut that Augustus sirs formali sanctione the

prolongation Cp. Macrob. Sat. I. O. 4. Andresen' note has calle my attention

to the insumcienc of my - note in pre-vious editions but I an hardi agre Mithhim in thinking that the festiva was celebrate sto December I to Decembera I besore Caesar' reformos the Calendar, and rom December I to December I9aster it.

Ad Philippum L. Marcius Philippus

was one os the consul sor 56 B.C., an step-father of Octavian. Η seem to have hada villa ea Puteoli.

5. Completa militibus. The best S. seem to have in militibus,' hic stightlychanges the meaning rom ille wit sol-

3. O hospitem . . ἀμεταμελητον. The accus. expresses astonishment. Cp. Madv.

ber of Caesar's Scort.

Fuit enim periucunde, he was in a very good humour. The word periucunde occurs Pro Cael. II, 25. O the adverbis a predicate, P. P. 4, , notes Nagelsb. 44,4 Iῖ . . , - 4. S. d. but to come tolli potnt. Supne. It is resumptive aster the exclamation ithwhic the passage Pens. Secundis Saturna libis, in the seconddamo the Saturnalia,' .e o Dec. 8. Livy

a I, I says Saturnalia institutus estus dies, stom hic it appears that the estivaloriginalty onlyclasted one day It was held xiv

Kal. Ian. i.e. besore Caesar' resor of the Calendar, o December I7th accordin to Macrobius Sat. I. Io, et is Lunderstan him rightly. The fame riter says that the estiva was prolonged sor three days o in tothe diversit os practice caused by Caesar

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8. M. TVLLII CICERONIS PARVIV.

cenaturus ipse Caesar esset, vacaret quippe hominum II ID. Sane T commotus, quid futurum esset postridie ac mihi Barba

Cassius subvenit custodes dedit Castra in agro 'og Ille tertiis Saturnalibus apud Philippum ad h. VII. nec TH; - rationes opinor cum Balbo ; inde ambulaVit

non ut avit. Unctus est, accubuit. Eμεrixh agebat; itaque et

Ouippe hominum CID ID, C. tueriinc For there ere two thousan ot

I as,ieland seem notrio doubi at thesemen ere entertaine in the estabiistimento Philippus, the passage ives a great dea os it sige an refources. p. Merivales. 33 soli., or another account of a Roman

Sane cum commotus . . postr Iclle, a vias disturbe to thin What wa going ohappen o the ex day, sup reputans fro commotus sum, or, I Was disturbedand anxiousi asked niyself. Andr Caesarhad probabi given Cicero notice of his Intention to visit him, and Cicero id not like the prospectis entertaining o large a body

Ac, ,hen' - et statim Boot. Barba Cassius is mentione as ne otthe naufragia Caesaris ramicorum bo

4. Ille Caesar. Apud Philippum, Sc. mansit. Ad horam II., tillis litile aster no n.

. Admisit, admitted to an IntervieW. Rationes opinor, c conserebat, Or conficiebat, ' he was etlling accounts illi

ver obscure Mamurra, P. P. 44, D, note. Mesenb has dum audivit de Mamurra, vultum non mutavit. Androthinks that the allusion is to Mamurrara deat anaread vultum non mutavit.' Non mutavit. Non mutare dicuntur qui aliquid ab alio dictum factumve laudant probans orcell. ut in ne of

the passages hichae quotes the readin is doubi sui. This ould malae good ense twe suppose that Mamurra had been convictedo transgressing the sumptuar la , and that Caesar approve his conviction 1 ne sumptuarnia is notice Ad am 7 ab asAd Att. 3. 7, s' riri. Unctus est, a Was usual elare inner. Cp. Hor Carm. 2. II, 6 Assyriaque nardo Potamus uncti. .

Accubuit, he ook his place at table ἐαετικην agebat, he intende to tauean emetic aster inner Impers of the at

'agebat partes eius qui vomere vellet. Cp. Pro Reg. Deiot. 7. I Cum . . vomeretes post cenam velles dixisses 'τικον is approved by r. H. A J. Munro Journal

edit et bibi ὀιMῶς, et iucunde, opipare Sane et apparate, nec id

Solum, sed

hene cocto,

condito, sermone hono et, si quaeri', libenter.

Praeterea tribus tricliniis accepti οἱ περὶ αυτο valde copiose;

libertis minus lautis servisque nihil defuit utior

ganter accepti. Quid multi homines visi sumus. Mospes tamen

non is, cui diceres: amabo te, eodem ad me, cum re'rtere. Semel satis est Σπουδαῖον ουδὲν in sermone, Ἀνιλολογα multa.

Id quaeris delectatus est et libenter suit Puteolis se aiebat ounum diem fore, alterum ad Baias Habes hospitium Sive πι-

I. ἀδε ως. heely, as he intende to provide against indigestion. Opipare . . et apparate, C. 'aeceptus est ri ae supplied rom edit et bibit, che was entertained with plent an in good style. Forcell. ives copiose as an equivalent sor opipare; magnifice for 'p

ment sto Lucilius hicli Cicero quotes, also de in a. 8, 25. The constructio Isno very clear. Forceli sub voco conditus talae at the epithei as applyin to sermone, in hicli case the ablatives illbe of the manner, in appositiona ' opipare. Mr. Mutaro also appears to connec ali ne epithet with sermone. P. and Boender bene cocto condito, something wel cooked an seasoned, and say that the ablatives probabi depend on om ver preceding them in the original r. Jeans renders

iaste apte, concinne, laute porceli.

It is contrasted it the abundant supply

0. σπουδαιο . . multa, C. suerunt.'

Nihil de re publica multa de libris et doctrinae studiis ' BOOt φιλολογα - erudita Oreli. Cp. Ad

liave soldier quarteredipo one, an Oreti. ives substantiali the fame explanation. Itseems to me to e equivalent to the Latin deductio,' a illeling, and Cicero refers partin to the numerous escori hic 'C- companie Caesar, parti to the fac that proposa sto Caesar to visit him as equivalent to a command The Gree wor is found in Diodorus an Plutarchon the militar sense. Andr thinks that Cicero se itto expres the horines of Caesar' visit,

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86 M. TULLI CICERONIS P. AD ATT. Ira 5et.

σταθμῶα odiosam mihi, dixi, non molestam. Ego paulisper hic, deinde in Tusculanum. Dolabellae villam cum praeteriret, omnis armatorum copia deXtra Sinistra ad equum nec usquam alibi. Hoc e Nicia.

Dixi. In the rst ord of this letter. Cicero means, Pthink, that he id not likebeing virtuali compellexto enteriai Caesarthough e found him an agreeable uestenough,hen e id come. reli put a semicolonoster odiosam,' hic does notmuch alter the sense ' have describe toyo a visit Dan unpleasan kind though tome a I said it a not annoying. For alie translatio of this letter, p. Merivalea. 457. Ego paulisper hic manebo deinde in Τusculanum ibo. Such ellipses are very common in letters. a. Dolabellae villam. Probabi at Baiae Cp. Ad Fam. . a I a biter Writtem about this time gratulor Baiis nostris si quidem, ut scribis, salubres repente

factae sunt.'

Cum praeteriret, Caesar. omnis armatorum . . ad equum, his hole escor paradedis either id of him,'i.e in regula militar array. 3. Dextra sinistra. O the asyndeton, cp. Madv. 434. Ad equum, C. Caesaris Andr. Nec usquam alibi, and this appenednowhere else. It was a speciat honou paidto Dolabella. Boot. 4. oc ex Nicia, sc audivi. Supsse. Curtius Nicias as a grammaria o Cos,

intimate both it Cicero and wit Dolabella. e was it Cicero in Cilicia cp. Ad Att. 7. 3, Io , ut Cicero oes no seemto have had a igh opinionis him Ib. a. 26, a), and Nicias subsequently attachedhimself to Dolabella Ib. 3. 28, 3 .

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59585756555453

Dec.

Oct.

In drawin v this table a da has been inserte accordin to the Julian system in I, 5 , 53, and 49-rechoning ac sto 45 .c. The authorities consulte have been orb' tables in Oressis Onomasticon Suringar' Annales Ciceroniani; mitti' Dictionar os Antiquities, art. Calendarium; an Th. Imminen's omische Chro-

APPENDIX IX.

I. Lam proposed by Caesar a dictator in B. c. I. Lex Iulia λ de exsulibus,-restored accordin to Ome aecounts, ali exiles ho ad been sentence unde the Leges Pompeiae os 5 aB. C., eXcept Milo Caesar' own Statement hoWever, Vs that it onlyapplied to a sew persons Theste so this enaciment a that he pro- ceeding sor riber ambitus' unde thos laws ad been irregular The restoration include ali exiles haleve except Milo, accordin to Appian and Dion Cassius. The actis restoratio seem actuali totaVebeen proposed by the praetor and tribunes, and Cicero charge Antony, one of the lalter, illi having been iis author . a. ex Iulia de pecuniis mutuis' Caesar proposed his la a dictator toward the lose of B. c. It was intende to provide a remedyso the scarcit os mone caused by the civit War, an enacte that publicvaluer Should e appotnte to ascertain ha the orthis lan and other properi ha been besore the civit War. Creditor Uere thenoblige to tali lando the value o ascertaine in Vment of their claims; hereb about a quarter of ha the could ther se avectaimed a tost. Dion Cassius mentions also a a limitin toI5,oo drachma the amount of gol or silver coin hicli ny one might possess, ut he oes no describe it as a ne laW. Tacitus seem to include it unde et, ut his langvageris no very precise Hegem dictatoris Caesaris qua de modo credendi possidendique intra Italiam

3. Lex Iulia de Transpadanis' granting the Roman ranchis to the Gaul living eyon the o an south of the Alps Tacitus, hoWever, assirm y that that grant a made during a time osteace. . ex Rubria, passe probabi a Caesar' instance to regulate the jurisdictionis the magistrates os municipa town in Cisalpine aut Perhaps . a Lex Hirtia de Pompeianis may belon to this ear. A. Hirtius a tribune in 49- and praetor in 7 .c. The importos the la is oubisul perhaps it exclude those ho ad serve in Pompey' arm stom publicissices

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6. Lex Antonia de proscriptorum filiis,-admittin the childre ostliose hom Sulla ha proscribe to curule ossices Pansa a one os

This measure apparently a paSSed early in the year.

, . the laws, givin citigenslii to the eo e os Gades and depriving the peopleis Massilia os some os thei privileges may belongio his time LII. Lawsis Caesar a. dictator iterum 47 E. α'

I. Increas of the number of praetor in ten.

a. Increas of the three greates priesti colleges by one member

3. Remissionis a proportionis rent due sor ouses in Rome and Italy. III. Law of Caesar ac consul III, dictator III 46 B. c. I. Lex Iulia iudiciaria,-providin that the judges hould e ahenexclusivel stomamong the senate and the equestria order, excluding the tribuni aerarii M.' a Leges Iuliae de vi et de maiestate,-fixed a the penalty os hose crimem interdictio aquae et ignis, an sorseitur os half the offender's propertf' A the trials ould e besore ne of the permanent couris

priesti ossices nee no canuas in person It was perhaps connected Mith a linis et, or illi a lamos 45 . c. id Sub ann. 5. Lex Iulia sumptuaria'-sorbad the se of litters os purpledresses, an os earlS, exceptri perSOn Os a certain age O poSition. I restricte also the liberi os buyin certain ainties. Α strict watchwas Leptin the marheis, an somelimes dishes hichia been iready set on table were forcibi removedi Caesar'Morders. 6. Lex Iulia de provinciis, rovidin that the praetoria provincesshould not be hel sor more than ne ea by the Same goVernorS, Or

me consula sor more than wo' The assignation os praetoria province had been atready concede to Caesar, hile that os the consular Province remained nominalty illi the senate .

. ex Iulia de liberis legationibus- probabi extende the time sorWhicli thei privileges ere e oyed Cicero ad limite this to Iear by a laW proposed in his consulfhi ' Caesar also reduce the numbero recipient os cor furnishe at the public expenSe ro 32o,oo to

IV. Leges agrariae.

be ut into operation heneve there a mone in the reaSur totuyland and that a dictator Caesar actuali di revive the law of his consulfhip ith ont two alterationS, ViZ. I. That thei operation as extendeda land out os Italy 'a That vigintiviri ' er no longe appotnte to superintend their execution, hich was nomentrustexto Caesar' legates LIn an case land were assigne to veterans in various paris os Italy'in 6 B. c. Such land had probabineithe been previoust unoccupied, o recenti confiscaled, or ere purchased The owns here Such Sol-diers ere seitled ere o necessarii callex coloniae, and the landsassigne Were so the mos par no contiguous. None ut soldiers received land in Italy'. V. Law of Caesar a. consul Iu dictator IV See p. 494 45 . C. I. Increas of the senate to oo 'a Creationis nempatricia families L3. Increas os the triumviri monetales to Connecte perhaps With a permission grante to Caesar o stam coin illi hisnam

Additionis a third class, called Iuliani, to the Luperci V. 5. Continuationis distributionis land begu 46 B.c.

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49a APPENDIX X. APPENDIX X.

6. Increas os the number os quaestor to o os praetors firs to 4 and then to 16; os aediles to 6y. Lex Iulia municipalis. his appears to have compriSed firStly regulations acto the distributionis cor at the public expense at Rome, secondiy, police regulations speciali relatin to theirassi in the street os Rome thirdly, regulations a to thequalifications an duties os magistrates an senator in municipes towns . Other laws os uncertain date, but whichius have been nacted withinthe period here reserrexto, are mentione by SuetoniuS'. I. cla restraining the liberi os Roman citigens, speciali os thehigher classes, to travel o reside ut os taly. a. ua providin that a thir par of the herdsmen employed onestates consistin os pasture land shouldie reemen. 3. Α a grantinicitigenshiprio physicians and teacher os libera aris Who hould setile a Rome. . A la increasing the severit os penalties o the higher crimes.

Perhaps When Caesar mei me senate on Apri I e received proconsulario e throughout the whole empire, by virtve of Whichine disposed os different province AChronologica writers assigne to Caesar a reig os Mur ear ano seve monilis evidenti date sto his firs dictatorship. his ouldfix iis grant to the iddie os Angust 49 B.c. date Supporte by the probability that his nomination sollowed the announcement of hi Victoryove Afranius and Petreius, ho surrendere o August a 'His nomination too place unde acla proposed by Lepidus, an ne held the ossice, probably comitiorum habendorum causa 'sor he anno magister equitum H hel the dictatorshi sor leve days, and resignesit o leaving Rome sor Brundisium G December, accordingto the Calendar in October, aecordin to the reat eaSon.

Secon consulfhip. He was absent sto Rome throughout iis duration, as herenteredipo it a Brundisium L Aster Pompey' death as known a Rome the senate and eopte votexto Caesar I. The consulfhi sor sive years; a. dictatorshi sor ne year The consula poWer ould ast sto 48 to 44, o sto 47 to 43 .c., accordin a thesea 48 Was includemor not. He entere upo his secon dictatorshim at once, says Dion Cassius ' That is probably, as Oon asaeaeard of his nomination. NoWPompe Was ille o Sept. 28 , an his death might be nown in Rome by the iddie of October, rom hicli time Caesar' dictatorshipprobabi dated. M. Antonius a name his master os the orse, probabi by the consul P. Servilius' Caesar Seem to have retainedihi dictatorshi tili the en os B.c., is e ma trus the statements of Dion Cassius an Plutarchy and Mommsen Corpus Inscr. Lat. I. pp. 45I- 33 belleves that this dictatorshi Was conserre so an un- desine period rei publicae constituendae causa. Coins, illi the inscription Cos teri Dict iter. support this VieW. b. p. 449, an Lange

3. 474.c. Second dictatorship tili the lose os the year. Third consulsiiij λ) So Suetonius L iu Caesar ni hel a titularconsulShi in et B.c., and both the Fasti Capitolini and Dion Cassius 'place in

. 464.c. Caesar' third consulfhip to hicli e seem toliave been regulari elected with Lepidus in Thir dictatorship decree to im hen the nev s os the batile os Thapsus reached Rome. It was sor en ears, and probabin rei publicae constituendae causa. Caesar a namedi his colleague Lepidus, Who named himself master of the horse, contrar to precedent δ' The Fasti Capitolini place this dictatorsiit in B.α either, SW. Hengen Corpus Inscr. Lat. I. p. 448-449 thinhS, ecause the

Zumpi, S. R. m. 43. Ia

k Fasti Capitolini sub anno. ommsen, C. I. L.

I. 45a Suetonius, Iul. 76hand Dion Cassius, 43, 33Ytake a disserent vie .

Cassius i. c. CP. 43. 4.

Dion

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5. 454. c. Fourth consulisip Without a colleague. The consulfhi sor en ears a decreed olim hen the neWs os the batile os Munda reached Rome accepte the grant a sirst, but resigned the consulShipimentering the capita early in October, hen Q Fabius and C. Trebonius ere electe ac consules suffecti UAccordin to Dion Cassius ' Caesar didio discliarge the unctionso the consulfhi to,hichae Was regulari electedio long but Appian 'seem to assirm that he declined the ten ears consulfhip offere to him, and was content With that hichae heldi regula electio stom Jan. I,

5 B. C.

He was made Praefectus Morum so three ear aster his Asrican

And received the liue Imperator sor imsel an his posterit in

it furiis name, asi ad been the practice of the republica period, and Withou numberS e. g. II, ΙΙΙ, appende to t. Mommsen consider δ' thene cimperium to have been a continuatio of the old conSular o proconsulari imperium Without the pomoerium.'

APPENDI X.

monilis .

For 6 B.c. the usual Vistrates ere elected ' But o leavin sorSpain Caesar appotnte praesecis no praetor gover Rome in his

A the endis thesea 45m.c. the usual magistrates ere electe sociis las se monilis ' Tribunicia poteStaS. Grantexto Caesar sordis in B.c. The mos important privileges Whicli it include Were 1 Ius auxilii serendi. a Ius intercedendi. 3 Ius senatum consulendi L Ius agendi cum plebe. 5 Personat inviolabilit '. I 454.c. he received the poWer os decidin Who houldie tribune L

A., Zumpi, S. R. a I. Ib. 2 3 Dion Cassius a. 7. ' Dion Cassius 2 5 I. Ib. 43. 28. Ib. 43 6 Zumpi, S. R. a D: Intr. to PartIU a. ' Dion Cassius 42. O cp. Zumpi, S. R. 252. A caeli. . . I 47 Smith Dict of Antiq. II 5 I. The tribunes, is no ne of their Wn od intersered, could 'probabi bring questions e re the senate even is a consul opposed them the Caesar probabi ha this power personalty without ein subject to Intercession. Zumpi, S. R. 262. Cp. Ad Fam Io I 6 I; p. 22, 2 note. ' Dion Cassius 44 O App. Beli. iv. a. o6), and Liv Epit. II 6 , a that Caesar a declared inviolabie 4 4. C. A.' Zumpi suggest that this inviolabilit was no limite locally, while that of the tribunes could onlyae vindicate in the capital-and that it protecte theemperor at ali times-notini in his ossicia acts S. R. 25 a soli. ' Dion Cassius 43. 45.

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INTRODUCTION.

1 Ii has been mentioned that aster Caesar' murde Anton sexto his homeri and the senate brohem in confusion . Lepidus hear of the event in the forum'. He a master of the orse an governor os Narbonensis and Ilither Spain, and ad a legio in the istand of the Tiber. Mannalso o Caesar' veterans fille the citf' O the therhand D. Brutus ad at his disposa a bod os gladiator ' and underthei protection, aster a ruities appea to the eoples'. the conspirators occupie the Capitol, here the were presenti joine by Cicero and other obles' includin Dolabella, ho Caesar ad intended hould succeedaim a consul so the last par of 44 B. C. The conspirator employed the 6th apparenti in ahin a secondappea to the eoples'. an in attemptin to ound the disposition os Anton an Lepidus Meanwhil Calpurnia δ' Caesar' Widow, placedat the disposa os Anton heriusband's aper an a considerable sumos money.

a. O theorili an important meetin os the senate achel in the temple os Tellus V. Cicero too a leadiri par in the debate. Appealshad been maderio hi by the conspirator immediatel aster the murde '', and Anton asterward accused him os complicit With them It is notlihel however, that he was in the secret nor id e like Some thers, preten to have been o Hemo advocate a genera amnesty ' and

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the senate adopted his proposal, combining illi it however, a ratificationo Caesar' acis. An apparent reconciliation solio ed etween Antonyand the conspirators But Caesar' Diends heade by his ather-in-lawL Piso ' procured the consentis the senate to the publicatio of his illand tota public lanera sor his Ody. Brutus subsequently addressed 'the peopte in delance of Caesar' murder, trying specialint quiet theapprehension os the veterans and his speech, hicli produce a good effect was solio disex da by one sto Cicero ' in delance of the

About the fame time Caesar's ill was read' in, hicli Octavius asadopted, and named his heir, and a sum os money, variouSi Stated WaSbequeathe to ever Roman citigen. Aiainsul seelin was excited henthe nam os D. Brutus a rea among the secon heirs; and was intensified by the public lanerat whicli followed, and by Antony' ad-dressin that occasion. The eople and the veterans committe many acts of violence, and the conspirator had to hide themselve o to ith-dra stom Rome. But Anton presenti reassure me obles by consultin some of the more eminent of thei number a to his measures' and by proposing the abolitio of the dictatorship whicli the senate gladi Sanctioned. Nor did Anton oppos the adoption by the senate os a decree sorbid-ding the registrationis an resolution Mund in Caesar' papers o conserimmunities o simila specia privileges o individual or communities. The favourabie impression thus create Was deepened by the suppressionos isorder caused by an impostor named Herophilus rimatius, hopretende to the nam os C. Marius, and was executed by Antony's

order'.

3. These opes, however, ere presenti dispelle by the se hicli Anton made os Caesar' papers δ' and of the id os aberius, a scribe who had been in Caesar' service, and whomow orge many documents purportinito e Caesar's. Exiles ere restored privileges V an exemptions granteduo individuals and communities and the id os Dolabella purchased Mith a large sum The populace as offende by Antony's vigorous maintenance of order, an he made iis hostilit a ple sor sur-

roundin himself,ith a guard y. The Senate sanctione this tep, and the number of the guard was graduali increaSed to Severa thousands. But Antony was anxious to revive his attin popularity, and with that objec procured, illi the id os his rother Lucius, no tribune, theenacimentis an agrariai law. He est Rome in April to superintendit execution.

Meanwhile Dolabella, ho ad acie a consul since Caesar' death,

overthre an altar erecte in memor os Caesar by Amatius, and

service hicli Cicero pratsed in extravagant terms .

L . Octavius tanded in Ital apparenti in April . e came to claim

his inheritance, an to assume the nam os his adoptive sather. As heapproached Rome e received promise os supportl rom the veterans setile in Campania, ut decline them Antony ad returne to the capital hen Octavius arrived there an claime Caesar's equest 'Anton had atready spent the money, but Octavius borrowed rom his stiend enough, adde to his own refources, o pay a portio at least os Caesar' legacies to the eople, an to celebrate Some V asterWardsthe games of Venus Victrix in honouris Caesar' victor at Pharsalus 7. OWin to the opposition o Antony' Diend the enacimen os a lex Curiata soriis adoption a delayed .

Trebonius ad atready apparently lest sor Asia, and D. Brutus sor

Cisalpine Gaul -where is, judge by resulis, he waS Ot Warmi Wel- comed, and undertoo various peti operations δ' to gratis his soldiers Uith plunder M. Brutus an C. Cassius stili lingered in theraeighbour-hood of Rome M. An important meetin os the senate oo place o June I δ' When Macedonia Was assignesto Antony, and Syria Was assigned about the fame time by a vote os the eople δ' to Dolabella, ho the finalty brohe withthe republica leaders. O therath, apparently M. Brutus a releagedsrom his obligation to reside in Rome a praetor A, and with C. Cassius, commiSSione to suppi corn. Both remained, oKever δ' in Ital to

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Hi zgi eiter aster that event was writte in great exultation, a seeling oon e chiaged sor regret that the deed ad been done illi so liti Iari or consequences, and that Caesar' power ad assed uti detin toti into the hand of Antony. Cicero est Rome early

Apricand exchange latendi letters missi Anton a to the restorationos one Sex. Clodius rom exile. His gratificatio a me vigorous mea-gures os Dolabella has hee Hready mentioned

Theriandinios Octavius V atrars gavelim no Neasure, an he Wasalanned by the prospectis civit War V with D. Brutus an Sex. Pompeius andri rumour that Antony ould attempto selete the Galli pro desi He ad notos et V much confidenc in the conSul' electUr s and Pansa but was leased with an edici is Brutus and Cassius in hiel the seem to have et moderate language,. dismissing bsriend who came sto the countryoown to proieci them. Jhe est however, pent expressed δ' sor Caesar by Matius and therstaieted him, no wasae much reassured by a correspondence ' illi

' 6 Cidem petit ille greater par os me pring an early summe in

different villas me findat datin letters rom Tusculum V, Lanuvium Puteoli , Sinuessa V Pompeiin Arpinum . Antium V, an other places.

Intium he had an interuievi illi Brutus an Cassius an ound both

of them discontented illi the commission propose so the and Cassius very violent M. Cicero as alarmedi Antons intrigues' iththe veterans setile in Campania, an annoyed by the nam Iulius stive to the seventi monili These anxieties id not however, ahehim careses of his private interest his assair Seem to have been in a

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very disorderi state, and this increaSed his agernes to et moneyo in him, sto Dolabella and thers, repaid' Seein litile ope of doin any good by remaining a Rome, he decide on retiring to Atheni tili the beginning os the nexi ear Dolabella had named him

his legate illi peculiar privileges o June es , and thi gaveaim a pretex sor leavin Italy. He was also anxious to Se his Son then Studyingat Athens, of hos bellaviour unlavourable rumours ad reachedhim . Early in Julf he sam M. Brutus a Nesis, hereae also hear ne s os Sextus Pompeius, ho was Stili in arm s. eoas much pleased by the bellaviour of his rother Quintus ' at this time, and the good under-Standiri belween them seem notrio have been again disturbed. 7. Cicero seem to have embarhed about the iddie of July. Helouched a Vibo on the 23rd' an a Syracus ' o Augusto. He et Sali nexi da sor Greece, but Was presenti drive bachi contrar WindSwhichae encounteredis Leucopetra in the territor of Rhegium. Onianding, he early that there a a sat prospect that Antony ould bereconcile to Brutus and Cassius, and would renounc the Gallic provinces He also rea a Satisfactor Speech os Antony, and a proclamationos Brutus and Cassius, in hicli the expreSsed their illingnes to retire stom Rome in the interest os public tranquilli . He a notis arethat an angry correspondence' a probabi going on a tha very timebetween Anton and Brutus an CaSSius, and was ager o return to Rome in time sor a meetin of the senate announce M September I. lette seo Atticus, reproachin him δ' sor desertin his count , strengthened hi in his resolution. He travelle bach accordingly, OWard Rome a meeting with Brutus at Velia '. rom homi learned that L. Piso had spoken against Antonyin the senate on therars os August, undeceived him a to politica prospecis, butae persevere and arrivexat Rome o August 3I M. 8. Important evenis had happened during his absence Anton had procure early in the Summe δ' a vote of the eople sanctioning an exchange os provinces betWeen him and D. Brutus, and empowerinthim to transpor the arm os Macedonia o Cisalpine Gaul. He wed his succes in his manceuvre to the co-operation os Octavius, illi hom

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