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ante non esse itum obviam ne tum quidem, cum iri maXime
debuerit. Quid quaeris p hominem petulantem modestum reddo non Solum perpetua gravitate orationis, sed etiam hoc genere dictorum citaque iam familiariter cum ipso cavillor ac iocor; quin
etiam, cum candidatum deduceremus, quaerit e me, num On
Suessem Siculis locum gladiatoribus dare Negavi. At ego 'inquit novus patronus instituam; sed soror, quae tantum habet consularis loci, unum mihi solum pedem dat.' Noli inquam de uno pede sororis queri licet etiam alterum tollas Nonio consulare' inquies 'dictum ' lateor ; sed ego illam odi male con
sularem : ea est enim seditiosa lea cum viro bellum gerit,
neque Solum cum Metello, sed etiam cum Fabio, quod eos ' in hoc esse moleste fert Quod de agraria lege quaeris, sane iam Videtur refrixisse. Quod me quodam modo molli brachio de Pompeii 35 familiaritate obiurgas, nolim ita existimes, me mei praeSidii cauSa
cum illo coniunctum esse, sed ita re erat instituta, ut Si internos esset aliqua sorte dissensio, maXimas in re publica discordias Versari esset necesse quod a me ita praecautum atque ita pro-
I. Non esse itum obviam, he didno have a public reception.' Ne tum quidem, no noris his entryinto Caesar' house. Cum iri . . debuerit Pros Tyrreliremarks that there is a play o tW senses of obviam ire,' 'o go i meet, an tocheck. 3. Perpetua gravitate irationis misit a serious Set
4. Dictorum, repartees. Cp.ap. 6, a,
Cavillor, saepe sumitur pro docari,' dicteria dicere.' Forcell. 5. Deduceremus, were attendin too sto his home: an honou paid to candidates by thei stiends Cp. Q. Cic. de Pet. Cons. 9, 36 Cic. pro Muren. 34. 7o. 6. Siculis, m Sicilia clients. Cicero an Clodius ad both been quaestor in Sicily, and both apparently ere regardedas patrons by the natives of that province. Cp. Div. in Caec. I, 2. On the relation in general cp. Cic. de Off. I. II, 35. Gladiatoribus, at the gladiatorialgames.' Seeon the abi. EP. 8, II, note, on p. 6 I. 7. Tantum . . loci, ' so much of herhusband's pace, do much roo at herdisposalos a consul's wise.' A sister of
P. Clodius ad marrie in Metellus Celer, but seem to have been notorioust unlaith sul to im Cicero says o Clodius qui
non pluris fecerat Bonam eam quam tres sorores 'ap. 29. I 5. See tDO EP. 5, 6, Ole. I .male consularem, somnWortli tobe the wis of a consul. Boot O per-
been a previous love o Claudia. In hoc esse, hoc agere operam darenei Clodius tribunus fiat. Boot. I 3. De agraria lege. L. Flavius, tribune for I 6o, proposed an agrariau laWwhicli Pompe supported as ne scit object was to provide and for his veterans.
I . Refrixisse, do have os interest. Cp. Ad Fam. 5. 7, 2. Molli brachio, with a genti touch, orhand. Cp levi brachio ' Ad Att. 4. 16 6. I 5. Me praesidii causa, for the salieo my own asely. Compare it Cicero's profession here the folio in passage ' munitur quaedam nobis ad retinendas opes nostras tuta ut spero via . . utor Pompeiosamiliarissime Ad Att. I. 7, Ο.I6. Ita res erat instituta, matters hadtaken sucho hape. Billerb. p. rem aliter institutam offendissem Ad Fam. 5.17 2. I 8. Ita praecautum deponeret,
visum est, non ut ego de optima illa mea ratione decederem, Sed ut ille esset melior et aliquid de populari levitate deponeret; quem de meis rebus, in qua eum multi incitarant, multo scito gloriosius quam de suis praedicare sibi enim bene gestae, mihi conservatae rei publicae dat testimonium. Hoc facere illum mihi squam prosit nescio rei publicae certe prodest. Quid, si etiam
CaeSarem, cuius nunc Venti Ualde sunt Secundi, reddo meliorem,
num tantum obsum rei publicae λ Quin etiam, si mihi nemo
inUideret, Si omnes, ut erat aequum, faverent, tamen non minu Ioesset probanda medicina, quae Sanaret itiosa partes rei publicae, quam quae XSecaret. Nunc Vero, cum equitatus ille, quem ego
in clivo Capitolino te signifero ac principe collocaram, Senatum deseruerit, nostri autem principes digito se caelum putent attingere, si mulli barbati in piscinis sint, qui ad manum accedant,
is precautions an forethough do notimpi in abandoning m principies, ut have his improvement in iew. For hisus os ita . . ut se Zumpi L. G. 726, and Εp. 5O, I, note. I. De optima illa . . ratione, Domm forme constitutional poticy. a. Ille Pompeius. De populari levitate, of his eaksubservienc to the populace.' p. Philipp. 5. I 8 49. Pompe had perhaps suggested the seditious proceedings o Metellus Nepos; hadiso held consistent language bout thesuppressionis Catiline' conspiracy and was no intriguin wit Caesar an Crassus. Se Intr. to Par I I6.3. In quas, to attach which. Multo . . . gloriosius, in Tam more flattering terms.' p. indices gloriosi Ep. 28, 9. 5. O . . mihi quam prosit. The prominence ive to Cicero might bring him into trouble, though the appearanceo a good understandin belween him and Pompe was beneficia to the state. 7. Caesarem . his is the sirst passage in Cicero' letters in hicli the suture dictator is mentionexas a prominent politician.
Cuius . . . venti . . . Sunt secundi,
QIin etiam . . medicina. even is myposition ere more secure than it is, my
39, 2I. 9. Ut erat aequum, a the iugiit. For the indic se Madv. 348 e. Io Medicina, a treaiment. II. quitatus is substitu ted for the more
I 2. In clivo, o the toping road romthe forum to the Capitol. The equites assembled there in large numberso protectili senat when it sat in the temple of Coim cordo deliberate on the late of Lentulus and his accomplices. Te signifero ac principe Atticus Was ne of the equites. The metaphors isthis passage are throughout military. p. cum princeps, cum signifer esset iuventutis pro Sull. II, 34 'belli princeps. Philipp. a. 29, t. I We these references to ros. Νettieship. I 3. Deseruerit. For the cause of this
Principes. specialty Lucullus and Ηortensius. The frivolit of the obles is described in simila terms, Ad Att. I. 8 6.
Digito . . caelum . . attingere. Apparenti this phras is no found elsewhere. Forceli explainscit summe beatum et velut diis proximum se putare.
I . Mutii barbati, mulleis, barba gentina insigniuntur inferiori labro Pliny,
Η. N. 9. 7. o. r. Jeans remarks that the mullus barbatus o naturalist is theplain re mullet, distinguished rom urcommon or tripe re mullet mullus surmuletus . Allaind of mullet have two longiarbules o the unde jaw. Qui ad manum accedant, tameenough t come hen called.
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alia autem neglegant, nonne tibi satis prodesse videor, si perficio ut nolint obesse qui possunt Nam Catonem nostrum non tu ama Splus quam ego' sed tamen ille optimo animo utens et summa fide nocet interdum rei publicae dicit enim tamquam in Platonis πολιτειq, non tamquam in Romuli saece sententiam. Quid veriusquam in iudicium venire qui ob rem iudicandam pecuniam acceperit censuit hoc Cato, adsensit senatus equite curiae bellum, non mihi; nam ego dissensi. Quid impudentius publicanis renuntiantibus λ fuit tamen retinendi ordinis causa faciunda iactura:
io restitit et pervicit Cato itaque nunc conSule in carcere incluSo, saepe item seditione commota, aSPiraVit nemo eorum, quorum ego concursu itemque ii consules, qui post me fuerunt, rem publicam defendere solebant. Quid ergo istos, inquieS, mercede conductos
habebimus Quid aciemus, si aliter non possumus an libertinis
nius meam tribum tulit honestius quam suam, Luccei perdidit.
a. besse rei publicae qui possunt
obesse . Cicero refers speciali to Caesarand Pompey. Nam introduces and ans era an Objection. Cp. Philipp. II. 8, 8. 5. πολιτεία, the idea commonwealth os Plato. Faece, ' rabbie.' p. p. 8, II. apud sordem urbis et faecem Pros Tyrreti hinks that it is a strange expression an suggestS Montulea faece, o Romulae of ou degenerate Ome. Verius, in aequius.' Forcell. 6. In iudicium venire, should ebrought to triai. I do not know hat cases of corruption are here referre to; probabi some among the equites actin as
graviter tulerunt, promulgatum ex senatus consulto fuisse, ut de eis, qui ob iudicandum pecuniam accepissent, quaereretur.' Bootthinks that the decree referre to the ourtwhic trie Clodius. So too Long, Decl. of Rom. Rep. 3. 388. 7. Bellum, sc indixerunt.' O theellipse se Madv. 479 d. 8. Renuntiantibus, giving up their contract. O the faci, p. note orassa, and Ad Att. I. 7, 9. 9. Fuit tamen . . iactura, it ould have been wiserio submit to the public loss, which ould result rom modisy in theterm os the contraci, for the had been very favourable to the state. IO. In carcere incluso. The tribune Flavius ordered Metellus Celer tot arrested for his opposition to the agraria la . ut the interpositio of the ther tribune ando Pompe procure his release aster a detention o a se houis. Se Merivale . 183. II. Aspiravit, shewed himself even in the distance. Nagelsb. I 52, 382. Shewed an inclination to suppor Metellus.' aspirare, accordin to ForcelL, is a Weahem ord
than accedere. Eorum, of the equites.
13. Istos . . habebimus, shall, buythe suppor of the equites γ' I . Quid faciemus . . possumus, Whatshall,e do is, cannotae thei suppor in
an othe way ' Cicero an Swers. An libertinis . . serviamus shallweae dependent o Deedmen and even onflaves γ' os, hom the popular assemblies in great measure consisted. . . umpi, Comment. Epigraph. I. 276, note , hinks that the referenc is to the dependent of the nobies. p. 'pedisequorum nostrorum
Is αλις σπουδῆς, enouo os serious topics. Favonius see Ep. 7, 5, Ole. I 6. Meam tribum Cicero, as an Arpinate, voted in the Cornelia tribe Cp. Livy38, 36. Tulit honestius, carrie by a largermajority. Lucceii. What tribe this a does notappear O Lucceius see EP. 7, 7, Ole.
Accusavit Nasicam honeste ac moleste tamen dixit, ita ut Rhodivideretur molis potius quam Moloni operam dedisse mihi, quod
defendissem, leviter succensuit. Nunc tamen petit iterum rei publicae causa. Lucceius quid agat. Scribam ad te, cum Caesarem
10 videro, qui aderit biduo. Quod Sicyonii te laedunt, Catoni et eius aemulatori attribues Servilio. Quis ea plaga nonne ad multos
bonos viros pertinet sed, si ita placuit, laudemus; deinde in discessionibus soli relinquamur Amalthea mea te XSpectat et 11 indiget tui. Tusculanum et Pompeianum valde me delectant, nisi
I. Nasicam. For an account of . Scipio Nasica see o Ep. I, 3. The presentprosecution may have been or briber practised against FavoniUS. Honeste, frona honourable motives.' Moleste. Does this or mean spite fully, or to the annoyance of his hearer λ' As it seem to e sed to discredit Favonius training I hould preser the secondversion Pros. Nettieship suggest 'laboured,' strained os versions of molestus, re-
marking that it means assected in Catuli. et 8 Ovid Art. Amat. I. 6. Pros. Tyrret retain the S. inhoneste, Mahabis bily, and Modeste.
Ita ut . . molis . . Operam dedisse,
so that i seemedae mus have orked in mill a Rhodes, an no studie under Molon. There is a play on the ords molester holis, Moloni. Apollonius,surnamed Molon, a native of Alabanda was a rhetorician o considerable reputatio at Rhodes. Se Intr. to Pari I, I, also Brut 9o, 3 Ia Schol. Bob in Orat Pro Planc. 3 , . r. Long, OWever, in a note onPlut Caes. 3, Xpresses a doub of the
identit o Molon an Apollonius CivilWars of Rome vol. iii P. 23. 3. Petit iterum, hecis again a candidate. Boot conjectures that aster avingsaile in a contes for the praetorshi hestood sor the tribuneship. Rei publicae causa, solet so the public good. Slighil ironicat. 5. Aderit biduo Caesar as o his rei urn rom Lusitania, here he had been
Laedunt, c. by not paying thei debis.'Cp. Ad Att. I. I9. . A decree eems Ohave been assed, o the motion o Servilius for checking the employment of violence in the exactionis debis allege tot o ingio Roman citigens from provinciat an citi- gens os allied states Sicyon was apparently, an urbs libera. Pros Tyrret o Ad Att. I. I9. 9 thiniis that the decree perhaps provide ibat debis incurred by populi liberi
eremo cogitigabie in Roman couris os law. The Servilius here mentione is P. Servilius Vatia Isauricus, son os the rst ho ore the nam Isauricus. He a praetor 54B. C., and then apparenti an opponent of the triumvirs, ut fide with Caesar in thecivit War, and was his colleague a coi sui in 484.C. Aster Caesar's death he acte generali initii Cicero, and wit the consuls Hirtius and Pansa ut aster ard Was reconcitexto Anton an Octavian. p. Ad
6 Ea plaga nonne . . pertinet does no thatilo. affect the interest os' many good citigens y Cicero refers to the decreeos the senate mentioned above, hich wouldbe uia eicome to the moneye clas at Rome or perhaps to the genera estrangement of the equites rom the senate. Pros. Nettieshi remarks that pertinere ad means Vt reach o. Cp. Pro Osc. Amer. 33 9 ne ad plures oratio mea pertinere
7. Si ita placuit, is such a the
Laudemus, letos approve hat hasbeen done. Deinde . . relinquamur, ' and thenielest alone'-i.e uiasupporte by the equites - in ali future dissensions.' miscessiones is no apparently used here in the technical sense, o division in the senate. Billerb. Wesenb and Pros Tyrret retain the S. dissensionibus in their texis, ut Pros. Tyrrei think discessionibus ' a good comjecture. 8. Amalthea mea. Apparenti a gymnasium attache to Cicero' villa at Arpi
Tusculanum et Pompeianum. Cicero' villas ea Tusculum an Pompeii,
whic are osten referre t in his letters. Cp. Appendi 5 I.
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quod me illum ipsum vindicem aeris alieni, aere non Corinthio, sed hoc circumforaneo obruerunt. In Gallia speramus SSestium. Prognostica mea cum oratiunculi propediem XSpectari et tamen,
quid cogites de adventu tuo, scribe ad nos nam mihi Pomponia nuntiari iussit te mense Quintili Romae ore id a tuis litteris, quas ad me de censu tuo miseras, discrepabat Paetus, ut antea 12 ad te scripSi omnes libros, quos frater suus reliquisset, mihi donavit. Hoc illius munus in tua diligentia positum est Si me
amRS, cura ut con Sementur et ad me perserantur hoc mihi nihil 1 o Potest eSSe gratius, et cum Graecos, tum vero diligenter Latinos ut conserves elim. Tuum SS hoc munusculum putabo. Ad
Octavium dedi litterasu cum ipso nihil eram locutus neque enim ista tua negotia provincialia esse putabam, neque te in tocullionibus habebam sed scripsi, ut debui, diligenter.
I. Vindicem aeris alieni, maintaineros credit. protectori creditors Smith Forceli. Cicero might claim this titie o theground both I of his opposition to theanarchica plot o Catiline, and a os
measure or an equitable setilement of debis, whic seem to have been introduce duringliis consulfhip. p. Ad Fam. 5. 6, 2 In Cat. a. 8, 8 Sali Cat. I. Aere, sed in a doubie sense. O thebronge of Corinth, p. milh' Dict of Antiq. sub voc. Aes p. 25. Cicero' bulld-ings ad burdene him illi debis to the
money-lenders h lived ear the forum 'aere circumforaneo a. In Gallia . . otium, We ope that
tranquillit prevatis in Gaul Cp. spero
enim . . et confido te iam ut Volumus valere'
Ad Att. 6. and see Ep. I, I, Ole, nP. 26. Pro . Tyrrei thinks that esse' maystandrior futurum esse. an may be ne os Cicero' Plautinisms. he eace of aut was endangere o disturbe by the intentio of the Helvetii to emigrate, and by quarreis etween the Aedui an Ariovistus. Cp. Caes. de Beli. Gall. I an Mommsen
4. I, 235 237. 3. Prognostica mea, ni translation
os the Prognostica of Aratus.' assages romthis,or are quotexo referre to Ad Att. I 5. I 64 and De Divin. I. 7, 3. Et tamen, and yet2 ithout attingsor thei arrivat. 4. Pomponia, sister of Atticus, and wis of in Cicero. The marriage a notvery appy p. Ad Att. 5. I 6 2, Vandis.
6. De censu tuo. Boot compares me absens censeare curabo . . sub lustrum autem
censeri germani negotiatoris est Ad Att. I. I 8, 8. Paetus. For an account of L. Papirius Paetus see p. 87, note. is insman
Ser. Claudius, had died, leaving chandsonae library, apparenti in Epirus. Ut antea . . scripsi: p. Ad Att. I. ao, 7. 7. Quos . . reliquisset, whic hisbrother, as e Paetus belleved, ad test: or ,hicli his brother might have lest. See Madv. 368. Frater, hals rother cousin. or per-haps a brothe who ad assed by adoption into the Claudia family. 8. Hoc illius . . positum est, it depend on ou care hether Leve profit byhis gi'. Cp. Ad Att. I. o 7 sor Cicero'sanxiet that Atticus should serve him in this
Io. Cum Graecos, tum vero . . Lati
nos, both the Gree books, an moreespeciali the Latin cum . . tum ' bringsthe secon member of the comparison more prominently sorward than tum . . tum. See Zumpti. G. 723. II. Tuum esse . . putabo , Iahal conside myself indebtexto ou for the books.' Ad octavium . . putabam, have writte to recommendiso to octavius:
I 3. Provincialia means apparenti 'in the province of Octavius. in Macedonia. Wiei Metzg. C. Octavius, ather of theemperor Augustus succeede C. Antonius asgovernor of Macedonia. He had been praetor,
I. I was a firsi much disturbe by our news bout the Campania domains, ut regaine m composure o considering that the proposed measure illiso satisf the populace, and wil arous the indignation o good citigens a threatentia ruin to ursnances. a. I do no understan Pompey's angvage. Hitherio he has avoided committing himself to ali Caesar' measures, ut o seem incline to throw of themaSk. 3. I do not Wis to tali an pari in politic a present, and thin os devotingmyself to literature 4 Μ lette ho Quintus hewed a muc inconSiStenc asyOul S. He oes no seem to have received one rom me a to the exactio of certainduties in his province IDI have to expres an opinion o the subjeci here, I must declare against the publicani, ut I ad rather e silent. I hope that the quaestors Willia Quintus inmur currency. Comerio me at Arpinum.
Cenato mihi et iam dormitanti pridie K. Maias epistola est illa reddita, in qua de agro Campano scribis. Quid quaeris' primo
ita me pupugit, ut somnum mihi ademerit, sed id cogitatione magis quam molestia cogitanti autem haec fere Succurrebant: Primum e eo, quod superioribus litteris scripseras, e familiari te illius audisse prolatum iri aliquid quod nemo improbaret, malu Saliquid timueram hoc mihi eius modi non videbatur. Deinde, Ut me egomet consoler, omnis exspectatio largitionis agrariae in agrum Campanum Videtur esse derivata, qui ager, ut dena iugera
but was neve consul. Cicero Xpresses a
says that he would have been consul ut for his premature death Philipp. 3. 6, 5. Neque . . habebam, nor didra class
Tocuti ionibus. This ord may be adiminutive rom τοκος, ut seem no tooccur else here Pros Tyrret suggesis abit os an usurer thinhing that the diminutive has a sostening orce. a. De agro Campano One os Caesar sagraria laws proposed the assignation filiis districto the eople. Se Intr. O
Quid quaeris: see p. 7 6, note onP. 5 I. 3. Pupugit, excited. Ille ver is ostenused metaphoricallya Cicero. Cogitatione . . molestia, more homthe thoughis it suggeste than stom veXa
tion. 5. Primum . . scripseras, firs homa statemen in ou las letter.'
Εx familiari . . illius, hom ome intimate friendis Caesar.' 6. Prolatum . . improbaret, that Some proposa Mould e made hic Mould satisf everybody:' .e probably, sto the ConteXt, ver partisan o an agraria laW.Μaius aliquid, some more Weeping
7. Hoc mihi . . videbatur, this does
Eius modi reser eitheroo maius aliquid o to quod nemo improbaret.'8. Largitionis agrariae, of gratuitous assignationi land. 9. Derivata, diverted, o directed tori' concentrate on Tyrreli. Ut dena iugera sint, supposin eachsettier o et te jugera only It would not ae a large alio ance For ut ' -
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Sint, non amplius hominum quinque milia potest Sustinere reliqua omnis multitudo ab illis abalienetur necesSe St. Praeterea, Si ulla res est, quae bonorum animos, quos iam Video SSO commotoS Vehementius possit incendere, haec certe St, et e magiS, quod portoriis Italiae sublatis, agro Campano diviso, quod Vectigal Superest domesticum praeter vicensimam λ quae mihi videtur una contiuncula clamore pedisequorum OStrorum CSSO Peritura a Gnaeus quidem noster iam plane quid cogitet nescio:
qui quidem etiam istuc adduci potuerit. Nam adhuc haec εσο νι- ζετο Se lege Caesari probare, actiones ipsum praestare debere; agrariam legem sibi placuisse, potuerit intercedi necne, nihil ad se pertinere te rege AleXandrino placuisse sibi aliquando confici;
I. Reliqua . . multitudo. the res of the numerous expectants. Caesar id provide for o,oo setilers, b dividin both the ager Stellatis and the ager Campanus amon them. See bove also Velleius a. 44 Suet. Iul. O. 3. Bonorum, of the friend of the constitution. 4. Vehementius, more violently orseriousty than another 5. Portoriis. Customs uties ad been abolislied in the Italia poris in o B.C. Cp. Dion Cass. 37, 5 I. ut accordin to Suet. Iul. 43 Caesar reimposed them onforeig goods after e acquire supreme PO er. Probably. 6. Domesticum, devied in Italy.'Vicensimam manumissorum tax offive per cent. O the value Os flaves emanci
detatis. Una contiuncula . . . nostrorum, wil be abolished by the utcries of the rabbie aster one populariarangue.' ' Contiuncula ' seem noto beriound elsewhere. The ablative here expresses the Ore remote Cause, Clamore, the instrument, of
sor compressing thei cheelis hil playing, calle qγορβεια or ' capistrum.' p. Smith, Dict of Antiq. P. 238. φορβειῶς άτερ, ,ildly. D. Qui quidem . . potuerit, feeing that it a found possibi to bring him evento the position o describe, o advocatingilie agraria la in iis original shape. Forthe position os quidem in suc passages, se Madv. 47 an sor an account of Caesar' legislation in his ear, Inlr. to Pari I, o 7.
Adhuc, opposed to nunc vero belOW. Haec σοφίζετο, he resorte to thesollowin evasionS. I 2. Actiones . . debere, that Caesarmus himself e responsibi sor the means he ook o carry them.'I3 Agrariam legem: see Inlr a above. Potuerit intercedi necne, whethera et was possibi or not. Three tribunes di interpose. See Monamsen . I, Oa,
I4. De rege Alexandrino. The recognition of the ille o Ptolem XII Auletes to the throne os gypt ad been brought bout by the influence of the triumvirs se Mommsen . I, 52, 53; Merivale . 37I, 376, 397. Cicer feemst have been offere an embassy to this prince See Ad Att. 2. 5 I. Ρlacuisse sibi . . confici, that he had approve of a setilement bella made attensili.'
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Bibulus de caelo tum servasset necne sibi quaerendum non sui Sse
de publicanis, voluisse se illi ordini commodare; quid futurum fuerit, si Bibulus tum in sorum descendisset, se divinare non Potui SSe. Nunc vero, Sampsicerame, quid dices p vectigal te nobis in monte Antilibano constituisse, agri Campani abstulisse quid shoc quem ad modum obtinebis Oppressos vos ' inquit teneboeXercitu Caesaris. Non mehercule me tu quidem tam Sto Xercitu quam ingratis animis eorum hominum, qui appellantur boni, qui mihi non modo praemiorum. Sed ne sermonum quidem umquam fructum ullum aut gratiam rettulerunt. Quod si in eam me partem o incitarem, profecto iam aliquam reperirem resistendi viam : nunc prorSus hoc Statui ut, quoniam tanta controversia Si Dicaearcho, familiari tuo, cum Theophrasto, amico meo, ut ille tuus τον
I. Bibulus de caelo . . . Servasset necne, whether Bibulus ad alched soromens in the k or not. A magistrate could suspen public usines a Rome bydeclaring se servasse' servaturum de caelo.' p. Philipp. a. 32 and 33. Tum, ,hen the agraria law wasaeing discussed.' Se below. M. Calpurnius Bibulus, ne Ofthe consul for this ear, as ne of themost obstinate of the optimates Fornotices of his conduci a consul se Intr. to
Pari I, θ 7, 18, an rem e governed Syria a the fame time that Cicero asgovernin Cilicia, an excite Cicero' jea-lous o various grounds Cp. Ad Att. 6. 8, 5 a 6. In the civi inaraetween Caesar an Pompey, Bibulus commande a fleet forthe lalter in the Adriatic, an die in consequence of his reat Xertions. p. Caes. Beli. iv. 3. 8. a. De publicanis . . . Commodare, as for the publicani, he had been illingio do that orde a service. Se Inlr as
3. Fuerit. Fortheriense, se Madv. 38 I. Tum- o the a When the agrariania was rought forward. Bibulus asthen rive by violetice sto the forum. Cp. Dion Cass. 38 6. . Nunc vero . . abstulisse 'butnow, after the sacrifice of the Campaniandoniains, what willbo say that ou have increased ur refources in the ast, hile
diminishing them in Italy 7 I Pompendidsa this e sed a good argument theimprovement of the Roma revenues byconquest in the East rendere the produce of the Campania domain tes indispensableto the treasury. Sampsiceramus, a prince of mesa. Here a nichnam for Pompey. Vectigal . . in . . Antilibano constituisse, that ou have establishe a ourceo revenue foris on Antilibanus, by mahingJudaea an Syria tributary. Antilibanus Was a mountain range running to the easto Coele Syria. 5. Quid . . obtinebis, how ill ou defend or malae good, this γ' 'Quid' seems pleonastic See umpi 769, and cp. Madv. 49, and 395, Obs. 7.
7. Xercitu Caesaris Caesar' armyWould threaten the capital fro Cisalpine Gaul, an recruit O soldier o leave fabsenc might ingle it the populace at
Qui dein se note o P. 74 l. II. 9. Qui mihi . . rettulerunt, Who, farhom howing thei gratitude by materialreWards have no even thanked me in
stances of the genitivus definitivus. See Madv. 286, Obs a Cicero' meaning seemst be that he hould not ea Caesar'sarm is he were ure of the suppor os the obles. Or perhaps that he id notcare to exert imself sor so ungratesul a faction. Io. Si in eam . . incitarem, is Laroused myself to oppos that party. i.e the partyo the triumvirs. O this se os in,' see Ep. 9 6, note O P. 69. I a Dicaearcho Dicaearchus os Messana was a philosopher of the Peripatetic school. and is osten mentioned by Cicero. e Wasone of Aristotie's ounge pupiis, and lived about 35Ο-285 .C.
13. Theophrasto Theophrastus it
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πρακτικον βιον longe omnibus anteponat, hic autem τον θεωρητικον, utrique a me o gestus esse videaturn puto enim me Dicaearcho
', adfatim satis fecisse, respicio nunc ad hanc familiam, quae mihi non modo, Ut requiescam, permittit, sed reprehendit, quia nons Semper quierim. Qua re incumbamus, o noster Tite, assi illa praeclara studia et eo, unde discedere non oportuit, aliquando revertamur. Quod de Quinti fratris epistola scribis, ad me quoque sui προσθε λων, πιθεν δε - Quid dicam nescio. nam ita
deplorat primis Versibus mansionem Suam, Ut quemUiS OUCreto possit ita rursus remittit, ut me roget, ut annales Suo emendem
et edam. Illud tamen, quod scribit, animadvertas Velim, de Portorio circumvectionisu ait se de consilii sententia rem ad senatum reiecisses nondum videlicet meas litteras legerat, quibus ad eum re consulta et eXplorata rescripseram non deberi Velim, si quiis Graeci iam Romam e Asia de ea cauS Uenerunt, idea et,
si tibi videbitur, iis demonstres, quid ego de ea re sentiam. Si
possum diScedere, ne cauSa optima in Senatu pereat, ego SatiS
Εresu succeede Aristoti a the eado the Peripatetic school. Cicero derives
the term πρακτικος an θεωρητικος
βίος fro Aristolle. p. Arist. th. I. 5 Io. 7 Polit. 7, a. 3. Familiam, schoo os philosophy.'
5. Illa praeclara studia. our id and nobi pursuits. The stud os philosophyris
Oportuit. O the ood, see Ep. 9 7,
8. προσθε λέων πιθεν δὲ δρακων μέσση δὲ χιμπιρα. l. 6. I 8 I. Cicero Omplain of the inconsistenc of his rother's
letter, an Atticus seem to have receivedone, to whichae ad the fame objection: henc quoque, ins Oaou. 9. Mansionem. His prolonge residence in Asia a governor. Io. Remittit, gro fless earnest; 'tones
torica work. II. De portorio circumvectionis. These Ord are variousi explained. Bil-lerb. supposes them to mea a tax o goodsconveyed rom ne tow of the province toanother: Boo that the portorium as a
I a. De consilii sententia, Mith the approva of his legat ad visers. See Ep. 8, 5, note aud milh' Dici of Antiq. sub voc.
I 4. Re consulta, having considere thematter. Forcell. Cp. Liv a. 28. Non deberi, that there is no obligation
Si qui . . venerunt, I beg O to see such Greelis as have atready come. Cicero osten uses ' videre in his sense in his
I this e the meaning of discedere,' si possum ' must mean can consistently with my uty,' p. supr. potuerit intercedi necne.' ut perhaps discedere' has the fame sense a in p. 5, 6, and the genera sens may be can et ut of the assair non term which ill avethe est o causes rom ruin. Pros Net-tleshi suggest that de re' may have rop-ped ut after discedere, i Dcanael ut os
Causa optima The Cause of the constitution, hicli depende on a good under- standin bella maintaine belween thesenate and the equites. The dental of the obligatio of the provincials t pay the tax referre&t would anno the equites for theirgain a sarmers of the revenue ould depend in partis it payment. Pereat, aliouldie lost.
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laciam publicanis, εἰ δὲ μή -Vere tecum loquar-in hac re malo
universae Asiae et negotiatoribu ; nam eorum quoque vehementer
interest. Hoc ego sentio Valde nobis opus esse. Sed tu id videbis. QuaeStore autem, quaeso, num etiam de cistophoro dubitant nam si aliud nihil erit, cum erimus omnia Xperti, ego ne illud quidem contemnam, quod Xtremum est. Te in Arpinati videbimus et hospitio agresti accipiemus, quoniam maritumum hoc
I. Vour letters sho great anxiet to hea the ne s. I can oni sanctat e live unde great restraint. Curio' opposition to ur master is ver Popular, and their tota Fufius, is insulte Whereve he appears a Tyrann cannot ut down ali e pressionis opinion, Which, indeed is rather Deer than it a just lately. The la about the Campania domains, rescribes an ath to e taken by ali candidates sor ossice Laterensis has,on great crediti resusing to takerit. 3. I reproac myseis illi anto independence, et cannot prevallipo myseis to accepi Caesar' offer os protection. . Various circumstances trouble me come tinc is VSend soraou.
CICERO ATTICO SAL. Accepi aliquot epistolas tuas, e quibus intelleXi, quam Suspenso animo et sollicito scire vereS, quid esset novi tenemur Io
I. Malo, sc. satisfacere. O the ellipse, se Madv. 478, Ob. 3- a Asiae. The province of Asia, hichcomprehende the districis o the coas of the Aegean, Wit partis Phrygia. p. Smith, Dict o Geogr. I. 238, 39. Negotiatoribus. This ord generallymeans bankers, o money-lenders; ut it is dissiculi to se how the should have a disserent interest Do the equites, unies theexactio of the portorium ' a likel tomahe thei provinciat debior insolvent. See Smith. Dici of Antiq. 794.3. Hoc ego . . opus esse . . videbis, Ise that this is a matteris reat importanceto us,aut leave trioaour judgment.'Nobis, ither i myarother an meror to ur party. Boot suggesis bonis, whicli ould ive the fame sense a thelast version. Opus esse is les strong than necesse esse, it means only very destrabie,'not indispensabie. Cp. Ep. 29, 5. 4. Etiam . . dubitant Mare the stillhesitatingi a to the mode of payment. Cistophoro. The cistophorus 'as Gree coin stamped With the cistus vannus, and the emblenis. According tomuitsch.
Metrologie 27o Berlin I 862 , he cistophorus was Worth three denarii in Cicerowishexto have his ossicia stipen in denarii.
but the quaestor preferresto give him orderson Asiati money-changer sor cistophori ofwhic Pompe had a great man struckie- fore leavin Asia. Cp. Ad Att. a. 6, a. 5. Nam si . . extremum est, is ecan et nothing etter, I halliso complain of the last refource, i .e paymen in the cistophorus. Quintus apparently ouldiose on the Xchange into Roman currency, the nomina value of the cistophorus beinghigher than the real. 7. Hospitio agresti, entertainmen in
Μaritumum Cicero a no at his villa nea Formiae. Io Scire averes. Atticus Was probablyinapirus. Tenemur undique, We are hemmedinis ali fides. See Mommse 4. I, os.
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undique, neque iam quo minus serviamus recusamus, Sed mortem et eiectionem quasi maiora timemuS, quae multo Sunt minora; atque hic est status, qui una Voce omnium gemitur neque Verbo Cui USquam SubleUatur: σκοπος St, ut Suspicor, illis, qui tenent,
nullam cuiquam largitionem relinquere. Unus loquitur et palam adversatur adulescens Curio huic plausus maXimi, consalutatiosorensis perhonorifica, Signa praeterea benevolentiae permulta a bonis impertiuntur Fufium clamoribus et convitiis et sibilis consectantur His e rebu non Spes, Sed dolor Si maior, cum 1 videas civitatis voluntatem solutam, virtutem alligatam. Ac ne
sorte quaera κατα λεπτον de Singuli rebuS, uniUerSa re eo Si deducta, spes ut nulla sit aliquando non modo priVatOS, Uerum etiam magistratus liberos fore. Mac tamen in oppressione Sermo
in circulis dumtaxat et in conviviis est liberior, quam suit;
13 vincere incipit timorem dolor, sed ita, ut omnia sint plenissima desperationis Habet etiam Campana lex XSecrationem
I. Neque . . recusamus . . minora,
, no longe objecto be flaves, and eardeath and exile a greater eviis than lavery, whereas the are reali notiearly so great a. Eiectio seem no to e sed else-where a simply equivalent to banishment.
3. Hic est status . . sublevatur, OUr
4. σκοπος, the aim. Qui tenent, c. rem publicam; or per-haps nos,' our masters. Cp. tenemur. above. For the more absolute se, cp. iis
me dem qui tenent Ad Att. 7. 2, 3. 5. Nullam . . relinquere, to eaven one eis an opportunit of iving. Cp. Suet. Iul. o. quote by Pros Tyrreli. Florus 3 I7, here . Livius Drusus says, nihil se ad largitionem ulli reliquisse nisi si
quis aut caenum dividere vellet aut caelum. 6. Adulescens Curio CP ΕP. 7. 5, Ole. Consalutatio, multorum salutatio
Forcell. rare Word apparently. 7. Forensis hen e appear in thesorum. Forcell. 8. Fufium in Fufius Calenus a tribune 62-6 B.c., and employed his influenceon ehat o Clodius. e seem to have been praetor in his ear 59 B.C. . and serve unde Caesar in the Gaulis an civil ars. During the war o Mutina, Antony'swis and childiei und a refuge in his house,andi osten pleaded for conciliatio in thesenate, to Cicero' annoyance See Inu. to Paris, o 3 Philipp. a I, I, lib.
IO. Voluntatem . . alligatam, ' that theseople's wishes are Dee, but their po erfor action is unde restraint. ACne . . quaeras, sup Pwil tell)ou. Cp. ut ne quid praetermittam, Caesonius ad me litteras misit Ad Att. 12, II. II. κατα λεπτον, bita bit. The expression does not seem to e sed by classical Gree authors. Universa . . deducta, in generalthings have comerio his I . Circulis 'clubs,' coteries. Dum taxat qualisies the revious state-ment speec is laee in socia gatheriugsa least. IS. Ita ut . . desperationis, Mithout preventing a genera despondency' homire- valling. For this use of Vita, ut, see Ep. I.
I 6. Habet . . Iuliis. The law bout the Campania domains, prescribes an athio e taken publici by ali candidates soran magistracy that the williso suggestan other mode of occupatio tha that
ΕXsecrationem. An ath, in hichthe juror imprecates curses naimself i hebrealis it Forcell. Boot thinks the words in contione suspici ous. See pon them A., Zumpi, Comment. Epigraph. I. 284, soli an Intr. as bove have translated
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in contione candidatorum, si mentionem secerint, qua aliter ager possideatur atque ut e legibus Iuliis non dubitant iurare ceteri Laterensis Xistimatur laute fecisse, quod tribunatum pl. petere destitit, ne iuraret. Sed de re publica non libet plura scribere displiceo mihi nec sine summo scribo dolore. Me
tueor, ut oppressis omnibus, non demiSSe, ut tantis rebu gestis,
parum fortiter. A Caesare valde liberaliter invitor in legationem illam , sibi ut sim legatus, atque etiam libera legatio Voti causa datur. Sed haec et praesidii apud pudorem Pulchelli
non habet satis et a fratris adventu me ablegat illa et munitior oest et non impedit quo minus adsim, cum velim hanc ego
teneo, Sed Surum me non puto neque tamen Scit quiSquam.
reser to the orations 'in toga candida made by the candidates. 3. Laterensis M. Iuventius. e accuse Cn. Plancius in B.C. and WasPraetor neXt year. In 4 - 3 B.C. e Waslegat to M. Lepidus in Galilla Narbonensis, an served the Commonwealili faithsuli in that capacit tili, in despa i a the dissimulatio an treason of his generat, e lewhimself See Ep. 46, 4. Laute, apparenti 'admirably, a raremeaning of the word Pros etlleghipsuggest have kept his hand clean. Heremarks that lautius is contrasted ith sordes, Philipp. I. 8, 2 o. ut I hinhthat the contrast in that passage is ardlydirect enough, and doub i it a thoughtofi Cicero. 5. Displiceo . . dolore. ccordingto some, a quotation rom Lucilius Bootthinks the verse escaped Cicero b accident. Displiceo mihi,' Lam out os humour. Cp.
8. Sibi ut sim legatus. p. Ad Fam.
I . A I. Caesar Was annoyed by Cicero's resusa of his offer Cp. Ad Att. 9. 2 a I. Libera . . datur, a titula legation, so the salae o discliargin a voW, is offeredme.' Libera means 4re Dom the suallimitation to a particula province ' his privilege a grante either o nable a Roman who ad busines in the provincesto trave with more cheapnes an Comsori, or, as here, to assor an honourable retirement seo public life Cp. Ad Att. 5. II, 4. The burde of providinisor suci legati
was severet fel by the provinces, and Cicero, in his consulfhip limite the duratio of the privilege to ne ear cp. De Legg. 3. 8, 18 , a limitation sterwardssanctioned a Caesar apparently cp. Ad Att. 15 l. in . 9. Haec the legatio libera. Apud pudorem Pulchelli, in presenceos, rogainst the moderation ironical os Clodius. Cicero ould stili e legali a private person iste accepte this ossice, and
furorem' he would have writiem adversus,' or contra' furorem. I, A fratris . . ablegat, removes me
seo Rome jus abolit the time os mybrother' return. Q. Cicero est Asia in 584.C. Cp. Ad Q. F. I. 3, 4.
Munitior, salar, sor it ould securelii Caesar' protection. II. Non impedit . . cum velim. Cicero might spendis hori time in Gaul asCaesar' legate, and then return to Rome. Matth. Hanc . . teneo, I ling to this post, flegat to Caesar Cicero aster ali refuse it. Η seem to have avere muchos o his conduci at this crisis. Pros Tyrrei renders
Phave atready got the legatio libera hanc .'
II. Scit quisquam. Is these Word are genuine, ' quid facturus sim, or ord tolliat esseci, must e supplied. reli suggest ' scio quid sequar.'
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vellem ego vel cuperem adesses nec mihi conSilium nec con-5 solatio deesset Sed ita te para, ut Si inclamaro, adUOleS.
L Nothing even in these troubled times, disquiet me more than the manumissionos Statius. I care les sor the threat os Clodius, but houldie gladis your presenceand advice a The present State of thing i generali odious no ne a be more popula than the so-calle popular leaders. Bibulus is the do of the populace Pompey has tost ali hol on iis affections. I tryrio void offending ou rulers, without discreditin m previ ous life I. At ali public entertainment peopte ine their steling. this vias the caseisspeciali When the actor Diphilus attache Pompe at thegames of Apollo. The ounge Curioia an enthuSiaStic reception o the fame occasion anxit is gaid that our master meditate meaSures os retallation, both against theequi es an against the populace. A. Clodius threatens me, ut Pompe promises his protection Pammo inclined hoWever, to accepi a place o the Commission ofTwenty a. nor even the post o legat to Caesar preser o meet orce by orce, but have no made myina decision In latur I hal only rite distincti is I anquite dependis my messengera themige I Shali substitute ther ames soraour and
CICERO ATTICO SAL. Multa me sollicitant et e rei publicae tanto motu et ex iis 1 periculis, quae mihi ipsi intenduntur, et Sescenta sunt; sed mihi nihil est molestius quam Statium manu miSSum:
I. V eo pugnare, i. e. to resis theattack,hic Clodius threatened instea ofevadincit.
Magna . . studia, peopte are eatous in m cause. Boot who quotes Ad Att. 2.22, 3 renovatur memoria consulatus, studia significantur.
a. Nihil adfirmo, I say nothinisor
Silebis - sile. See Madv. 384, Obs. Statio. Statius as a flave, for homin Cicero a thought to have o muchregard, and whos manumission caused un-stiendi remarks CP. Epp. a IN IS, . . 3 occallui. have grown thick-skinned. Apparently this is the ni passage in Ahichthe wor is sed by an author of the est perio metaphoricatly but Orceli quotes passages stom Plin the ounge an Columella, here it has a simila meaning. 4. Vellem ego vel cuperem, Istould Wish, or ather earnesti destre.'Oreli suggest 'Vellem ego accurreres. The ΜS. has vellem ego se cuperem. On vellem, and o the conj. Ood atre it, see Ep. 8, 14, note, O P. 62. 7. Intenduntur, are threatened. Sescenta, ' ver numeroUS. 8. Quam Statium manu missum. c. esse, than the manumission os Statius. For more bout him, P. EP. 5 I.
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Nec meum imperium: ac mitto imperium : non simultatem meam Revereri saltem
Nec quid actam scio, neque tantum est in re quantu Si sermo. Ego autem ne irasci possum quidem iis quos valde ames tantum doleo ac mirifice quidem ' Cetera in magnis rebus minae Clodii contentionesque, quae mihi Proponuntur,
modice me tangunt: etenim vel subire eas videor mihi summa cum dignitate vel declinare nulla cum molestia poSSe DiceS fortasse 'dignitatis λις, tamquam δρυός Saluti, Si me amaS,1 o consule. Me miserum cur non ades nihil profecto te praeteriret ego ortasse τυ γλώττω et nimium τω καλ- προσπέπονθα. Scito nihil umquam fuisse tam infame, tam turpe, tam Perae aque inanibus generibus, ordinibus, aetatibus OffenSum, quam hunc statum, qui nunc St, magis mehercule, quam Uellem, nonis modo quam putaram. Populares isti iam etiam modestos homines sibilare docuerunt Bibulus in caelo St, nec qua re SCIO, Sed talaudatur, quaSi
Unus homo nobis cunctando reStituit rem.
I. Nec meum imperium . . Saltem, doeche no regar m order 3 or at leastfear a quarret,ith mel a quotatio froni Tereiace, Phorm II. I, 2. Mitto, say nothingis' O the insin. revereri, expressin surprise, se adv.
I 2 Peraeque, quit equalty Cp. In Verr Act. 2 3. 52, 2I. 13. Generibus, perhaps ' Parties, P. Pro Sest. 5. 96 perhaps ' professions,' p. A., Zumpi' Εxcursus on the Lex Curiata de Imperio, in his edition os Cicero' oration on the agraria lasos Rullus, p. I7Ο. offensum 'odious,' offensive. Pros. Tyrret suggest distastelal. 14. Qii am vellem, than Pshould wist.' Cp. p. 8. Io note. I 5. Putaram, i. e. e re his retum to
Populares, the clites os the popularparty the triumvirs. 16. In caelo est, is exalted to the shies.' Cicero seem to have appreciate properly the oolis obstinac o Bibulus. ho onlyopposed a passive resistance to the triumvirs. Cp. Intr. to Pari I, DI 8. ut he sterwardscalladiim praestantissimum civem Philipp.
18. Unus homo . . rem. A quotationsio Ennius, on in Fabius Cunctator; encethe indicative ' restituit is retained.
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Pompeius, nostri amores, quod mihi Summo dolor est, ipSe eadfliXit neminem tenet voluntate; ne metu neceSS SI Il Suti, Vereor. Ego autem neque pugno cum illa causa propter illam amicitiam, neque approbo, ne omnia improbem, quae antea gessi utor via. Populi sensus a Xime theatro et Pec 3 taculis perspectus est: nam gladiatoribus qua dominus qua
advocati sibilis conscissi ludis Apollinaribus Diphilus tragoedus
in nostrum ompeium petulanter invectus St:
Eandem virtutem istam veniet tempuS cum graviter gemes
totius theatri clamore diXit itemque cetera Nam eius modi sunt ii versus, uti in tempus ab inimico Pompeii scripti esse
I. Nostri amores, my fauourites' eommon enough in Cicero in his ense. Se adflixit, ' has ruined himself.
a. Neminem tenet voluntate, heca rechon o no one' voluntar Support, 'lit 'controis non by their own choice,'
holds no ne by any onds o good ili. ΤΠreli. Noluntate voluntarie. Foris Ceil. p. sentiunt se nullius partis voluntatem tenere Ad Att. 2. I, 5. Iis, for the populares.'3. Cum illa causa. Wit the cause referrexto that of the me in power. 4. Illam amicitiam, myoriendshipso Pompey. Cp nostri amores above. 5. Utor via, Q go straightin' Matth. . i. e I presume, ithout turning to supporteither fide. Theatro et spectaculis, thetheatre an a public hows.' he conjunctio seem rather harsh, for theatro, i it stood by tself, ould ather e X-plaine a the loca ablative. O the ablatives spectaculis gladiatoribus,' see Ep. 8, II, note. The gladiatorial show referre towas perhaps that exhibite by A. Gabinius. Cp. P. 3, 36. Qua . . qua, both . . and. p. Ep. 65, I, and orcell. Who ives cum . . tum ' as equivalents. Dominus, the man who gave the enterrainment.' p. dominus epuli In Vat. 3, 3I. O perhaps more probabi 'iur master'
Caesar. Pros Tyrrei thinks that Pompey
7. Advocati, partisans. See p. 8, 4. Conscissi, abused,'lit 'torn,' pelted. Cp conscindi Ep. 59, . Ludi Apollinaribus These games
Diphilus seems notrio be else here mentioned. Accordin to Valerius Maximus
livering these passages. Valerius Maximus quotes the passage miseria nostra magnus es,' hic Pros Tyrrei says is more rhythmicat, an suggest as an alternative nostra miseria tu magnus es. Η Wouldalso omit meque besores leges in another quotation elow, supposin both passagesto form partis trochai tetrameters. 9. Nostra miseria, at the cost ofour misery. the ablative, p. Madv. 258. II. Virtutem istam, that valour Caesar's whichbo pratse. Boot. Manutius says virtutem. Opes, acultates, vires in civitate. Pros Tyrrei say the spectator would reser virtutem ' to the victorie of Pompeius, and emes V o himself. I 2. Itemque cetera. and the est os
the passage likewise. The lines here quote are placed by Ribbeck among the
fragments ex incertis incertorum fabulis.'Nam eius modi . . videantur, aresuchis to seem Writieno fuit the present
timea some enem os Pompey. The expression is elliptical This Was not strange, for' p. Madu ad Cic. de in Excursus, P. 79I, Who, o ever, thinks that et eiusmodi Would e more in accordance ith Cicero' usage in hicli caseo presumethat there hould e ni a comma aster videantur.' Pros Tyrrellias a colon.
Si neque lege neque more Cogunt-
Et cetera magno cum remitu et clamore sunt dicta Caesar cum venisset mortuo plausu, Curio filius est insecutus huic ita plausum est, ut Salva re publica Pompeio plaudi solebat. Tulit Caesar graviter litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur. nimici erant equitibus, qui Curioni Stantes plauserant, hostes omnibus Rosciae legi, etiam frumentariae, minitabantur sane res erat perturbata. Equidem malueram, quod erat susceptum ab illis, silentio transiri, Sed Vereor ne non liceat non serunt homines, quod videtur SSe tamen serendum io Sed est iam una vox omnium, magis odio firmata quam Prae-
4sidio. Noster autem Publius mihi minitatur, inimicus est; impendet negotium, ad quod tu scilicet advolabis. Videor
mihi nostrum illum consularem Xercitum bonorum omnium,
etiam satis bonorum, habere firmissimum. Pompeius significatos studium erga me non mediocre idem adfirmat verbum de me
illum non esse acturum; in quo non me ille allit, sed ipse
I. Cogunt, 'have an constraining sorce, i. e. ver tyranis. 2. Caesar . . plausu, Caesar havingarrived when the applause calle sort by the passage ive above had eased. Itis implied that no applauseareeted hi m. 3. Curio : se on of the preceding
5. Capuam Pompey a probabi at Capua, employexas ne of the commissiono twent charge wit the execution os
6. Dicebantur is not, probably the epistolar imperfeci. Pros Tyrrelloahes a
Erant, c. populares isti.' p. 6 2. The demeanour of the equites seems Curious, considering ha the triumvir didio conciliate them. Cp p. Io, , Ote;
the equites present in the theatre have been carried way by a momentar impulse ΤMr. H. F. Pelliam suggest that the equites here referre t may be the ' equitum centuriae, maint consistin of Oungpatricians. 7. Hostes omnibus, open nemies toal their countrymen. Rosciae . . minitabantur the were threatening to abrogate the Roscianua , and
even that providin cor for the eople. On the Roscian law see Ep. 9, 3. note Iis repeat would of course tand the equites, asthat of the ther law ould offend the populace. The Lex Frumentaria herereserre t was probabi the ex Cassia Terentia, nacte 73 B.C. cp. reli. nomast. , hicli provided so the sale os cornat lo fixed rates. 8. Malueram. O the indici, see Madv. 348 c. 9. Ab illis, by Pompe and Caesar. II. Magis . . praesidio, emboldenedb hatred rather than by the possession fata rea force. I 2. Noster . . Publius, our hiend Publius, i. e. Clodius, hocis osten poken os sinapi by his praenomen. I 3. Impendet 'threatensus. The threat
nimirum as ne is the equivalent sor scilicet, and say habet vim amrmandi.'I4. Nostrum illum . . firmissimum, to be abierio place suli reliance in that orce of well-disposed, o even lairly well-disposed, citigens hichi consulate embodied. I7. Illum Clodium. Non me ille . . fallitur. Cicerothought that Pompe was hept in the ainas to the attachilanne against himself is Clodius Cp. Ad Att. 2. I, Q
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sallitur Cosconi, mortuo sum eius locum inVitatuS: id erat vocari in locum mortui mihi me turpius apud homines suisset neque vero ad istam ipsam σψά ιαν quicquam alieniuS; sunt enim illi apud bonos invidiosi, ego apud improbo meam retinuissem invidiam, alienam adsumpsissem. CaeSar me ibi volt esse legatum Honestiori declinatio haec periculi ecl
ego hoc non repudio. Quid ergo est Pugnare malo. ibi
tamen certi. Iterum dico, utinam adesses Sed tamen, Si erit necesse arcessemus. Quid aliud quid Hoc opinor certi sumus 1 operisse omnia quid enim καιρόμεθα tam diu sed haec Scripsi properans et mehercule timide. Posthac ad te aut, si perfidelem habebo, cui dem, scribam plane omnia, aut, Si obScur Scribam, tu tamen intelleges. In iis epistolis me Laelium, te Furium
laciam; cetera erunt D αἰνιγμοῖ Hic Caecilium colimus et 1 observamus diligenter. Edicta Bibuli audio ad te missa: 'Sardet dolore et ira noster Pompeius.
I. Cosconio. e ma perhaps insersrom this passage compare Wit Ad Att. 9. a I, and Veli. a. 45, that Cicero a invite to succeed Cosconius as a member of the Commission of went appotnte todivide the public land in Campania C. Cosconius Was praetor in 63 B.C., an aster-Ward governor O Farther Spain. p. Pro Sulla, 4. 42 In Vat. 5, 2. Id erat . . mortui, that Was an VI-tation to tali a dea man' place,' 'o passsrom politica existence.' A play on theword in locum mortui ' hic might meret mean to succeed a dea man.' a. Apud homines. So Boot and reli. Baiter has apud hominem,' hich, presume, must mean in the yes of Pompey.'3. Ad istam ipsam ἀσφαλειαν, with a view to that ver securit Fou advise me to thin of. For his sense of iste, CP EP. 7, 2, Ole. 4. Illi, the commissioners' probably. 6. Onestior . . periculi, this is amore honourable way of avoiding the an-ger than the acceptance of a place among the x viri ouldae. For Caesar' offer, of the previous letter. 7. Hoc non repudio, d domo strinksrom anger. Boot. esenb dentes that repudio can have this meaning and Suggest relagio.'
Quid ergo est ,hat theido I mean. 9. Quid aliud . . omnia, What more have Ut say his, Uthink that we resure that ali is lost. Cicero's agitation hewsitsel in the abrupines of the style. millerb. Io. κκιζόμεθα, dissemble. Seeilat. Gorg. 497 A. II. Per fidelem his ordiseem not
Ia. Obscure, unde a disguise.' p. ναἰνιγμοις acie lines elo It is opposedi plane. . . , I 3. e Laelium . . ac 1am, ' natical myseis Laelius, and yo Furius. Jacio' is osten used by Cicero in his ense. Thenam Furius,as perhaps suggeste by theyounge Laelius havinitia a stiendis thalname, L. Furius Philus, ho was consul I36 B.C. Cicero has compared imself to Laelius onceae re Se EP. 3, 3.14. αἰνιγμοῖς αἴνιγμα is the more common forna, ut αἰνιγμος is ound Eur. Rhes. 754 Aristoph. Ranaei I. Caecilium Atticus had an uncte nam edin Caecilius, ho after ard adopte him. Cp. p. I, 3, Ποῖς ., o. I5. dicta, proclamations. BibuluS, during the las si monilis of his consulfhip, shut imself, in his ouse, an merelyissued proclamations declarin Caesar' acts void. p. App. Beli. iv. a. a Dion Cassius 38 6. Iis at, about stem. O the ab ., se Madv. 255. I 6. Pompeius There is more bout the behaviour of Pompe at this time, in Ad Att. a. I, 3.
CICERO ATTICO SAL. Quas Numestio litteras dedi, sic te iis evocabam ut nihil acrius neque incitatius fieri posset ad illam celeritatem adde etiam, si quid potes. Ac ne sis perturbatus novi enim te et non ignoro, quam sit amor omnis Sollicitus atque anXius sed
, eho non tam exitu molesta quam auditu Vetti
ille ille noster index, Caesari, ut perspicimus, pollicitu S Stses curaturum, ut in aliquam suspitionem facinoris Curio filius adduceretur itaque insinuatus in familiaritatem adulescentis
Numestio. Numerius Numestius is mentione Ad Att. a. O, I a. 22, 7. Cicero received hini as a frien on ne recommendationis Atticus. Litteras perhaps reser to Ad Att. 2.23 on quas . . litteras, See P. 3, a,
note, O P. 33 4. 2. Acrius . . incitatius, more earnest
Εxitu in iis actua result. Vettius One L. Vettius ha been employed by Cicero as an informe duran hi: consulsiiij cp. Dion Cassius 37, I , and ad trie to establis the complicit os Caesariu Catilinc plot Suet. Iul. 7: Abelien, 61 ah plo describe in his letter salso mentione a les tength in the orations Pro Sest 63, 13a, and In Vatin I . Momm- se I. 2o6 accepi Cicero' account of this assai the Emperor Napoleon III Cesar L 309 soli. suggesis, not. improbably that the plot was devised by soni adherent of the triumvirs, without the knowledge osthei chiesi; Merivale I. I96 thinks that there Was a rea pio amon some of the violent Oounxi abies against the trium-6. Ille noster index Atticus had been in Rome during Cicero' consulfhip an his familiarit wit the event of that earwould malae any surther descriptioni Vet
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et cum eo, ut res indicat, saepe congressus rem in eum locum deduXit, ut diceret sibi certum esse cum suis servi In PomPeium impetum sacere eumque occidere. Hoc Curio ad patrem detulit, ille ad ompeium: res delata ad senatum est. Introductu SLVettius primo negabat se umquam cum Curione OnStitISSeqneque id sane dii: nam statim fidem publicam postulaVit; reclammatum est. Tum exposuit manum fuisse iuventutis duce Curione,
in qua Paulus initio suisset et Q. Caepio hic Brutus et Lentulus, flaminis filius. conscio patre; postea Septimium, Scribam
o Bibuli, pugionem sibi a Bibulo attulisse quod totum irriSum est Vettio pugionem desuisse, nisi ei consul dedisset, eoque magis id eiectum est, quod a. d. III Idus Mai. Bibulus Pompeium secerat certiorem, ut caveret insidias in quo ei Pompeius gratias egerat. Introductus Curio filius dixit ad ea, quae Vettius diXerat, at maximeque in eo tum quidem Vettius est reprehenSUS, quod dixerat adulescentium consilium, ut in soro cum gladiatoribus
I Rem in eum locum deduxit, Wents,farris to say. Boot. p. quem in locum res deducta sit, vides Ad Fam 4 2 3. a. Sibi certum esse, that he was
5. Negabat B appearing to ea a disclosure of halaad passed etween himand Curio, Vettius hopexto bring suspicionupon Curio. Manut. Cum Curione constitisse, that he had has interviews it Curio. Cp. In Verr Act. I. 7, 9. 6. Fidem publicam, indemnit sorhis disclosures. Cp. In Cat. 3. 4, 8.
Reclamatum est, there ere utcries against t.' p. Ep. 22, 2. e must sup
pos that Vettius persevered in his statement, though conscious that he di s at his own peril. 8 Paulus L. Aemilius Paulus as sonos M. Lepidus, consul in 78 .C. Paulus was quaestor in Macedonia in f B.C., praetor in VB.C., consul in o B.C. ea first was one of the optimates, and is ostenpraised by Cicero; ut Caesar bought his services in the ear 5 B. C. sor a sum os I 5o talents Plut Caes. 29 . Thoughbrother of the triumvir Lepidus, he wasamong the proscribe in 3 B.C., ut escaped to the campis M. Brutus, and was after ard pardoned. is basilica was celebrate among the great publicauildings of the time. Fuisset, orat Obl. See Ep. 3. 3, Ole. in Caepio . . Brutus ore commonly known a M. Brutus, Caesar' mur-derer. e had been adopte by his materna uncte, in Servilius Caepio. For more notices of him, p. Ep. 36, IO, an Intr. to
I3. The word hic Brutus are probablyinserte to distinguishaim rom ther mennamed in Caepio. Manut. Lentulus L. Lentulus Niger is mentioned Philipp. 3. Io, 5 as a rien os Antony, who isapprovexo his poticy. esurvived the batile of Actium. His ather,
who ore the fame name, a flamen os Mars accused Clodius 6 B. C. stoo forthe consulfhimagainst Piso an Gabinius in 59 B.C. and was ne of the ouri e re whicli Cicero pleadex me Donio Sua.' edie 56 B.C. I a. Id eiectum est. A theatrica expression in explosum,' discredited. 13. In quo in hic matter. Forceli. explain in his sense as equivalent to quod attinet ad. Cp. Ep. 9, 5, note On p. 67. I 4. Ad ea . . dixerat, 'in answe to the charge of Vettius. I 5. In eo . . quod, because. Tum quidem 'o that occasion. Vetistius may have been uili os ther mis- statement equali serious at ther times.16. Consilium supp. suisse sto theneX clause. p. Madv. 478. Ο ut',iththe conj after consilium suisse, cp. Ib. 372 a. Gladiatoribus see Ep. I 2, 3. Billerb. retalias cum. aut explainscit a meaning atthe time f.
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Gabinii ompeium adorirentur, in eo principem Paulum fuisse, quem constabat eo tempore in Macedonia suisse. Fit senatus consultum, ut Vettius, quod consessus esset se cum telo suisse in vincula coniiceretur; qui eum emisisset, eum contra rempublicam esse acturum. Res erat in ea opinione, ut putarent id esse actum, ut Vettius in foro cum pugione et item 'er ieius comprehenderentur cum telis, deinde ille se diceret indicaturum, idque ita dactum esset, nisi Curiones gem ante asPompeium detulissent. Tum senatus NonSultum contione recitatum est Postero autem die Caesar, is, qui olim, praetor ocum esset, Q. Catulum ex inferiore loco iusserat dicere, Vettium in rostra produxit eumque in eo loco constituit, quo Bibulo consuli aspirare non liceret Hic ille omnia, quae voluit, de re publica dixit ut qui illuc actus institutusque venisset Primum Cae
pionem de oratione sua sustulit, quem in senatu acerrime nomi 1 snarat ut appareret noctem Et nocturnam deprecationem intercessisses deinde, quos in Senatu ne tenuiSSima quidem SuSPitione
attigerat, eos nominavit Lucullum, a quo solitum esse ad se mitti C. Fannium, illum, qui in P. Clodium Subscripserat, L.
I. Gabinii A. Gabinius a consul 58Bα, and may have exhibite gladiatorialfhows the yeariefore, in orde to in avour With the populace. For surther notices of
3. Cum telo It was illegat, apparently, to ea arm in Rome Cp. In Cat. . , ID Ascon in Milonian. p. 45. 4. misisset, c. evinculis, 'should have procured his release.' his decree was passexto prevent, i possibie, an appea tolli tribunes on bellat of Vettius. p. Caesar' proposal, quote In Cat. 4. 4, 8,
and 4 5 IO. 5. Res erat . . putarent, the generalimpression about the occurrenc Was that peopte thought.' O the leonaSm, P.
intended, o arranged. Item: p. p. I 2, 3 note. Io Olim Caesar Was Praetor I 62 B.C., when Catulus came forwar to spea about
the rebullding of the Capitol. p. Intr. to Pari I, 6 Ia Suet. Iul. 5. . II. x inferiore loco, opposedo
Voluit Non settius, sed Caesar. Manut Oreli. p. illerb. and Boot pro- pose hic omnia, ille quae voluit. Pros. Tyrreti approves, aut talae hic ' αν an
adverb- in the rostra. I 4. Factus ' schooled, irepared. Cp. De Orat. 3. 48, 84 Hor Sat. I. IO, 58. Caepionem . . sustulit, remove thenanaeis Caepio rom his statement.'I5. Acerrime, with the greates earne Siness, o decision. Nominarat Perhaps nominare Wasa technica term for a denunciation or in
qui nominatus profugisset.'I6. Deprecationem. Intercession rom Brutus mollier, Servilia, reporte to e nintimate term wit Caesar.