part I
have gathered from your letters--both that which you wrote in conjunction with others and the one you wrote in your own name--what I saw myself too, that you are somewhat disconcerted by my sudden move, and are looking for some new means of protecting me. I don't quite see how I can do as you suggest and come nearer to Rome, travelling through towns at night. For I have not suitable stopping-places to spend all the days in; nor, for the point you are aiming at, does it much matter whether I am seen in towns or on the road. However I will consider how this plan, as well as others, can most conveniently be carried out.
I am so fearfully upset both in mind and body that I have not been able to write many letters; I have only answered those who have written to me. I should like you to write in my name to Basilus and to anyone else you like, even to Servilius, and say whatever you think fit. From this letter you will quite understand that the reason why I have not written to you at all for such a long time, is that I
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intellegis rem mihi desse, de qua scribam, non voluntatem.
Quod de Vatinio quaeris, neque illius neque cuiusquam mihi praeterea officium desset, si reperire possent, qua in re me iuvarent. Quintus aversissimo a me animo Patris fuit. Eodem Corcyra filius venit. Inde profectos eos una cum ceteris arbitror.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi IV K. Dec. a. 706_]
Sollicitum esse te, cum de tuis communibusque fortunis, tum maxime de me ac de dolore meo sentio. Qui quidem meus dolor non modo non minuitur, cum socium sibi adiungit dolorem tuum, sed etiam augetur. Omnino pro tua prudentia sentis, qua consolatione levari maxime possim. Probas enim meum consilium negasque mihi quicquam tali tempore potius faciendum fuisse. Addis etiam (quod etsi mihi levius est quam tuum iudicium, tamen non est leve) ceteris quoque, id est qui pondus habeant, factum nostrum probari. Id si ita putarem, levius dolerem. "Crede," inquis, "mihi." Credo equidem, sed scio, quam cupias minui dolorem meum. Me discessisse ab armis numquam paenituit. Tanta erat in illis crudelitas, tanta cum barbaris gentibus coniunctio, ut non nominatim, sed generatim proscriptio esset informata, ut iam omnium iudicio constitutum esset omnium vestrum bona praedam esse illius victoriae. "Vestrum" plane dico; numquam enim de te ipso nisi
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had nothing to write about, not that I did not wish to write.
For your query about Vatinius, neither he nor anyone else would fail in service to me, if they could find any means of helping me. Quintus showed the bitterest ill-feeling to me at Patrae. His son came thither from Corcyra: and I suppose they have set out from there with the others.
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CICERO to ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, November 27_, B.C. _48_]
I see you are anxious about your own fate and the fate of us all, and especially about me and my sorrows; but my sorrows are not lessened one whit by the addition of yours in sympathy, they are even increased. Of course your own intelligence makes you feel what consolation can comfort me most: for you approve of my plan and say that under the circumstances I could not have done anything better. You add something, which does not weigh with me so much as your judgement, though it has some weight, that every one else--I mean every one else who matters--approves of what I did. If I could persuade myself of that, I should feel less sorrow. "Believe me," you say. I do believe you; but I know how anxious you are to relieve my sorrow. I have never regretted leaving the camp. Cruelty was so rampant there, and there was so close an alliance with barbarian nations, that a plan was sketched out for a proscription not of persons but of whole classes; and everybody had made up their minds that the property of you all was to be the prize of his victory. I say "you" advisedly, for none
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crudelissime cogitatum est. Quare voluntatis me meae numquam paenitebit, consilii paenitet. In oppido aliquo mallem resedisse, quoad accerserer: minus sermonis subissem, minus accepissem doloris; ipsum hoc me non angeret. Brundisi iacere in omnes partes est molestum. Propius accedere, ut suades, quo modo sine lictoribus, quos populus dedit, possum? qui mihi incolumi adimi non possunt. Quos ego nunc paulisper cum bacillis in turbam conieci ad oppidum accedens, ne quis impetus militum fieret. Reliquo tempore me domi tenui.[172] Ad Oppium et Balbum scripsi,[173] quonam iis placeret modo propius accedere, ut hac de re considerarent. Credo fore auctores. Sic enim recipiunt, Caesari non modo de conservanda, sed etiam de augenda mea dignitate curae fore, meque hortantur, ut magno animo sim, ut omnia summa sperem. Ea spondent, confirmant. Quae quidem mihi exploratiora essent, si remansissem. Sed ingero praeterita; vide, quaeso, igitur ea, quae restant, et explora cum istis, et, si putabis opus esse, et si istis placebit, quo magis factam nostrum Caesar probet quasi de suorum sententia factum, adhibeantur Trebonius, Pansa, si qui alii, scribantque ad Caesarem me, quicquid fecerim, de sua sententia fecisse.
[172] Reliquo tempore me domi tenui _Hofmann_: recipio tempore me domo te nunc _MSS._
[173] Balbum scripsi _added by Lambinus and Lehmann_.
Tulliae meae morbus et imbecillitas corporis me exanimat. Quam tibi intellego magnae curae esse, quod est mihi gratissimum. De Pompei exitu mihi
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but the cruellest thoughts were entertained about you personally. So I shall never regret my resolve; but I do regret my plan of action. I wish I had settled down in some town, till I was called for. There would have been less talk about me, less pain for me; this particular regret at any rate would not be worrying me. To remain inactive at Brundisium is annoying from every point of view. And how can I go nearer to Rome, as you advise, without the lictors given me by the people? They cannot be taken from me without depriving me of my rights. Only lately, as I was approaching Brundisium, I made them mix with the crowd with nothing but sticks in their hands for fear the soldiery might attack them: ever since I have kept at home. I have written to Oppius and to Balbus, asking them to consider how I can move nearer to Rome. I think they will advise me to do so. For they promise that Caesar will be anxious not only to preserve my dignity, but even to increase it; and they bid me be of good cheer and entertain the highest of hopes. This they warrant and guarantee. Personally I should have felt surer about it, if I had stayed where I was. But that is harping on the past; so pray look to the future and investigate the matter with them, and, if you think it necessary and they approve, call in Trebonius, Pansa and anyone else you like, that I may win Caesar's approval by appearing to follow his friends' advice, and let them write to Caesar, telling him that, what I have done, I did at their advice.
My dear Tullia's illness and weakness frightens me to death. I understand you are taking great care of her, and I am very grateful. About Pompey's end
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dubium numquam fuit. Tanta enim desperatio rerum eius omnium regum et populorum animos occuparat, ut, quocumque venisset, hoc putarem futurum. Non possum eius casum non dolere; hominem enim integrum et castum et gravem cognovi. De Fannio consoler te? Perniciosa loquebatur de mansione tua. L. vero Lentulus Hortensi domum sibi et Caesaris hortos et Baias desponderat. Omnino haec eodem modo ex hac parte fiunt, nisi quod illud erat infintum. Omnes enim, qui in Italia manserant, hostium numero habebantur. Sed velim haec aliquando solutiore animo.
Quintum fratrem audio profectum in Asiam, ut deprecaretur. De filio nihil audivi; sed quaere ex Diochare, Caesaris liberto, quem ego non vidi, qui istas Alexandrea litteras attulit. Is dicitur vidisse Quintum euntem an iam in Asia. Tuas litteras, prout res postulat, exspecto. Quas velim cures quam primum ad me perferendas. IIII K. Decembr.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XIV Kal. Ian. a. 706_]
Gratae tuae mihi litterae sunt, quibus accurate perscripsisti omnia, quae ad me pertinere arbitratus es. Et factum igitur tu scribis istis placere et placere[174] isdem istis lictoribus me uti, quod concessum Sestio
[174] es. Et factum igitur tu scribis istis placere et placere _Steinkopf_: est ea factum igitur ut scribis istis placere _MSS._
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I never had any doubt. For despair of his success had so completely taken possession of the minds of all the kings and peoples, that I thought this would happen to him, wherever he might go. I cannot help feeling sorry for his fate, for I knew him to be a man of honour and high moral principle. Am I to condole with you about Fannius? He used to speak virulently of you for staying in Rome. L. Lentulus, you know, had promised himself Hortensius' house, Caesar's gardens, and a place at Baiae. Precisely the same is taking place on this side too, except that on the other there was no limit. For they counted every one who stayed in Italy as an enemy. But I would rather speak of this sometime when I am less worried.
I hear my brother Quintus has set out for Asia to make his peace. About his son I have heard nothing; but ask Diochares, Caesar's freedman, who brought those letters from Alexandria. I have not seen him. He is said to have seen Quintus either on the way, or was it already in Asia? I am looking forward to a letter from you, as the occasion demands. Please try to get it conveyed to me as soon as possible.
November 27.
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CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, Dec. 17_, B.C. _48_]
I am much obliged to you for your letter, in which you have recorded carefully everything you think concerns me. So you say that they approve both of my actions, and of my keeping my lictors, as Sestius is allowed to keep his: though in his case I think it is not so much a question of being allowed to keep
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sit; cui non puto suos esse concessos, sed ad ipso datos. Audio enim eum ea senatus consulta improbare, quae post discessum tribunorum facta sunt. Quare poterit, si volet sibi constare, nostros lictores comprobare,
Quamquam quid ego de lictoribus, qui paene ex Italia decedere sim iussus? Nam ad me misit Antonius exemplum Caesaris ad se litterarum, in quibus erat se audisse Catonem et L. Metellum in Italiam venisse, Romae ut essent palam. Id sibi non placere, ne qui motus ex eo fierent; prohiberique omnes Italia, nisi quorum ipse causam cognovisset; deque eo vehementius erat scriptum. Itaque Antonius petebat a me per litteras, ut sibi ignoscerem; facere se non posse, quin iis litteris pareret. Tum ad eum misi L. Lamiam, qui demonstraret illum Dolabellae dixisse, ut ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem; eius me litteris venisse. Tum ille edixit ita, ut me exciperet et Laelium nominatim. Quod sane nollem; poterat enim sine nomine res ipsa excipi.
O multas et graves offensiones! quas quidem tu das operam ut lenias, nec tamen nihil proficis, quin hoc ipso minuis dolorem meum, quod, ut minuas, tam valde laboras; idque velim ne gravere quam saepissime facere. Maxime autem adsequere, quod vis, si me adduxeris, ut existimem me bonorum iudicium non funditus perdidisse. Quamquam quid tu in eo potes? Nihil scilicet. Sed, si quid res dabit tibi facultatis, id me maxima consolari poterit; quod nunc quidem
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them as of their being assigned to him by Caesar himself. For I am told he repudiates all the decrees of the Senate which were passed after the departure of the tribunes. So, if he wants to be consistent, he will be able to approve my lictors.
However, what is the use of talking about lictors, when I have almost been ordered to leave Italy. For Antony has sent me a copy of a letter from Caesar, in which he said he had heard that Cato and L. Metellus had come to Italy and intended to live openly at Rome: that he did not like, for fear it might cause some disturbance: and that none may enter Italy, until he has himself investigated their case. He put the point very strongly. So Antony wrote asking my pardon, and saying he could not help obeying the letter. Then I sent L. Lamia to him to point out that Caesar had told Dolabella to write and tell me to come to Italy as soon as possible: and that it was on the strength of that letter that I had come. Then Antony issued an edict excepting myself and Laelius by name. I wish he had not done that: he might have made an exception without mentioning names.
What a heap of troubles and how serious too! And you are doing your best to make them lighter, and with some success--indeed that you try so hard to relieve me is some relief in itself. I hope you won't find it a burden to do so as often as possible. But you will succeed in your object best, if you can convince me that I have not entirely lost the good opinion of the loyal party. Yet what can you do in that matter? Nothing of course. But, if anything gives a chance, that is what will best console me. I see that at present it is impossible:
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video non esse, sed, si quid ex eventis, ut hoc nunc accidit. Dicebar debuisse cum Pompeio proficisci. Exitus illius minuit eius officii praetermissi reprehensionem. Sed ex omnibus nihil magis tamem desideratur, quam quod in Africam non ierim. Iudicio hoc sum usus, non esse barbaris auxiliis fallacissimae gentis rem publicam defendendam, praesertim contra exercitum saepe victorem, Non probant fortasse; multos enim viros bonos in Africam venisse audio et scio fuisse antea. Valde hoc loco urgeor. Hic quoque opus est casu, ut aliqui sint ex eis, aut, si potest, omnes qui salutem anteponant. Nam, si perseverant et obtinent, quid nobis futurum sit, vides. Dices: "Quid illis, si victi erunt?" Honestior est plaga. Haec me excruciant. Sulpici autem consilium non scripsisti cur meo non anteponeres. Quod etsi non tam gloriosum est quam Catonis, tamen et periculo vacuum est et dolore. Extremum est eorum, qui in Achaia sunt. Ei tamen ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos, quod et multi sunt uno in loco, et, cum in Italiam venerint, domum statim venerint. Haec tu perge, ut facis, mitigare et probare quam plurimis.
Quod te excusas, ego vero et tuas causas nosco et mea interesse puto te istic esse, vel ut cum eis, quibus oportebit, agas, quae erunt agenda de nobis,
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but if anything does turns up, as in this present case. It used to be said that I ought to have gone with Pompey: but now his death tends to absolve me from blame for neglecting my duty in that case. But where I am thought to have been most lacking is in not going to Africa. My view was that barbarian auxiliaries drawn from a most deceitful race were not the proper persons to defend the State, especially against an army which had won so many victories. That view may not meet with approval; for I hear that many patriots have arrived in Africa, and I know there were some there before. This is a point that really bothers me: and here again I must trust to luck, that there may be some of them, or, if such a thing is possible, all of them, who put safety first. For, if they hold fast and succeed, you can see what a position I shall be in. You will say "How about it, if they are defeated?" That is a more honourable blow. This is what tortures me. However, you have not told me why you do not prefer Sulpicius' policy to mine. It may not be so glorious as Cato's: but it is at any rate free from danger and regret. The last case is that of those who stayed in Achaia. Even they are in a better position than I am, because there are many of them together, and, when they do come to Italy, they will go straight home. Please continue your efforts to ameliorate my position and to win over as many people as possible to approval.
You explain why you do not come. Yes, I know your reasons and think it is to my interest that you should stay where you are, for one thing that you may be able to carry out any necessary negotiations about me with the proper persons, as you have done.
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ut ea, quae egisti. In primisque hoc velim animadvertas. Multos esse arbitror, qui ad Caesarem detulerint delaturive sint me aut paenitere consilli mei aut non probare, quae fiant. Quorum etsi utrumque verum est, tamen ab illis dicitur animo a me alienato, non quo ita esse perspexerint. Sed totum in eo est, ut hoc Balbus sustineat et Oppius, et eorum crebis litteris illius voluntas erga me confirmetur. Et hoc plane ut fiat, diligentiam adhibeis. Alterum est, cur te nolim discedere, quod scribis Tulliam te flagitare. O rem miseram! quid scribam aut quid velim? Breve faciam, lacrimae enim se subito profunderunt. Tibi permitto, tu consule; tantum vide, ne hoc tempore isti obesse aliquid possit. Ignosce, obsecro te. Non possum prae fletu et dolore diutius in hoc loco commorari. Tantum dicam, nihil mihi gratius esse, quam quod eam diligis.
Quod litteras, quibus putas opus esse, curas dandas, facis commode. Quintum filium vidi qui Sami vidisset, patrem Sicyone. Quorum deprecatio est facilis. Utinam illi qui prius illum viderent, me apud eum velint adiutum tantum, quantum ego illos vellem, si quid possem!
Quod rogas, ut in bonam partem accipiam, si qua sint in tuis litteris, quae me mordeant, ego vero in optimam, teque rogo, ut aperte, quem ad modum facis, scribas ad me omnia idque facias quam saepissime. Vale XIIII K. Ian.
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And in the first place I should like to call your attention to this point. I think there are many who have reported or will report to Caesar either that I am repenting of my policy or that I do not approve of recent events. Though both are true, they say it out of spite against me, not because they have seen it to be so. Everything rests on the support of Balbus and Oppius, and on their confirming Caesar's good will to me by sending him frequent letters. Please do your best to bring this about. The other reason why I prefer you not to leave is that you say Tullia begs for your assistance. What a misfortune? What can I say? What can I even wish? I will cut the matter short, for tears spring to my eyes at once. I give you a free hand: do you look to it. Only take care that nothing is done under the present circumstances to offend the great man. I crave your pardon. Tears and sorrow prevent me from dwelling any longer on this topic. I will only add that nothing makes me feel more grateful to you than your love for her.
You are quite right to send letters for me to anyone to whom you think it necessary. I have met a man who saw young Quintus at Samos and his father at Sicyon. They will easily obtain their pardon. I only hope, that, as they will see Caesar first, they will think fit to further my case with him, as much as I should have furthered theirs, if I had been able.
You ask me to take it in good part, if there is anything in your letters that wounds my feelings. I promise you to take it in the best possible part, and I beg you to write everything quite openly, as you do, and to do so as often as possible. Farewell.
Dec. 17.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XIII K. Ian. a. 706_]
Quantis curis conficiar, etsi profecto vides, tamen cognosces ex Lepta et Trebatio. Maximas poenas pendo temeritatis meae, quam tu prudentiam mihi videri vis; neque te deterreo, quo minus id disputes scribasque ad me quam saepissime. Non nihil enim me levant tuae litterae hoc tempore. Per eos, qui nostra causa volunt valentque apud illum, diligentissime contendas opus est, per Balbum et Oppium maxime, ut de me scribant quam diligentissime. Oppugnamur enim, ut audio, et a praesentibus quibusdam et per litteras. Eis ita est occurrendum, ut rei magnitudo postulat. Fufius est illic, mihi inimicissimus. Quintus misit filium non solum sui deprecatorem, sed etiam accusatorem mei. Dictitat se a me apud Caesarem oppugnari, quod refellit Caesar ipse omnesque eius amici. Neque vero desistit, ubicumque est, omnia in me maledicta conferre, Nihil mihi umquam tam incredibile accidit, nihil in his malis tam acerbum. Qui ex ipso audissent, cum Sicyone palam multis audientibus loqueretur nefaria quaedam, ad me pertulerunt. Nosti genus, etiam expertus es fortasse. In me id est omne conversum. Sed augeo commemorando dolorem et facio etiam tibi. Quare ad illud redeo. Cura, ut huius rei causa dedita opera mittat
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CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium Dec. 18_, B.C. _48_]
Though of course you see for yourself in what distress I am, you will learn more about it from Lepta and Trebatius. I am paying very heavily for my rashness, which you want to persuade me was prudence: and I don't want to stop you arguing that it was and writing to me to that effect as often as possible. For your letters afford me a good deal of relief under the present circumstances. You must use your utmost endeavour with those who are my supporters and have influence with him--Balbus and Oppius especially--to make them write about me as strongly as possible. For I hear that I am being attacked by some who are with him, and also by letter. Their attack must be met, as the importance of the matter demands. Fufius, a very bitter enemy of mine, is there. Quintus sent his son not only to make peace for himself, but to accuse me. He keeps saying that I am trying to set Caesar against him, though Caesar and all his friends deny it. And he does not cease, wherever he is, from heaping all sorts of abuse on me. It is the most surprising thing that ever happened to me and the bitterest of all my present sorrows. Those who reported the matter to me professed to have heard it from his own lips, when he was slandering me at Sicyon in the hearing of many. You know his way; indeed you may have had some personal experience of it. Now it is all turned on me. But I increase my own sorrow, and yours too, by speaking of it. So I return to my first point. Take care that Balbus sends some one expressly
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aliquem Balbus. Ad quos videbitur, velim cures litteras meo nomine. Vale. XIII Kal. Ian.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi III Non. Ian. a. 707_]
Ego vero et incaute, ut scribis, et celerius, quam oportuit, feci, nec in ulla sum spe, quippe qui exceptionibus edictorum retinear. Quae si non essent sedulitate effectae et benevolentia tua, liceret mihi abire in solitudines aliquas. Nunc ne id quidem licet. Quid autem me iuvat, quod ante initum tribunatum veni, si ipsum, quod veni, nihil iuvat? Iam quid sperem ab eo, qui mihi amicus numquam fuit, cum iam lege etiam sim confectus et oppressus? Cotidie iam Balbi ad me litterae languidiores, multaeque multorum ad illum fortasse contra me. Meo vitio pereo; nihil mihi mali casus attulit, omnia culpa contracta sunt. Ego enim, cum genus belli viderem, imparata et infirma omnia contra paratissimos, statueram, quid facerem, ceperamque consilium non tam forte quam mihi praeter ceteros concedendum. Cessi meis vel potius parui. Ex quibus unus qua mente fuerit, is quem tu mihi commendas, cognosces ex ipsius litteris, quas ad te et ad alios misit. Quas ego numquam aperuissem, nisi res acta sic esset. Delatus est ad me fasciculus. Solvi, si quid ad me esset litterarum. Nihil erat, epistula Vatinio et Ligurio altera. Iussi ad eos deferri. Illi ad me
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for this purpose. Please send letters in my name to anyone you think should have them. Farewell.
Dec. 18.
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CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, Jan. 3_, B.C. _47_]
I have certainly acted incautiously, as you say, and more hastily than I should; and I have no hope seeing that I am tied here by the special clause in the edict. If that had not been inserted by your own kind efforts, I might have gone to some lonely retreat. Now not even that is open to me. How does it help me that I came before the tribunes entered on office, when my coming at all does not help? And what have I now to hope from a man who never was friendly with me, when my ruin and humiliation is secured even by law? Balbus' letters to me are becoming daily cooler, and it may be he receives dozens against me. My own fault is my ruin. Fortune has brought no ills upon me: I have brought them all on my own head. For when I saw what kind of war it was going to be, one side unprepared and weak and the other thoroughly well prepared, I had made my plan--not a very courageous plan perhaps, but one for which there were special excuses in my case. I gave way to my relations, or rather I obeyed them. What the real feelings of one of them were--the one for whom you speak--you will know from the letters he has sent to you and to others. I should never have opened them, had it not been for the following circumstance. A packet was brought to me. I undid it to see if there was any letter for me. There was none; but one for Vatinius and another for Ligurius. Those I had
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statim ardentes dolore venerunt scelus hominis clamantes; epistulas mihi legerunt plenas omnium in me probrorum. Hic Ligurius furere. "Se enim scire summo illum in odio fuisse Caesari. Illum tamen non modo favisse, sed etiam tantam illi pecuniam dedisse honoris mei causa." Hoc ego dolore accepto volui scire, quid scripsisset ad ceteros; ipsi enim illi putavi perniciosum fore, si eius hoc tantum scelus percrebruisset. Cognovi eiusdem generis. Ad te misi. Quas si putabis illi ipsi utile esse reddi, reddes. Nil me laedet. Nam, quod resignatae sunt, habet, opinor, eius signum Pomponia. Hac ille acerbitate initio navigationis cum usus esset, tanto me dolore adfecit, ut postea iacuerim, neque nunc tam pro se quam contra me laborare dicitur.
Ita omnibus rebus urgeor; quas sustinere vix possum vel plane nullo modo possum. Quibus in miseriis una est pro omnibus, quod istam miseram patrimonio, fortuna omni spoliatam relinquam. Quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim. Alium enim, cui illam commendem, habeo neminem, quoniam matri quoque eadem intellexi esse parata quae mihi. Sed, si me non offendes, satis tamen habeto commendatam, patruumque in ea, quantum poteris, mitigato.
Haec ad te die natali meo scripsi. Quo utinam susceptus non essem, aut ne quid ex eadem matre postea natum esset! Plura scribere fletu prohibeor.
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sent to them. They came to me at once boiling with indignation and crying shame on him, and they read me letters full of all kinds of abuse of myself. Then Ligurius burst out with fury, "to his certain knowledge Caesar detested Quintus and had favoured him and given him all that money out of compliment to me." After this blow I wanted to know what he had said to the others: for I thought it would be disastrous to his own reputation if such a scandal got abroad. I found they were all of a piece, and have sent them to you. If you think it will do him any good to have them delivered, have them delivered. It won't do me any harm. Though the seals are broken, I think Pomponia has his signet. When, at the beginning of our voyage, he adopted this bitter tone, I was so upset that I was prostrated afterwards; and now he is said to be working against me rather than for himself.
So I am weighed down by such a heavy burden of griefs that I can hardly bear up under it; indeed, I cannot possibly bear up under it. And among all my miseries there is one that outweighs all the rest--that I shall leave that poor girl[175] deprived of her patrimony and penniless. So I hope you will fulfil your promise and look after her. I have no one else to entrust her to, for I hear that her mother is threatened with the same fate as myself. If you do not find me here, take this as sufficient injunction as regards her, and soften her uncle towards her as far as you can.
[175] Tullia.
This I am writing on my birthday. Would that I had been left to die on the day of my birth, or that my mother had never had another child. Tears prevent me from writing more.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XII K. Febr. a. 707_]
Ad meas incredibiles aegritudines aliquid novi accedit ex iis, quae de Q. Q. ad me adferuntur. P. Terentius, meus necessarius, operas in portu et scriptura Asiae pro magistro dedit. Is Quintum filium Ephesi vidit VI Idus Decembr. eumque studiose propter amicitiam nostram invitavit; cumque ex eo de me percontaretur, eum sibi ita dixisse narrabat, se mihi esse inimicissimum, volumenque sibi ostendisse orationis, quam apud Caesarem contra me esset habiturus. Multa a se dicta contra eius amentiam. Multa postea Patris simili scelere secum Quintum patrem locutum; cuius furorem ex iis epistulis, quas ad te misi, perspicere potuisti. Haec tibi dolori esse certo scio; me quidem excruciant, et eo magis, quod mihi cum illis ne querendi quidem locum futurum puto.
De Africanis rebus longe alia nobis, ac tu scripseras, nuntiantur. Nihil enim firmius esse dicunt, nihil paratius. Accedit Hispania et alienata Italia, legionum nec vis eadem nec voluntas, urbanae res perditae. Quid est, ubi acquiescam, nisi quam diu tuas litteras lego? Quae essent profecto crebriores, si quid haberes, quo putares meam molestiam minui posse. Sed tamen te rogo, ut ne intermittas scribere ad me, quicquid erit, eosque, qui mihi tam crudeliter inimici sunt, si odisse non potes, accuses tamen
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CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium Jan. 19_, B.C. _47_]
To my sorrows, which are incalculable, there has come an addition in the news that is brought me about the two Quinti. My friend P. Terentius was acting as deputy to the collector of port-dues and pasture tax in Asia, and he saw young Quintus at Ephesus on the 8th of December and gave him a cordial invitation on account of our friendship. And when he asked him something about me, Quintus told him that I was his deadliest enemy and showed him the manuscript of a speech which he said he was going to deliver before Caesar against me. Terentius said all he could to dissuade him from such folly. Afterwards at Patrae the elder Quintus talked freely to him in the same scandalous strain. What a rage he is in you will have inferred from the letters I sent you. I am sure this will grieve you. To me it is positive torture, especially as I don't expect I shall even have a chance of expostulating with them.
The news I get about the state of affairs in Africa is quite different to what you sent me. They say that all is as strong and as ready as possible. Then there are Spain and Italy alienated from Caesar; his legions are not what they were either in strength or in loyalty; and in the city things are in a poor plight; I cannot get a moment's peace except when I am reading your letters. They would certainly be more frequent, if you had any news which you thought would lighten my sorrows. Still I beg you not to neglect writing to me, whatever the news may be; and, if you cannot bring yourself to hate those who have shown such unfeeling hostility to me, at
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non ut aliquid proficias, sed ut tibi me carum esse sentiant. Plura ad te scribam, si mihi ad eas litteras, quas proxime ad te dedi, rescripseris. Vale.
XII K. Febr.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VIII Id. Mart. a. 707_]
Confectus iam cruciatu maximorum dolorum, ne si sit quidem, quod ad te debeam scribere, facile id exsequi possim, hoc minus, quod res nulla est, quae scribenda sit, cum praesertim ne spes quidem ulla ostendatur fore melius. Ita iam ne tuas quidem litteras exspecto, quamquam semper aliquid adferunt, quod velim. Quare tu quidem scribito, cum erit, cui des. Ego tuis proximis, quas tamen iam pridem accepi, nihil habeo quod rescribam; longo enim intervallo video immutata esse omnia; illa esse firma, quae debeant, nos stultitiae nostrae gravissimas poenas pendere.
P. Sallustio curanda sunt HS X̅X̅X̅, quae accepi a Cn. Sallustio. Velim videas, ut sine mora curentur. De ea re scripsi ad Terentiam. Atque hoc ipsum iam prope consumptum est. Quare id quoque velim cum illa videas, ut sit, qui utamur. Hic fortasse potero sumere, si sciam istic paratum fore; sed, priusquam id scirem, nihil sum ausus sumere. Qui sit omnium rerum status noster, vides. Nihil est mali, quod non et sustineam et exspectem. Quarum
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any rate reprove them, not in the hope of doing any good, but to make them feel that I am dear to you. I will write more, if you answer the last letter I sent. Farewell.
Jan. 19.
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, March 8_, B.C. _47_]
Worn out as I am by the agony of my grievous sorrows I should not find it an easy task to write to you, even if there were anything I ought to write; and it is far less easy, when I have nothing worth writing, especially as there is not even a gleam of hope for better days. So hopeless am I that now I do not look forward even to your letters, though they always bring me something I like to hear. So pray write, whenever you have a messenger. I have no answer to give to your last letter, though it is a long time since I received it, for I see no change in the long interval: the right cause is strong, and I am paying very heavily for my folly.
The £250[176] which I had from Cn. Sallustius are to be paid to P. Sallustius. Please see that it is done without delay. I have written to Terentia about it. And now it is nearly all spent: so I wish you would arrange with her for some money for me to go on with. I shall possibly be able to get some here, if I know I have a balance at Rome; but, before I know that, I dare not try. You see the position of all my affairs. There is no sort of misfortune which I am not enduring and expecting. For this state of affairs
[176] 30,000 sesterces.
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rerum eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa maior. Ille in Achaia non cessat de nobis detrahere. Nihil videlicet tuae litterae profecerunt. Vale.
VIII Idus Mart.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VIII Id. Mart. a. 707_]
Cephalio mihi a te litteras reddidit a. d. VIII Id. Mart. vespere. Eo autem die mane tabellarios miseram; quibus ad te dederam litteras. Tuis tamen lectis litteris putavi iam aliquid rescribendum esse ea re maxime, quod ostendis te pendere animi, quamnam rationem sim Caesari allaturus profectionis meae tum, cum ex Italia discesserim. Nihil opus est mihi nova ratione. Saepe enim ad eum scripsi multisque mandavi, me non potuisse, cum cupissem, sermones hominum sustinere, multaque in eam sententiam. Nihil enim erat, quod minus eum vellem existimare, quam me tanta de re non meo consilio usum esse. Posteaque, cum mihi litterae a Balbo Cornelio minore missae essent illum existimare Quintum fratrem "lituum" meae profectionis fuisse (ita enim scripsit), qui nondum cognossem, quae de me Quintus scripsisset ad multos, etsi multa praesens in praesentem acerbe dixerat et fecerat, tamen nilo minus his verbis ad Caesarem scripsi:
"De Quinto fratre meo non minus laboro quam de me ipso, sed eum tibi commendare hoc meo tempore non audeo. Illud dumtaxat tamen audebo petere
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I feel the greater sorrow, because my fault is greater. My brother in Achaia does not cease slandering me. Your letter has of course had no effect. Farewell.
March 8.
XII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, March 8_, B.C. _47_]
Cephalio delivered a letter from you on the 8th of March in the evening. Now on the morning of the same day I had sent messengers and had given them a letter for you. But, when I read yours, I thought I ought to send some answer, particularly because you show you are in doubt as to what explanation I am going to offer Caesar of my departure when I did depart from Italy. I have no necessity for a new explanation, for I have often told him myself and instructed others to tell him that I could not put up with people's talk, although I wished it, and much else to the same effect. For there is nothing that I should be more unwilling for him to imagine than that I did not make up my own mind on so important a question. Afterwards I received a letter from Cornelius Balbus the younger saying that Caesar thought my brother Quintus had sounded the bugle for my departure (that was his expression). I was not then aware of what Quintus had written about me to many people; but, though he had spoken and acted with great bitterness when face to face with me, none the less I wrote to Caesar as follows:
"I am as much troubled about my brother Quintus as about myself; but under the present circumstances I do not venture to recommend him to you. One thing, however, I will venture to ask you--I
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abs te, quod te oro, ne quid existimes ab illo factum esse, quo minus mea in te officia constarent, minusve te diligerem, potiusque semper illum auctorem nostrae coniunctionis fuisse, meique itineris comitem, non ducem. Quare ceteris in rebus tantum ei tribues, quantum humanitas tua amicitiaque vestra postulat. Ego ei ne quid apud te obsim, id te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo."
Quare, si quis congressus fuerit mihi cum Caesare, etsi non dubito, quin is lenis in illum futurus sit idque iam declaraverit, ego tamen is ero, qui semper fui. Sed, ut video, multo magis est nobis laborandum de Africa; quam quidem tu scribis confirmari cotidie magis ad condicionis spem quam victoriae. Quod utinam ita esset! Sed longe aliter esse intellego teque ipsum ita existimare arbitror, aliter autem scribere non fallendi, sed confirmandi mei causa, praesertim cum adiungatur ad Africam etiam Hispania.
Quod me admones, ut scribam ad Antonium et ad ceteros, si quid videbitur tibi opus esse, velim facias id, quod saepe fecisti. Nihil enim mihi venit in mentem, quod scribendum putem. Quod me audis erectiorem esse animo, quid putas, cum videas accessisse ad superiores aegritudines praeclaras generi
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beseech you to acquit him of doing anything to disturb my sense of your claims on me or to lessen my affection for you, and rather to regard him as the main factor of our union and the companion, not the leader, in my departure. And therefore in all other matters you will give him all the credit that your own kindness and your mutual friendship demands. What I earnestly beg you again and again is, that you will not let me stand in his light with you."
So, if I ever do meet Caesar, though I have no doubt that he will be lenient to Quintus and that he has already made that plain, I shall behave as I always have behaved. But, as I see, what I ought to be most anxious about is Africa, which you say is daily growing stronger, though only to the extent of raising hopes of a compromise rather than a victory. If it could only be true! But I read the signs quite differently, and I think you agree with me, and only say the contrary to hearten me, not to deceive me, especially as Spain too has now joined Africa.[177]
[177] After his victory in Spain in 49 B.C., Caesar left Q. Cassius Longinus in command there; but Spain went over to Pompey and both Longinus and his successor, C. Trebonius, were driven out.
You advise me to write to Antony and others. If you think it necessary, please do it for me, as you have often done before; for I cannot think of anything worth writing. You hear I am less broken-spirited; but can you believe it, when you see that to my former troubles are now added my son-in-law's fine doings?[178] However, pray do not cease
[178] Dolabella as tribune endeavoured to introduce a bill for the relief of debtors, which caused riots.
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## actiones? Tu tamen velim ne intermittas, quod eius facere poteris,
scribere ad me, etiamsi rem, de qua scribas, non habebis. Semper enim adferunt aliquid mihi tuae litterae.
Galeonis hereditatem crevi. Puto enim cretionem simplicem fuisse, quoniam ad me nulla missa est.
VIII Idus Martias.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VII Id. Mart. aut paulo post, a. 707_]
A Murenae liberto nihil adhuc acceperam litterarum. P. Siser reddiderat eas, quibus rescribo. De Servi patris litteris quod scribis, item Quintum in Syriam venisse quod ais esse qui nuntient, ne id quidem verum est. Quod certiorem te vis fieri, quo quisque in me animo sit aut fuerit eorum, qui huc venerunt, neminem alieno intellexi. Sed, quantum id mea intersit, existimare te posse certo scio. Mihi cum omnia sint intolerabilia ad dolorem, tum maxime quod in eam causam venisse me video, ut sola utilia mihi esse videantur, quae semper nolui.
P. Lentulum patrem Rhodi esse aiunt, Alexandreae filium, Rhodoque Alexandream C. Cassium profectum esse constat. Quintus mihi per litteras satis facit multo asperioribus verbis, quam cum gravissime accusabat. Ait enim se ex litteris tuis intellegere tibi non placere, quod ad multos de me asperius scripserit,
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doing what you can to hearten me, that is writing to me, even if you have nothing to say. For a letter from you always brings me something.
I have accepted Galeo's legacy. I suppose it only required a simple form of acceptance,[179] since none was sent to me.
[179] _cretio_ = the formal acceptance of a legacy, and _cretio simplex_ apparently means that no restrictions on the form of acceptance were laid down in the will.
March 8.
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brudisium, March 9_ (?), B.C. _47_]
I have not received any letter from Murena's freedman as yet. It was P. Siser who delivered the one I am answering. You speak of a letter from Servius' father, and you tell me some say that Quintus has landed in Syria: neither is true. You want to be informed how those who have come here feel or felt towards me. I have not found any ill-disposed: but, how important that is to me, I am sure you can imagine. To me the whole state of affairs is insufferably painful; and most of all that I have got myself into such a case, that the only things that can be of any use to me are precisely what I have always wished not to happen.
They say the elder P. Lentulus is at Rhodes, the younger at Alexandria, and it is certain that C. Cassius has left Rhodes for Alexandria. Quintus has written to apologize to me in terms much more irritating than when he was abusing me most violently. For he says that he understands from your letter that you were annoyed with him for writing
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itaque se paenitere, quod animum tuum offenderit; sed se iure fecisse. Deinde perscribit spurcissime, quas ob causas fecerit. Sed neque hoc tempore nec antea patefecisset odium suum in me, nisi omnibus rebus me esse oppressum videret. Atque utinam vel nocturnis, quem ad modum tu scripseras, itineribus propius te accessissem! Nunc, nec ubi nec quando te sim visurus, possum suspicari.
De coheredibus Fufidianis nihil fuit quod ad me scriberes; nam et aequum postulant, et, quicquid egisses, recte esse actum putarem. De fundo Frusinati redimendo iam pridem intellexisti voluntatem meam. Etsi tum meliore loco res erant nostrae neque tam mihi desperatum iri videbantur, tamen in eadem sum voluntate. Id quem ad modum fiat, tu videbis. Et velim, quod poteris, consideres, ut sit, unde nobis suppeditentur sumptus necessarii. Si quas habuimus facultates, eas Pompeio tum, cum id videbamur sapienter facere, detulimus. Itaque tum et a tuo vilico sumpsimus et aliunde mutuati sumus; nunc Quintus queritur per litteras sibi nos nihil dedisse, qui neque ab illo rogati sumus neque ipsi eam pecuniam aspeximus. Sed velim videas, quid sit, quod confici possit, quidque mihi de omnibus des consilii; et causam nosti.
Plura ne scribam, dolore impedior. Si quid erit, quod ad quos scribendum meo nomine putes, velim, ut soles, facias, quotiensque habebis, cui des ad me litteras, nolim praetermittas. Vale.
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harshly about me to many people, and so he is sorry that he hurt your feelings: but he was right in what he did. Then he explains with the greatest coarseness why he did it. But he would never have shown his hatred for me either now or before, if he had not seen that everything was against me. How I wish I had got nearer to you, even by night-journeys as you suggested. Now I cannot conceive where or when I shall see you.
As to my co-heirs in Fufidius' property, there was no reason for you to write to me: for their demand is quite just, and anything you did I should think right. As to the repurchase of the estate at Frusino, you know already what I wish. Though my affairs were then in a better position, and I did not expect to be in such desperate straits, still my mind has not altered. How it is to be done, you will arrange. And please consider to the best of your ability some way of obtaining ready money for current expenses. All the money I had I handed over to Pompey at a time when it seemed advisable to do so. So then I took money from your steward and borrowed from others, and now Quintus complains by letter that I did not give him a penny, when he never asked for it and I never set eyes on the money myself. But please see what can be managed and what advice you have to give me on all points: you know all about it.
Grief prevents me from writing more. If there is anything you think should be written to anyone in my name, please do so as usual; and as often as you have anyone to whom you can give a letter to me, don't forget it. Farewell.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi circ. VI K. Mai. a. 707_]
Non me offendit veritas litterarum tuarum, quod me cum communibus tum praecipuis malis oppressum ne incipis quidem, ut solebas, consolari faterisque id fieri iam non posse. Nec enim ea sunt, quae erant antea, cum, ut nihil aliud, comites me et socios habere putabam. Omnes enim Achaici deprecatores itemque in Asia, quibus non erat ignotum, etiam quibus erat, in Africam dicuntur navigaturi. Ita praeter Laelium neminem habeo culpae socium; qui tamen hoc meliore in causa est, quod iam est receptus. De me autem non dubito quin ad Balbum et ad Oppium scripserit; a quibus, si quid esset laetius, certior factus essem, tecum etiam essent locuti. Quibuscum tu de hoc ipso conloquare velim et ad me, quid tibi responderint, scribas, non quod ab isto salus data quicquam habitura sit firmitudinis, sed tamen aliquid consuli et prospici poterit. Etsi omnium conspectum horreo, praesertim hoc genero, tamen, in tantis malis quid aliud velim, non reperio. Quintus pergit, ut ad me et Pansa scripsit et Hirtius, isque item Africam petere cum ceteris dicitur. Ad Minucium Tarentum scribam et tuas litteras mittam; ad te scribam, num quid egerim. HS X̅X̅X̅ potuisse mirarer, nisi multa de
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XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, circa Apr. 25_, B.C. _47_]
I am not offended with you for telling me the truth in your letter and not even attempting, as you were wont, to console me under my burden of public and personal woes, which you confess is impossible now. For affairs are no longer in the position they were, when, if nothing else, I thought I had companions and partners in my policy. For all those in Achaia and in Asia, who petitioned for pardon and did not obtain it, and even some of those who did, are said to be on the point of sailing for Africa. So I have no one to share my fault except Laelius, and even he is in a better position than I am in one respect, as he has been taken back now.[180] But about me I have no doubt that Caesar has written to Balbus and Oppius: if the news had been good, I should have heard from them and they would have spoken to you too. I should like you to speak to them about it and to let me know what they say, not that any safeguard given by him can have any certainty, but still something can be foreseen and provided for. Though I am ashamed to look anyone in the face, especially with such a son-in-law, still in this disastrous crisis I see nothing else to wish for. Quintus is still keeping on, as both Pansa and Hirtius have written to tell me; and he is said too to be making for Africa with the rest. I will write to Minucius at Tarentum, and send your letter: I will let you know whether anything comes of it. I should have been surprised that
[180] By the loyalist party.
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Fufidianis praediis. Sed avide tamen[181] te exspecto; quem videre, si ullo modo potest (poscit enim res), pervelim. Iam extremum concluditur; quod quale sit, ibi facile est,[182] hic gravius existimare. Vale.
[181] Sed avide tamen te _Wesenberg_: et advideo tamen _MSS._
[182] quod quale sit, ibi facile est _Purser_: ibi facile est, quod quale sit _MSS._
XV
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi prid. Id. Mai. a. 707_]
Quoniam iustas causas adfers, cur te hoc tempore videre non possim, quaere, quaeso, quid sit mihi faciendum. Ille enim ita videtur Alexandream tenere, ut eum scribere etiam pudeat de illis rebus, hi autem ex Africa iam adfuturi videntur, Achaici, item ex Asia redituri ad eos aut libero aliquo loco commoraturi. Quid mihi igitur putas agendum? Video difficile esse consilium. Sum enim solus aut cum altero, cui neque ad illos reditus sit neque ab his ipsis quicquam ad spem ostendatur. Sed tamen scire velim, quid censeas; idque erat cum aliis, cur te, si fieri posset, cuperem videre.
Minucium X̅I̅I̅ sola curasse scripsi ad te antea. Quod superest, velim videas, ut curetur. Quintus non modo non cum magna prece ad me, sed acerbissime scripsit, filius vero mirifico odio. Nihil fingi
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you were able to raise the £250,[183] if there had not been a good receipt from Fufidius' estates. However I am looking forward eagerly to your coming: it is my great desire to see you, if it is anyhow possible--for indeed circumstances demand it. The end is now drawing near; and, what it will be, it is easy to estimate at Rome, but here it is more difficult. Farewell.
[183] 30,000 sesterces.
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, May 14_, B.C. _47_]
Since you give good reasons why I cannot see you at the present time, pray consider what I am to do. For although Caesar holds Alexandria, he seems to be ashamed even to send a dispatch about it, while the others are apparently on the eve of coming here from Africa, and those in Achaia too are either going to return from Asia to join them or they are going to stop in some neutral place. So what do you think I am to do? I see advice is difficult. For I am the one and only person--except perhaps one other, who cannot return to the one party and who has no hope at all offered him from the other. Still I should like to know what you think: and that was one reason, among others, why I should have liked to see you, if it were possible.
I told you before that Minucius has only paid £100.[184] Please see that the rest is provided. Quintus in his letter instead of an earnest appeal used the most bitter language, and his son showed extraordinary animosity. There is no conceivable ill
[184] 12,000 sesterces.
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potest mali, quo non urgear. Omnia tamen sunt faciliora quam peccati dolor, qui et maximus est et aeternus. Cuius peccati si socios essem habiturus ego, quos putavi, tamen esset ea consolatio tenuis. Sed habet aliorum omnium ratio exitum, mea nullum. Alii capti, alii interclusi non veniunt in dubium de voluntate, eo minus scilicet, cum se expedierint et una esse coeperint. Ei autem ipsi, qui sua voluntate ad Fufium venerunt, nihil possunt nisi timidi existimari. Multi autem sunt, qui, quocumque modo ad illos se recipere volent, recipientur. Quo minus debes mirari non posse me tanto dolori resistere. Solius enim meum peccatum corrigi non potest et fortasse Laeli. Sed quid me id levat? Nam C. quidem Cassium aiunt consilium Alexandream eundi mutavisse.
Haec ad te scribo, non ut queas tu demere[185] sollicitudinem, sed ut cognoscam, ecquid tu ad ea adferas, quae me conficiunt; ad quae gener accedit et cetera, quae fletu reprimor ne scribam. Quin etiam Aesopi filius me excruciat. Prorsus nihil abest, quin sim miserrimus. Sed ad primum revertor, quid putes faciendum, occultene aliquo propius veniendum an
[185] queas tu demere _M_ (_margin_): quem tuam demere _M_.
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with which I am not oppressed. But all of them are lighter to bear than my sense of guilt: that is overwhelming and enduring. If I were to have those, whom I thought I had, to share that guilt, that would still be some consolation, though a poor one. But every one else's case admits of some way out, mine of none. Some were captured, some cut off, so there is no doubt about their intentions, especially since they have extricated themselves and joined forces again. Nay even those, who of their own free will came to Fufius,[186] can only be thought cowards. But there are many who will be taken back, however they choose to take themselves back to the fold. So you ought not to be surprised that I cannot bear up against all my sorrow. For I am the one and only person whose slip cannot be mended, except perhaps Laelius--and what good is that?--for they say even C. Cassius has changed his mind about going to Alexandria.
[186] Q. Fufius Calenus was appointed governor of Greece after Pharsalia by Caesar, and many Pompeians surrendered to him.
This I am writing to you not in the hope that you may remove my care, but to know whether you have any suggestion to make about the things that are wearing me out: to the rest you may add my son-in-law and other things which tears prevent me from writing. Why, even Aesopus'[187] son grieves me sorely. There is absolutely nothing wanting to make me the most miserable of men. But I return to the first point. What do you think I ought to do, come secretly
[187] Aesopus was a famous tragic actor and a friend of Cicero. His son was dissolute and supposed to have a bad influence on Dolabella.
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mare transeundum. Nam hic maneri diutius non potest.
De Fufidianis quare nihil potuit confici? Genus enim condicionis eius modi fuit, in quo non solet esse controversia, cum ea pars, quae videtur esse minor, licitatione expleri posset. Hoc ego non sine causa quaero. Suspicor enim coheredes dubiam nostram causam putare et eo rem in integro esse malle. Vale.
Pr. Idus Maias.
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CICERO ATTICO SAL.
[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi III Non. Iun. a. 707_]
Non meo vitio fit hoc quidem tempore (ante enim est peccatum), ut me ista epistula nihil consoletur. Nam et exigue scripta est et suspiciones magnas habet non esse ab illo; quas animadvertisse te existimo. De obviam itione ita faciam, ut suades. Neque enim ulla de adventu eius opinio est, neque, si qui ex Asia veniunt, quicquam auditum esse dicunt de pace; cuius ego spe in hanc fraudem incidi.
Nihil video, quod sperandum putem, nunc praesertim, cum ea plaga in Asia sit accepta, in Illyrico, in Cassiano negotio, in ipsa Alexandrea, in urbe, in Italia. Ego vero, etiamsi rediturus ille est, qui adhuc
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somewhere nearer Rome, or cross the sea? For stay here any longer I cannot.
Why could nothing be settled about Fufidius' estate? For the arrangement was one about which there is generally no dispute, since the share, which seems smaller, can be made up by the proceeds of the sale.[188] I have a reason for asking. For I suspect my co-heirs think my case is doubtful, and so prefer to keep the matter open. Farewell.
[188] If property could not be divided fairly among heirs, the indivisible part was put up for private auction among them and the proceeds divided.
May 14.
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, June 3_, B.C. _47_]
It is not my fault at the present time (for I did commit an error before) that the letter you send[189] does not give me any consolation. For it is grudgingly written, and raises great suspicion that it is not by Caesar: I expect you noticed that too. About going to meet him I will do as you advise. For no one thinks he is coming, and those who come from Asia say there has been no word of peace: and it was hope of a peace that led me into this error.
[189] A letter purporting to come from Caesar, but later found to be a forgery.
I see nothing to make me think of hope, especially now that that blow has fallen in Asia, in Illyricum, in the Cassian affair, in Alexandria itself, in Rome and in Italy.[190] For my part, even if he is on his return--whereas
[190] Cicero alludes to the defeat of Domitius Calvinus in Asia, the failure of Aulus Gabinius in Illyricum, the insurrection of Baetica, which forced Cassius to leave the province, Caesar's difficulties at Alexandria, the riots in Rome, and the mutinous state of the army in Italy.
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bellum gerere dicitur, tamen ante reditum eius negotium confectum iri puto.
Quod autem scribis quandam laetitiam bonorum esse commotam, ut sit auditum de litteris, tu quidem nihil praetermittis in quo putes aliquid solacii esse, sed ego non adducor quemquam bonum ullam salutem putare mihi tanti fuisse, ut eam peterem ab illo, et eo minus, quod huius consilii iam ne socium quidem habeo quemquam. Qui in Asia sunt, rerum exitum exspectant, Achaici etiam Fufio spem deprecationis afferunt. Horum et timor idem fuit primo qui meus et constitutum; mora Alexandrina causam illorum correxit, meam evertit. Quam ob rem idem a te nunc peto quod superioribus litteris, ut, si quid in perditis rebus dispiceres, quod mihi putares faciendum, me moneres. Si recipior ab his, quod vides non fieri, tamen, quoad bellum erit, quid agam aut ubi sim, non reperio; sin iactor, eo minus. Itaque tuas litteras exspecto, easque ut ad me sine dubitatione scribas, rogo.
Quod suades, ut ad Quintum scribam de his litteris, facerem, si me quicquam istae litterae delectarent. Etsi quidam scripsit ad me his verbis: "Ego ut in his malis Patris sum non invitus; essem libentius, si frater tuus ea de te loqueretur, quae ego audire vellem." Quod ais illum ad te scribere me
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he is said to be still fighting--still I think the business will be settled before he does return.
You say, however, that some feeling of pleasure was aroused among the loyalists when they heard of this letter. Of course you do not omit anything in which you think there is the least consolation, but I cannot bring myself to believe that any of the loyalists supposed that I prize any salvation highly enough to beg for it of him: especially as I have not even a single partner in this policy now. Those who are in Asia are waiting to see how things turn out: those in Achaia too keep holding out to Fufius the hope that they will petition for pardon. They at first had the same fear and the same plan as myself; but the hitch at Alexandria improved their case and ruined mine. So I still make the same request of you as in former letters: if in these desperate straits you see anything you think I ought to do, tell me of it. If I am taken back by the loyalists, which you see is not the case, still, so long as the war lasts, I don't see what I am to do or where I am to stay; still less, if I am rejected by them. So I await a letter from you, and I beg you to write to me without hesitation.
You advise me to write to Quintus about this letter. I would, if the letter gave me any pleasure, though some one has written to me saying: "Considering the evil days, I am pretty comfortable at Patrae, and I should be more so, if your brother would speak of you as I should like to hear him."
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sibi nullas litteras remittere, semel ab ipso accepi. Ad eas Cephalioni dedi, qui multos menses tempestatibus retentus est. Quintum filium ad me acerbissime scripsisse iam ante ad te scripsi.
Extremum est, quod te orem, si putas rectum esse et a te suscipi posse, cum Camillo communices, ut Terentiam moneatis de testamento. Tempora monent, ut videat, ut satis faciat, quibus debeat. Auditum ex Philotimo est eam scelerate quaedam facere. Credibile vix est, sed certe, si quid est, quod fieri possit, providendum est. De omnibus rebus velim ad me scribas, et maxime quid sentias de ea, in qua tuo consilio egeo, etiam si nihil excogitas. Id enim mihi erit pro desperato.
III Non. Iun.
XVII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi prid. Id aut Id. Iun. a. 707_]
Properantibus tabellariis alienis hanc epistulam dedi. Eo brevior est, et quod eram missurus nostros. Tullia mea venit ad me pr. Idus Iunias deque tua erga se observantia benevolentiaque mihi plurima exposuit litterasque reddidit trinas. Ego autem ex ipsius virtute, humanitate, pietate non modo eam voluptatem non cepi, quam capere ex singulari filia debui, sed etiam incredibili sum dolore adfectus tale ingenium in tam misera fortuna versari idque accidere
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As to his writing to you to say that I don't answer any of his letters, I've only had one from him. To that I gave an answer to Cephalio, but he was delayed many months by storms. I have already mentioned that young Quintus has written to me most bitterly.
The last thing I have to ask you is, that, if you think it right and care to undertake it, you and Camillus together should advise Terentia to make her will. Circumstances suggest that she ought to make provision for satisfying her creditors. I hear from Philotimus that she is doing some underhand things. I can hardly believe it; but anyhow, if there is anything of the kind (and there possibly may be), it ought to be guarded against. Please write to me about everything, and especially what you think about her. I want your advice about her, even if you cannot think of any plan: for in that case I shall take it the case is desperate.
June 3.
XVII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, June 12 or 13_, B.C. _47_]
I have given this letter to some one else's messengers, who are in a hurry. That is why it is short; also because I am just going to send my own. Tullia came to me on the 12th of June and told me of all your attention and kindness to her and delivered three letters. I however have not derived the pleasure from her goodness, kindness and affection, which I ought to derive from a matchless daughter, nay, my grief exceeds all bounds when I think that such a fine character should be involved in such a
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nullo ipsius delicto summa culpa mea. Itaque a te neque consolationem iam, qua cupere te uti video, nec consilium, quod capi nullum potest, exspecto, teque omnia cum superioribus saepe litteris tam proximis temptasse intellego.
Ep. XVIIa
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XVII K. Quint. a. 707_]
Ego cum Sallustio Ciceronem ad Caesarem mittere cogitabam; Tulliam autem non videbam esse causam cur diutius mecum tanto in communi maerore retinerem. Itaque matri eam, cum primum per ipsam liceret, eram remissurus. Pro ea, quam ad modum consolantis scripsisti, putato ea me scripsisse, quae tu ipse intellegis responderi potuisse.
Quod Oppium tecum scribis locutum, non abhorret a mea suspicione eius oratio. Sed non dubito, quin istis persuaderi nullo modo possit ea, quae faciant, mihi probari posse, quoquo modo loquar. Ego tamen utar moderatione, qua potero; quamquam, quid mea intersit, ut eorum odium subeam, non intellego.
Te iusta causa impediri, quo minus ad nos venias, video, idque mihi valde molestum est. Illum ab Alexandrea discessisse nemo nuntiat, constatque ne profectum quidem illim quemquam post Idus Martias nec post Idus Decembr. ab illo datas ullas litteras. Ex quo intellegis illud de litteris a. d. V Idus Febr. datis,
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distressful fate, and that this should happen through no fault of hers, but through my own grave error. So I do not expect any consolation from you now, though I see you are ready to offer it, nor any counsel, since none can be taken: and I realize that you have tried every way in your former letters and in these last.
XVIIa
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, June 14_, B.C. _47_]
I am thinking of sending my son with Sallustius to Caesar. As for Tullia, I see no reason for keeping her with me any longer when both of us are in such sorrow: so I am going to send her back to her mother, as soon as she herself will allow me. In return for the letter which you wrote in a consolatory style, please consider that I have made the only answer, which, as you yourself know, was possible.
You tell me Oppius has had a talk with you: and what you say agrees well enough with my suspicions of him. But I feel sure that party[191] can never be convinced that their actions can possibly win my approval, whatever I may say. However, I will be as moderate as I can: though, what difference it makes to me, if I do incur their enmity, I cannot conceive.
[191] Caesar's followers.
I see you have a good reason for not being able to come to me: and I am very sorry that is so. There is no news that Caesar has left Alexandria; and it is well known that no one at all has left that place since the 15th of March, and that he has despatched no letters since the 13th of December. So you see it was quite untrue about the letter dated Febr. 9,
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quod inane esset, etiamsi verum esset, non verum esse. L. Terentium discessisse ex Africa scimus Paestumque venisse. Quid is adferat aut quo modo exierit, aut quid in Africa fiat, scire velim. Dicitur enim per Nasidium emissus esse. Id quale sit, velim, si inveneris, ad me scribas. De HS X̅, ut scribis, faciam. Vale.
XVII Kal. Quinctiles.
XVIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XII K. Quint. a 707_]
De illius Alexandrea discessu nihil adhuc rumoris, contraque opinio valde esse impeditum. Itaqae nec mitto, ut constitueram, Ciceronem, et te rogo, ut me hinc expedias. Quodvis enim supplicium levius est hac permansione. Hac de re et ad Antonium scripsi et ad Balbum et ad Oppium. Sive enim bellum in Italia futurum est, sive classibus utetur, hic esse me minime convenit; quorum fortasse utrumque erit, alterum certe. Intellexi omnino ex Oppi sermone, quem tu mihi scripsisti, quae istorum ira esset, sed, ut eam flectas, te rogo. Nihil omnino iam exspecto nisi miserum, sed hoc perditius, in quo nunc sum, fieri nihil potest. Quare et cum Antonio loquare velim et cum istis et rem, ut poteris, expedias et mihi quam primum de omnibus rebus rescribas. Vale.
XII Kal. Quinctil.
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though it would not have been of any importance, if it had been true. I hear L. Terentius has left Africa and come to Paestum. What news he brings, or how he got out, or what is happening in Africa, I should like to know. For he is said to have been passed out through the agency of Nasidius. What it all means, I wish you would write and tell me, if you find out. I will do as you say about the 80 guineas.[192] Farewell.
[192] 10,000 sesterces.
June 14.
XVIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, June 19_, B.C. _47_]
There is no rumour of his leaving Alexandria as yet: on the contrary, he is thought to be in great difficulties. So I am not sending my son, as I had arranged, and I beseech you to get me away from here: for any punishment is lighter to bear than staying here. On this point I have written to Antony, to Balbus and to Oppius. For whether there is going to be a war in Italy, or whether he will employ his fleet--and it may be either, but one it must be--this is a most inappropriate place for me. I understood of course from what Oppius said according to your letter, how angry they are with me: but I beg you to turn their anger. I don't expect anything now that is not unpleasant: but my present condition is as desperate as anything can be. So please speak with Antony and the Caesarians, and see the matter through for me as best you can: and let me have an answer on all points as soon as possible. Farewell.
June 14.
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XIX
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XI K. Sext. a. 707_]
Cum tuis dare possem litteras, non praetermisi, etsi, quod scriberem, non habebam. Tu ad nos et rarius scribis, quam solebas, et brevius, credo, quia nihil habes, quod me putes libenter legere aut audire posse. Verum tamen velim, si quid erit, qualecumque erit, scribas. Est autem unum, quod mihi sit optandum, si quid agi de pace possit; quod nulla equidem habeo in spe; sed, quia tu leviter interdum significas, cogis me sperare, quod optandum vix est.
Philotimus dicitur Id. Sext. Nihil habeo de illo amplius. Tu velim ad ea mihi rescribas, quae ad te antea scripsi. Mihi tantum temporis satis est, dura ut in pessimis rebus aliquid caveam, qui nihil umquam cavi. Vale.
XI Kal. Sexti.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi XVI K. Sept. a. 707_]
XVII K. Septembres venerat die XXVIII Seleucea Pieria C. Trebonius, qui se Antiocheae diceret apud Caesarem vidisse Quintum filium cum Hirtio. Eos de Quinto, quae voluissent, impetrasse nullo quidem negotio. Quod ego magis gauderem, si ista nobis impetrata quicquam ad spem explorati haberent. Sed
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XIX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, July 22_, B.C. _47_]
As I had a chance of giving a letter to your men, I did not miss it, though I have nothing to say. You are writing less often than you used to do and less fully, I suppose because you have nothing that you think I should be glad to read or hear. However please write, if there is anything of any kind whatever. There is one thing that I do long for, any possibility of a peace: myself I have no hope of such a thing: but, as you sometimes give a slight hint, you compel me to have some hope of what I hardly dare long for.
Philotimus is said to be coming on the 13th of August. Of Caesar I have no further news. Please answer my former letter. I only want time enough to take some precaution now in my misfortunes, as I have never taken any before. Farewell.
July 22.
XX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, Aug. 15_, B.C. _47_]
On the 14th of August there arrived from Seleucea Pieria C. Trebonius after 28 days' journey: and he said he had seen young Quintus at Antioch in Caesar's train with Hirtius. They had got what they wanted about my brother without any difficulty at all. I should feel more joy at that, if what I have got myself gave me some sure ground for hope.[193] But there are things
[193] Or, as Tyrrell, "if the granting of such petitions afforded, in my opinion, any sure basis for hope."
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et alia timenda sunt ab aliis Quintisque, et ab hoc ipso quae dantur ut a domino, rursus in eiusdem sunt potestate. Etiam Sallustio ignovit. Omnino dicitur nemini negare; quod ipsum est suspectum, notionem eius differri. M. Gallius Q. f. mancipia Sallustio reddidit. Is venit, ut legiones in Siciliam traduceret. Eo protinus iturum Caesarem Patris. Quod si faciet, ego, quod ante mallem, aliquo propius accedam. Tuas litteras ad eas, quibus a te proxime consilium petivi, vehementer exspecto. Vale.
XVI Kal. Septembres.
XXI
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VI K. Sept. a. 707_]
Accepi VI Kal. Sept. litteras a te datas XII Kal. doloremque, quem ex Quinti scelere iam pridem acceptum iam abieceram, lecta eius epistula gravissimum cepi. Tu etsi non potuisti ullo modo facere, ut mihi illam epistulam non mitteres, tamen mallem non esse missam.
Ad ea autem, quae scribis de testamento, videbis, quid et quo modo. De nummis et illa sic scripsit ut ego ad te antea, et nos, si quid opus erit, utemur ex eo, de quo scribis.
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I have to fear from the Quinti and others: and Caesar's own regal concessions are again in his own power to revoke. He has even pardoned Sallustius. Indeed he is said not to deny anyone, and that in itself arouses a suspicion that he is only deferring investigation. M. Gallius, son of Quintus, has given back his slaves to Sallustius. He came to transport the legions to Sicily, and he says Caesar is going from Patrae to Sicily. If he does, I shall come nearer Rome, and I wish I had done so already. I am expecting eagerly your answer to my last request for advice. Farewell.
August 15.
XXI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, Aug. 25_, B.C. _47_]
On August 25 I received a letter from you dated Aug. 19, and, on reading it, the sorrow which possessed me long ago at Quintus' shameful conduct, but which I had now laid aside, was reawakened in all its force. Though you could not possibly have helped sending me that letter, I wish it had not been sent.
For the points you mention about the will, please see what is to be done and how. About the money, Terentia has written to me just what I suggested to you before, and, if I need it, I will draw on the sum you mention.
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Ille ad Kal. Sept. Athenis non videtur fore. Multa eum in Asia dicuntur morari, maxime Pharnaces. Legio XII, ad quam primam Sulla venit, lapidibus egisse hominem dicitur. Nullam putant se commoturam. Illum arbitrabantur protinus Patris in Siciliam. Sed, si hoc ita est, huc veniat necesse est. Ac mallem illim; aliquo enim modo hinc evasissem. Nunc metuo, ne sit exspectandum et cum reliquis etiam loci gravitas huic miserrimae perferenda.
Quod me mones, ut ea, quae agam, ad tempus accommodem, facerem, si res pateretur, et si ullo modo fieri posset. Sed in tantis nostris peccatis tantisque nostrorum iniuriis nihil est, quod aut facere dignum nobis aut simulare possim. Sullana confers; in quibus omnia genere ipso praeclarissima fuerunt, moderatione paulo minus temperata. Haec autem eius modi sunt, ut obliviscar mei, multoque malim, quod omnibus sit melius, quam[194] quorum utilitati meam adiunxi. Tu ad me tamen velim quam saepissime scribas eoque magis, quod praeterea nemo scribit, ac, si omnes, tuas tamen maxime exspectarem. Quod scribis illum per me Quinto fore placatiorem, scripsi ad te antea eum statim Quinto filio omnia tribuisse, nostri nullam mentionem. Vale.
[194] quam _added by Madvig, who also altered the MSS. reading_ utilitatem _to_ utilitati.
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Caesar probably won't reach Athens by the 1st of September. There are said to be many things that keep him in Asia, especially Pharnaces. The 12th legion, which Sulla visited first, is said to have driven him off with stones, and it is thought none of them will stir. Caesar it is supposed will go straight from Patrae to Sicily. But, if so, he must come here. I should have preferred him to go straight there, for I should have got away from here somehow. Now I am afraid I must wait for him, and in addition to other afflictions my poor daughter must endure this unhealthy climate.
You advise me to make my actions fit the times. I would, if circumstances permitted, and it were anyhow possible. But what with all my own mistakes and the wrongs inflicted on me by my family, there is nothing worthy of myself that I can do or even pretend to do. You compare Sulla's reign: that in principle was all that could be noble, but it was rather too lacking in moderation. The present crisis however is such that I forget myself, and should much prefer the public cause to win rather than that with which my interests are bound up. However, please write to me as often as possible, especially as no one else writes, and, if all the world were writing, I should still look forward to your letters more than any. You say Caesar will be kinder to Quintus for my sake: but I told you before he had made every concession to young Quintus, without mentioning me. Farewell.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi circa K. Sept. a. 707_]
Diligenter mihi fasciculum reddidit Balbi tabellarius. Accepi enim a te litteras, quibus videris vereri, ut epistulas illas acceperim. Quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas; auxerunt enim mihi dolorem, nec, si in aliquem incidissent, quicquam novi attulissent. Quid enim tam pervulgatum quam illius in me odium et genus hoc litterarum? quod ne Caesar quidem ad istos videtur misisse, quasi qui illius improbitate offenderetur, sed, credo, uti notiora nostra mala essent. Nam, quod te vereri scribis, ne illi obsint, eique rei mederi, ne rogari quidem se passus est de illo. Quod quidem mihi molestum non est; illud molestius, istas impetrationes nostras nihil valere.
Sulla, ut opinor, cras erit hic cum Messalla. Currunt ad illum pulsi a militibus, qui se negant usquam, nisi acceperint. Ergo ille huc veniet, quod non putabant, tarde quidem. Itinera enim ita facit, ut multos dies in oppido uno[195] ponat. Pharnaces autem, quoquo modo aget, adferet moram. Quid mihi igitur censes? Iam enim corpore vix sustineo gravitatem huius caeli, quae mihi laborem adfert in dolore. An his illuc euntibus mandem, ut me excusent, ipse accedam propius? Quaeso, attende et me, quod adhuc saepe rogatus
[195] oppido uno _Peerlkamp_: oppidum _MSS._
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XXII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, circa Sept. 1_, B.C. _47_]
Balbus' letter-carrier delivered the packet quite promptly. For I have got a letter from you in which you seem to doubt whether I received those letters. I wish they had never been delivered: for they increased my sorrow, and, if they had fallen into anyone's hands, they would not have told them anything new. For his hatred of me and the kind of letters he writes are common knowledge. Even Caesar, when he sent them to your friends, seems to have done it, not to show his annoyance at Quintus' disgraceful conduct, but, I suppose, to make my misfortunes better known. You say you are afraid they may do Quintus some harm, and you are trying to remedy it. Why, Caesar did not even wait to be asked about him. That does not annoy me: what is more annoying is that the favours granted to me have no sterling value.
Sulla, I believe, will be here to-morrow with Messalla. They are hurrying to him, hounded away by the soldiers, who refuse to go anywhere, until they get their pay. So, though people thought he would not, he will be coming here; but not in a hurry. For he is travelling slowly, and he is stopping many days in each town. Then, however he manages things, Pharnaces must delay him. So what do you think about me? For already I am scarcely capable physically of bearing this bad climate, which adds ill-health to my troubles. Shall I commission these people, who are going to him, to make my excuses, and come nearer Rome? Please give the point your
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non fecisti, consilio iuva. Scio rem difficilem esse, sed ut in malis etiam illud mea magni interest, te ut videam. Profecto aliquid profecero, si id acciderit. De testamento, ut scribis, animadvertes.
XXIII
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VII Id. Quint. a. 707_]
Quod ad te scripseram ut cum Camillo communicares, de eo Camillus mihi scripsit te secum locutum. Tuas litteras exspectabam; nisi illud quidem mutari, si aliter est et oportet, non video posse. Sed, cum ab illo accepissem litteras, desideravi tuas (etsi putabam te certiorem factum non esse), modo valeres; scripseras enim te quodam valetudinis genere temptari.
Agusius quidam Rhodo venerat VIII Idus Quinct. Is nuntiabat Quintum filium ad Caesarem profectum IIII Kal. Iun., Philotimum Rhodum pridie eam diem venisse, habere ad me litteras. Ipsum Agusium audies. Sed tardius iter faciebat. Eo feci, ut celeriter eunti darem. Quid sit in iis litteris, nescio, sed mihi valde Quintus frater gratulatur. Equidem in meo tanto peccato nihil ne cogitatione quidem adsequi possum, quod mihi tolerabile possit esse. Te oro
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attention and help me with your advice, which you have not done in spite of many requests. I know it is a knotty question: but, as there is a choice of evils, the mere sight of you is something to me. If I get that, I shall have made some advance. Please attend to the will, as you promise.
XXIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
[Sidenote: _Brundisium, July 9_, B.C. _47_]
Camillus has written to me saying that you have spoken to him on the subject about which I suggested you should consult with him. Now I am expecting a letter from you: only I don't see how the thing is to be changed, if it is not as it ought to be. But, when I got a letter from him, I looked for one from you, though I suppose you did not know the post was going. I only hope you are well: for you said you had an attack of some kind of illness.
A man of the name of Agusius came from Rhodes on the 8th of July. He tells me young Quintus set out to go to Caesar on May 29th, and Philotimus arrived at Rhodes the day before with a letter for me. You will hear Agusius himself: but he is travelling rather slowly. So I arranged to give this to some one who was going more quickly. What there is in that letter, I don't know, but my brother Quintus offers me hearty congratulations. For my part after my great mistake I cannot even imagine anything that can possibly be endurable to me. I beg you to
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ut de hac misera cogites, et illud, de quo ad te proxime scripsi, ut aliquid conficiatur ad inopiam propulsandam, et etiam de ipso testamento. Illud quoque vellem antea, sed omnia timuimus. Melius quidem in pessimis nihil fuit discidio. Aliquid fecissemus ut viri vel tabularum novarum nomine vel nocturnarum expugnationum vel Metellae vel omnium malorum; nec res perisset, et videremur aliquid doloris virilis habuisse. Memini omnino tuas litteras, sed et tempus illud; etsi quidvis praestitit. Nunc quidem ipse videtur denuntiare; audimus enim de statua Clodi. Generumne nostrum potissimum vel hoc vel tabulas novas! Placet mihi igitur et item tibi nuntium remitti. Petet fortasse tertiam pensionem. Considera igitur, tumne, cum ab ipso nascetur, an prius. Ego, si ullo modo potuero, vel nocturnis itineribus experiar, ut te videam. Tu et haec, et si quid erit, quod intersit mea scire, scribas velim. Vale.
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think of my poor girl, both as regards the point about which I wrote lately--making some arrangement to avoid destitution--and also as regards the will itself. The other thing too I wish I had attended to before; but I was afraid of everything. In this very bad business there was nothing better than a divorce. I should have done something like a man, either on the score of his cancelling of debts or his night attacks on houses, or Metella or all his sins together: I should not have lost the money, and I should have shown some manly spirit. I remember of course your letter, but I remember the circumstances too: still anything would have been better than this. Now he seems to be giving notice of divorce himself; for I have heard about the statue of Clodius. To think that a son-in-law of mine above all people should do such a thing as that, or abolish debts! So I agree with you we must serve a notice of divorce on him. Perhaps he will ask for the third instalment of the dowry. So consider whether we should wait for a move of his or act first.[196] If I can possibly manage it, even by night journeys, I will try to see you. Please write to me about this and anything else it may interest me to know. Farewell.
[196] If Dolabella started the divorce proceedings, he could not claim the rest of the dowry, and would have to refund what had already been paid. If Tullia began them, part at least of the dowry would remain with him, unless she could prove misconduct.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi VIII Id. Sext. a. 707_]
Quae dudum ad me et (quae etiam ad me vis) ad Tulliam de me scripsisti, ea sentio esse vera. Eo sum miserior, etsi nihil videbatur addi posse, quod mihi non modo irasci gravissima iniuria accepta, sed ne dolere quidem impune licet. Quare istuc feramus. Quod cum tulerimus, tamen eadem erunt perpetienda, quae tu ne accidant ut caveamus mones. Ea enim est a nobis contracta culpa, ut omni statu omnique populo eundem exitum habitura videatur.
Sed ad meam manum redeo; erunt enim haec occultius agenda. Vide, quaeso, etiam nunc de testamento, quod tum factum cum illa haerere coeperat. Non, credo, te commovit; neque enim rogavit ne me quidem. Sed, quasi ita sit, quoniam in sermonem iam venisti, poteris eam monere, ut alicui committat, cuius extra periculum huius belli fortuna sit. Equidem tibi potissimum velim, si idem illa vellet. Quam quidem celo miseram me hoc timere.
De illo altero scio equidem venire nunc nil posse, sed seponi et occultari possunt, ut extra ruinam sint eam, quae impendet. Nam, quod scribis nobis nostra
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[Sidenote: _Brundisium, Aug. 6_, B.C. _47_]
What you wrote to me some time ago and to Tullia too about me, with the intention that it should be passed on to me, I feel to be true. It adds to my misery, though I thought nothing could be added, that, when I have received the deepest injury, I cannot show anger or even annoyance with impunity. So I must put up with that. And when I have borne that blow, I shall still have to suffer what you warn me to guard against. For I have got myself into such trouble, that, whatever the state of affairs or the feelings of the people may be, the result for me apparently will be the same.
But here I take the pen myself; for I shall have to deal with confidential matters. Please see to the will even now, as it was made when she had begun to get into difficulties. She did not bother you, I think; for she did not even ask me about it. But, supposing that is so, since you have broached the subject already, you will be able to advise her to deposit it with some one whose position is not affected by this war. Myself I would rather you were the person, if she agrees to that. The fact is I am keeping the poor woman in the dark as to that fear of mine.[197]
[197] That her property would be confiscated.
For that other matter, I know of course that nothing can be put up for sale now, but things could be put away and hidden, so that they escape the crash which is threatening. For, when you
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et tua Tulliae fore parata, tua credo, nostra quae poterunt esse? De Terentia autem (mitto cetera, quae sunt innumerabilia) quid ad hoc addi potest? Scripseras, ut HS X̅I̅I̅ permutaret; tantum esse reliquum de argento. Misit illa CCIↃↃ mihi et adscripsit tantum esse reliquum. Cum hoc tam parvum de parvo detraxerit, perspicis, quid in maxima re fecerit.
Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed ne per litteras quidem aut per nuntium certiorem facit me, quid egerit. Epheso qui veniunt, ibi se eum de suis controversiis in ius adeuntem vidisse nuntiant; quae quidem (ita enim veri simile est) in adventum Caesaris fortasse reiciuntur. Ita aut nihil puto eum habere, quod putet ad me celerius perferendum, aut adeo me in malis esse despectum, ut, etiamsi quid habet, id nisi omnibus suis negotiis confectis ad me referre non curet. Ex quo magnum equidem capio dolorem, sed non tantum, quantum videor debere. Nihil enim mea minus interesse puto, quam quid illinc adferatur. Id quam ob rem, te intellegere certo scio.
Quod me mones de vultu et oratione ad tempus accommodanda, etsi difficile est, tamen imperarem mihi, a mea quicquam interesse putarem. Quod scribis litteris putare te Africanum negotium confici posse, vellem scriberes, cur ita putares; mihi quidem nihil in mentem venit, quare id putem fieri posse. Tu tamen velim, si quid erit, quod consolationis aliquid
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write that my fortune and yours are at Tullia's service, I believe you as to yours, but what can there be of mine? Now as to Terentia, I omit lots of other things, for what can one add to this? You wrote to her to remit me by bill of exchange £100, saying that was the balance. She sent me 80 guineas,[198] adding that that was all the balance. If she purloins so trifling an amount from so small a total, you can see what she has been doing in the case of larger sums.
[198] 12,000 and 10,000 sesterces respectively.
Not a trace of Philotimus as yet: nay, he has not even informed me by letter or messenger what he has done. Those who come from Ephesus say they saw him there going into court about some lawsuits of his own, which possibly--indeed in all probability--are deferred till Caesar's arrival. So I suppose he either has nothing which he thinks he need hurry to bring to me, or I have sunk so low in my misfortunes that, even if he has, he does not take the trouble to bring it until he has finished all his own business. And that causes me considerable annoyance, but not so much as I think it ought. For I don't think anything matters much less to me than what answer he brings back from that quarter. Why, I am quite sure you know.
You advise me to mould my looks and words according to circumstances. It is difficult, but I would put a rein on myself, if I thought it mattered to me at all. You say you think the African business can be arranged by an interchange of letters: I wish you would say, why you think so: for I can't imagine any reason for thinking it possible. However please write to me, if there is anything that would give me
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habeat, scribas ad me; sin, ut perspicio, nihil erit, scribas id ipsum. Ego ad te, si quid audiero citius, scribam. Vale.
VIII Idus Sextil.
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[Sidenote: _Scr. Brundisi III Non. Quint. a. 707_]
Facile adsentior tuis litteris, quibus exponis pluribus verbis nullum consistere consilium, quo a te possim iuvari. Consolatio certe nulla est, quae levare possit dolorem meum. Nihil est enim contractum casu (nam id esset ferendum), sed omnia fecimus eis erroribus et miseriis et animi et corporis, quibus proximi utinam mederi maluissent! Quam ob rem, quoniam neque consilii tui neque consolationis cuiusquam spes ulla mihi ostenditur, non quaeram haec a te posthac; tantum velim, ne intermittas, scribas ad me, quicquid veniet tibi in mentem, cum habebis, cui des, et dum erit, ad quem des; quod longum non erit.
Illum discessisse Alexandria rumor est non firmus ortus ex Sulpici litteris; quas cuncti postea nuntii confirmarunt. Quod verum an falsum sit, quoniam mea nihil interest, utrum malim, nescio.
Quod ad te iam pridem de testamento scripsi, apud εὔπιστόν τινα velim ut possit adservari.[199] Ego huius miserrumae fatuitate confectus conflictor. Nihil
[199] _The MSS. read_ apud epistolas velim ut possim adversas. _I have followed Boot's emendation, though with doubt. Shuckburgh suggests_ apud vestales velim depositum adservari.
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a crumb of comfort: but, if, as I see is the case, there is nothing, write and tell me that. If I hear anything first I will write to you. Farewell.
August 6.
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[Sidenote: _Brundisium, July 5_, B.C. _47_]
I can quite believe what you explain at some length in your letter, that no advice of yours can assist me: and certainly there is no consolation which can relieve my sorrow. For none of my misfortunes has come upon me by fate--that would have been endurable--but I have brought all on myself by my mistakes and my mental and bodily afflictions, which I only wish my nearest and dearest had thought fit to remedy. So, as there is no hope of any advice from you or any consolation, I will not ask for them henceforth: only please do not cease from writing to me anything that may occur to you, when you have anyone to send it by, and so long as there is anyone to send it to; which will not be long.
There is a rumour, though not a very certain one, that Caesar has left Alexandria. It came first from a letter of Sulpicius, and has been confirmed by all subsequent messengers. Whether to prefer it to be false or true, I don't know, as it does not matter to me.
As I told you already about the will I should like it to be preserved in a safe place.[200] I am worn out and harassed by the infatuation of my unhappy daughter. I don't think there ever was such a child
[200] This seems to be the sense, though the reading is doubtful.
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umquam simile natum puto. Cui si qua re consulere aliquid possum, cupio a te admoneri. Video eandem esse difficultatem quam in consilio dando ante. Tamen hoc me magis sollicitat quam omnia. In pensione secunda caeci fuimus. Aliud mallem; sed praeteriit. Te oro, ut in perditis rebus si quid cogi, confici potest, quod sit in tuto, ex argento atque satis multa ex supellectile, des operam. Iam enim mihi videtur adesse extremum nec ulla fore condicio pacis eaque, quae sunt, etiam sine adversario peritura. Haec etiam, si videbitur, cum Terentia loquere opportune. Non queo omnia scribere. Vale.
III Non. Quinctil.
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of misfortune. If I can do anything for her in any way, I wish you would suggest it to me. I see there will be the same difficulty as there was before in giving me advice: but this causes me more anxiety than anything. It was blind of me to pay the second instalment. I wish I had not: but that is over and done with. I beg you to do your best, as it is in the last extremity, to collect and get together what you can from the sale of plate and furniture, of which there is a good deal, and put it in a safe place. For now I think the end is near, there will be no peace negotiations, and the present government will collapse even without an adversary. As to this speak to Terentia too at your convenience, if you think fit. I cannot write everything. Farewell.
July 5.
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS.[201]
VII. 1 October 16, 50 2 November 26, 50 3 December 9, 50 4 December 10 or 11, 50 5 December 16, 50 6 December 17, 50 7 December 18-21, 50 8 December 25 or 26, 50 9 December 26 or 27, 50 10 January 17 or 18, 49 11 January 17-22, 49 12 January 21, 49 13 January 22, 49 13a January 23, 49 14 January 25, 49 15 January 26, 49 16 January 28, 49 17 February 2, 49 18 February 3, 49 19 February 3, 49 20 February 5, 49 21 February 8, 49 22 February 8 or 9, 49 23 February 9 or 10, 49 VIII. 11a February 10, 49 VII. 24 February 10, 49 25 February 10 or 11, 49 VIII. 12b February 11 or 12, 49 VII. 26 February 15, 49 VIII. 11b February 16, 49 1 February 16, 49 12c February 16, 49 12d February 17, 49 2 February 17, 49 12a February 17 or 18, 48 3 February 18, 49 11c February 20, 49 6 February 21 (?), 49 4 February 22, 49 5 February 23 (?), 49 7 February 23 (?), 49 8 February 24, 49 9 February 25, 49 10 February 26, 49 11 February 27, 49 11d February 27, 49 12 February 28, 49 15a February, 49 IX. 7c February (?), 49 VIII. 13 March 1, 49 14 March 2, 49 15 March 3, 49 16 March 4, 49 IX. 1 March 6, 49 2 March 7, 49 2a March 8, 49 6a March, 49 3 March 9, 49 5 March 10, 49 7a March 10 or 11, 49 6 March 11, 49 7b March 11 or 12, 49 4 March 12, 49 7 March 13, 49 8 March 14, 49 9 March 17, 49 10 March 18, 49 11a March 19, 49 11 March 20, 49 12 March 20, 49 13a March 23 (?), 49 13 March 24, 49 14 March 25, 49 15 March 25, 49 16 March 26, 49 17 March 27, 49 18 March 28, 49 19 March 31, 49 X. 1 April 3, 49 2 April 6, 49 3 April 7, 49 3a April 7, 49 4 April 14, 49 5 April 16, 49 9a April 16, 49 8b April, 49 6 April, 49 7 April 22(?), 49 8a April, 49 8 May 2, 49 9 May 3, 49 10 May 3, 49 11 May 4, 49 12 May 5, 49 12a May 6, 49 13 May 7, 49 14 May 8, 49 15 May 12, 49 16 May 14, 49 17 May 16, 49 18 May 19 or 20, 49 XI. 1 January, 48 2 March, 48 3 June 13, 48 4a June 15-19, 48 4 July 15, 48 5 November 4, 48 6 November 27, 48 7 December 17, 48 8 December 18, 48 9 January 3, 47 10 January 19, 47 11 March 8, 47 12 March 8, 47 13 March 9 (?), 47 14 April 25 (?), 47 15 May 14, 47 16 June 3, 47 17 June 12 or 13, 47 17a June 14, 47 18 June 19, 47 25 July 5, 47 23 July 9, 47 19 July 22, 47 24 August 6, 47 20 August 15, 47 21 August 25, 47 22 September 1 (?), 47
[201] In many cases the dates and the order are only approximate, and authorities differ about them. I have generally accepted the dates given in the Teubner edition.
INDEX OF NAMES
[_The references are to the pages of Latin text._]
Ἀβδηριτικόν, 40
Acastus, 2
Achaia, 372, 386
Achaici, 394, 396, 402
## Actium, 14
Adrianum mare, 298
Aeculanum, 18
Aegypta, 166
Aegyptus, 236, 270
Aelius Lamia, _see_ Lamia (L. Aelius)
Aemilius Lepidus (M'.), 58, 100, 118, 126, 164, 166, 176, 232
Aenaria, 334
Aesernia, 140
Aesopus, 398
Afranius (L.), 94, 102, 112, 114, 312, 314
Africa, 184, 372, 388, 394, 396, 406
Africanae res, 382; -num negotium, 424
Africanus, _see_ Cornelius Scipio Africanus
Agusius, 418
Alba, 150, 156, 194
Albanum (praedium), 34, 38, 44, 254
Alexandrea, 218, 368, 390, 396, 398, 400, 406, 408, 426
Alexandrina mora, 402
Alexio, 14
Alexis, 12, 42
Aliensis pugna, 192
Allienus, 340
Ampius Balbus (T.), 136
Ancon(a), 52, 78
Annius Milo Papinianus (T.), 204, 254
Anteros, 254, 352
Antiochea, 410
Antium, 222
Antonius (M.), _triumvir_, 46, 116, 222, 308, 314, 318, 326, 328, 332, 334, 340, 344, 370, 388, 408; _letter from_, 308
Appia (via), 138, 174, 234
Appianae legiones, 70, 82
Appius, _see_ Claudius Pulcher (Appius)
Apulia, 56, 86, 108, 122, 134, 138, 140, 142, 296
Arabia, 236
Aradus, 218
Arcanum (praedium), 34, 276, 278
Aristoxenus, 114
Ἀρκαδία, 292
Armenii, 226
Arpi, 186
Arpinum, 126, 174, 176, 190, 194, 220, 254, 262, 266, 342
Artaxerxes, 306
Asia, 26, 184, 352, 354, 368, 382, 394, 396, 400, 402, 414
Ateius Capito (C.), 300
Athenae, 2, 10, 414
Atius Paelignus (C.), 116
Ἀτρείδης, 24
Attius Varus (P.), 66
Attus Navius, 304
Aurelius Cotta (M.), 344
Axius (Q.), 324, 334, 340
Baebius, 254
Baiae, 368
Balbus, _see_ Ampius Balbus _and_ Cornelius Balbus
Basilus, _see_ Minucius Basilus
Beneventum, 260
Bibulus, _see_ Calpurnius Bibulus
Brundisina militia, 338; porta, 12; res, 186; -ni nuntii, 160
Brundisium, 2, 12, 16, 112, 116, 124, 128, 134, 138, 140, 142, 152, 162, 174, 176, 180, 182, 184, 186, 190, 192, 194, 206, 232, 236, 244, 248, 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 276, 366
Brutus, _see_ Iunius Brutus
Bussenius, 156
Byzantium, 218
Caecilius Metellus (L.), 196, 288, 304, 370
Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (_formerly_ P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica), 32, 112, 168, 178, 236
Caecilius Statius (C.), 28
Caelianus animus, 332; -num illud, 338; -na illa, 344
Caelius, 332, 338
Caelius, banker, 30
Caelius Caldus (C.), 8
Caelius Rufus (M.), 6, 24, 28, 76, 86, 314; _letter from_, 314
Caesar, _see_ Iulius Caesar
Caesius (C.), 234, 248
Caieta, 112
Calenius (M.), 156
Calenum, 112
Cales, 66, 72, 84, 140
Calpurnius Bibulus (M.), 16, 18, 24, 220
Calpurnius Piso (L.), _friend of Antonius_, 310
Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (L.), 60, 76
Camerinum, 154
Camillus, _see_ Furius Camillus
Campania, 56
Campani coloni, 68; -nus ager, 40
Caninius Rebilus (C.), 22
Caninius Rebilus (T.), 256
Canuleius, 294
Canusium, 138, 142, 152, 162, 176, 194
Capito, _see_ Ateius Capito
Capua, 66, 68, 70, 72, 76, 78, 82, 84, 86, 98, 100, 102, 108, 114, 118, 136, 140, 142, 148, 152, 194, 196, 252, 254, 258, 260, 340
Carbo, _see_ Papirius Carbo
Carneades, 14
Cassianum negotium, 400
Cassius Longinus (C.), 86, 90, 92, 178, 222, 390, 398
Cassius Longinus (Q.), 24, 78
Castrum Truentinum, 154
Cato, _see_ Porcius Cato
Celer, _see_ Pilius Celer
Cephalio, 92, 270, 274, 276, 338, 386, 404
Chios, 218
Chrysippus, 18, 34, 354
Cicero, _see_ Tullius Cicero; -nes, _see_ Tullii Cicerones
Cilices, 8
Cingulum, 52, 66
Cinna, _see_ Cornelius Cinna
Cinnea (crudelitas), 128
Claudius Marcellus (C.), 150, 328, 334, 340
Claudius Marcellus (M.), 108, 152
Claudius Pulcher (Appius), 100, 168, 178
Clodia, _sister of P. Clodius_, 218
Clodia, _mother-in-law of L. Metellus_, 196
Clodius, _client of Atticus_, 300
Clodius Pulcher (P.), 108, 420
Colchi, 218, 226
Considius Nonianus (M.), 26
Coponius (C.), 152
Corcyra, 14, 364
Corfiniensis clementia, 260; διατροπή, 248; exspectatio, 118
Corfinium, 112, 134, 140, 142, 152, 158, 162, 164, 170, 182, 212
Coriolanus, 226
Cornelius Balbus (L.), 28, 32, 42, 102, 128, 168, 192, 194, 202, 212, 250, 252, 326, 348, 366, 374, 376, 378, 394, 408, 416; _letters of_, 168, 206, 208, 250
Cornelius Balbus (L.), _son of the last_, 128, 132, 170, 194, 386
Cornelius Cinna (L.), 42, 110, 226
Cornelius Dolabella (P.), 44, 62, 76, 86, 244, 250, 262, 290, 298, 308, 370
Cornelius Lentulus Crus (L.), 56, 84, 128, 132, 140, 170, 194, 210, 390
Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (Cn.), 222
Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (P.), 90, 150, 164, 176, 184, 206, 234, 240, 248, 258, 368
Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (P.), _son of the last_, 390
Cornelius Scipio (L.), 256
Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (P.), 126, 130, 242, 306
Cornelius Scipio Nasica (P.), _see_ Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (Q.)
Cornelius Sulla (L.), _dictator_, 42, 212, 226, 236, 252, 256
Cornelius Sulla (P.), 414, 416
Cornelius Sulla Faustus (L.), 112, 152, 178, 236
Cosanum (praedium), 194, 220
Cotta, _see_ Aurelius Cotta
Cous (Nicias), 28; (insula), 218
Crassipes, _see_ Furius Crassipes
Croto, 270
Culleo, _see_ Terentius Culleo
Cumani, 334; -num (praedium), 286, 344
Curio, _see_ Scribonius Curio
Curius (M'.), 14, 26, 30, 118, 120, 194, 262
Curtius Postumus (M.), 182, 186, 190, 194, 334
Cyprus, 218
Cytheris, 322
Delos, 222
Demetrius Magnes, 134, 150, 218
Dicaearchus, 20, 114
Diochares, 368
Διονύσιος έν Κορίνθω, 216
Dionysius, _tutor of young Cicero_, 28, 30, 38, 44, 80, 96, 114, 116, 128, 242, 258, 278, 342
Dionysius, _slave_, 184
Dolabella, _see_ Cornelius Dolabella
Domitius Ahenobarbus (Cn.), 184
Domitius Ahenobarbus (L.), 66, 92, 94, 98, 100, 112, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 134, 140, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 164, 166, 176, 194, 220, 258
Drusus, _see_ Livius Drusus
Dyrrhachium, 152
Egnatius (L.), 80, 340, 358
Ἕκτωρ, 192
Ἐνυάλιος, 46
Ephesus, 382, 424
Epirus, 10, 12, 178, 206, 220, 242, 298
Eppius (M.), 136
Eros, _slave of Philotimus_, 338
Euphrates, 16
Fabatus, see Roscius Fabatus
Fabius (C.), 22, 112
Fabius (Q.), 134
Fadius Gallus (M.), 146
Fannius (C.), 70, 168, 368
Faustus, _see_ Cornelius Sulla Faustus
Favonius (M.), 8, 70
Feralia, 162
Figulus, _see_ Nigidius Figulus
Firmum, 154
Flaccus, _see_ Valerius Flaccus
Flavius (L.), 272
Flumentana (porta), 28
Formiae, 44, 56, 70, 72, 78, 104, 114, 136, 184, 190, 218, 262, 268, 348
Formianum (praedium), 34, 76, 78, 84, 90, 96, 118, 176, 202, 216, 232, 342
Fretense (mare), 298
Frusinas (fundus), 360, 392
Fufidiana, 400; -- praedia, 396; -ni coheredes, 392
Fufius Calenus (Q.), 190, 376, 398, 402
Funisulanus, 338
Furfanius Postumus (T.), 70
Furiae, 348
Furius Camillus (C.), 404, 418
Furius Crassipes, 10, 236
Furnius (C.), 82, 198, 200, 238
Gabinius (A.), 300
Gaditanus (_i.e._ Cornelius Balbus), 42
Galba, _see_ Sulpicius Galba
Galeo, 390
Galli, 54, 246
Gallia, 108, 296
Gallius (M.), 340, 412
Gallus, _see_ Fadius Gallus
Germania, 314
Getae, 226
Gnaeus, _see_ Pompeius Magnus (C.)
Graeci, 80; -e, 188
Graecia, 62, 72, 76, 122, 184, 220, 236, 254, 264, 290, 344
Hannibal, 52
Hippias, 226
Hirrus, _see_ Lucilius Hirrus
Hirtianus sermo, 292
Hirtius, 32, 284, 292, 394, 410
Hispania, 50, 74, 78, 184, 194, 238, 254, 260, 264, 288, 294, 298, 300, 302, 314, 318, 382, 388; Hispaniae, 182, 300, 308, 314, 316, 318, 328, 332, 334, 336, 348
Hispaniensis casus, 300
Homerus, 192, 214
Hortensiana, 348
Hortensius (Q.), _son of the orator_, 16, 126, 286, 328, 344, 346, 368
Ignuvium, 66
Ἰλιάς, 132
Illyricum, 296, 314, 400
Isidorus, 358
Italia, 52, 58, 74, 76, 84, 88, 98, 106, 108, 110, 114, 120, 126, 130, 132, 140, 142, 144, 158, 174, 178, 184, 196, 204, 218, 228, 230, 268, 278, 282, 290, 302, 308, 320, 332, 368, 370, 372, 382, 386, 388, 408
Iulius Caesar (C.), _dictator_, 2, 4, 6, 8, 16, 32, 36, 38, 40, 46, 48, 52, 56, 60, 66, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 86, 88, 92, 94, 100, 110, 112, 114, 122, 128, 132, 134, 140, 142, 146, 154, 156, 158, 162, 166, 168, 170, 178, 180, 182, 186, 190, 194, 198, 202, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 220, 222, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 248, 250, 252, 254, 258, 260, 280, 284, 286, 288, 290, 298, 302, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320, 334, 366, 368, 370, 374, 376, 380, 382, 386, 388, 406, 410, 412, 416, 418, 424; letters from, 200, 250, 260, 310
Iulius Caesar (L.), 64, 66, 68, 72, 74, 78, 82, 148
Iunius Brutus (M.), _father of the following_, 252
Iunius Brutus (M.), _murderer of Caesar_, 360
Iuppiter, 166
Κόρινθος, 216
Κωρυκαῖοι, 348
Labienus (T.), 42, 52, 58, 60, 66, 70, 72, 102
Lacedaemonii, 306
Λακωνικὴ σκυτάλη, 320
Laelius (D.), 140, 152, 370, 394, 398
Laelius Sapiens (C.), 28
Lamia (L. Aelius), 370
Lanuvinum (praedium), 222, 248
Larinum, 56, 66
Lartidius, 10
Laterium, 272
Latine, 188; -itas, 28
Lavernium, 44
Lentulus, _see_ Cornelius Lentulus
Lepidi, 164
Lepidus, _see_ Aemilius Lepidus (M.)
Lepta (Q.), 114, 240, 254, 324, 376
Lesbos, 218
Liberalia, 224
Libo, _see_ Scribonius Libo
Licinius Murena (L.), 390
Ligur, _or_ Ligus (L.), 80
Ligurius (A.), 378, 380
Literninum (praedium), 334
Livia, 44
Livius Drusus (M.), 18
Lucceius (L.M.f.), 26
Lucceius (L.Q.f.), 176, 236
Luceria, 56, 82, 98, 100, 110, 114, 128, 132, 134, 154, 158; -iae, 102, 172
Lucilius Hirrus (C.), 8, 10, 134
Lucius, _see_ Manlius Torquatus (L.)
Lucretius (Q.), 92, 116
Lupus, _see_ Rutilius Lupus
Luscenius, 34
Lycia, 218
Magius (N.), 212, 250
Mamurra, 42
Manlius Torquatus (A.), 68, 214
Manlius Torquatus (L.), 14, 58, 136, 214
Marathonia pugna, 226
Marcelli, 6, 178
Marcellinus, _see_ Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus
Marcellus, _see_ Claudius Marcellus
Marcius Philippus (L.), _consul_ 91 B.C., 110, 112
Marcius Philippus (L.), 258, 290
Marius (C.), 226, 306
Marsi, 66
Massilia, 336
Massilienses, 322, 332
Matius (C.), 234, 236, 240, 246, 258, 262; _letter from_, 258
Melita, 296, 308, 314, 348
Mentor, 214
Menturnae, 64, 136, 240, 276, 334
Μεσοποταμία, 236
Messalla (_or_ Messala), _see_ Valerius Messalla
Messius (C.), 140
Metella, 420
Metellus, _see_ Caecilius Metellus
Miletus, 218
Milo, _see_ Annius Milo
Miloniana tempora, 210
Minerva, 214
Minucia via, 194
Minucius Basilus, 48
Minucius Basilus (L.), 362
Minucius Rufus, 394, 396
Minucius Thermus (Q.), 66, 394, 396
Misenum, 308
Moneta, 122
Mucianus exitus, 240; -num istud, 276
Mucius Scaevola (Q.), _pontifex maximus_, 110, 112, 256
Mucius Scaevola (Q.), _tribune of the plebs_ 54 B.C., 222
Murena, _see_ Licinius Murena
Mytilenaeus (_i.e._ Theophanes), 42
Nasica, _see_ Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio
Nasidius (L.), 408
Neapolis, 258
Neapolitanus sermo, 16; -ni, 334
Nicias Curtius, 28
Nigidius Figulus (P.), 92
Ninnius Quadratus (L.), 344
Nonius Sufenas (M.), 168
Numerianum raudusculum, 16
Ocella (Ser.), 322, 334, 346
Octavius Mamilius, 226
Onchesmites, 12
Oppii, of Velia, 64, 88, 122, 292, 298
Oppius (C.), 202, 208, 212, 250, 366, 374, 376, 394, 406, 408; _letter of_, 206
Paestum, 408
Pamphilus, 12
Pamphylia, 218
Panaetius, 242
Pansa, _see_ Vibius Pansa
Papirius Carbo (Cn.), 252
Parthi, 18
Parthicus casus, 96; -cum bellum, 4; -cae res, 134
Patrae, 12, 364, 382, 402, 412, 414
Patron, 14, 16
Pedanum, 266
Pedius (Q.), 252
Peducaeus (Sex.), 272
Peducaeus (Sex.), _son of the above_, 62, 68, 74, 202, 234, 248, 272, 276
Peloponnesus, 332
Pericles, 54
Perses, 300
Petreius (M.), 102, 312
Phalaris, 84
Phamea, 222, 248
Pharnaces, _king_, 414, 416
Philargyrus, 258
Philippus, _see_ Marcius Philippus (L.)
Philogenes, 34, 38
Philotimus, _freedman of Terentia_, 18, 26, 82, 88, 98, 122, 172, 190, 206, 218, 220, 294, 298, 310, 312, 322, 338, 404, 410, 418, 424
Philoxenus, _letter-carrier_, 16
Phryges, 8
Picena, 62
Picentes, 94; -tinae cohortes, 158
Picenum, 86, 90, 92, 98, 122, 150, 154, 182
Picenus ager, 72, 108, 136
Pilia, 32, 120, 340
Pilius Celer (Q.), 264, 276, 360
Pinarius (T.), 166
Piraeus, 2, 28
Pisistratus, 84, 172, 226
Piso, _see_ Calpurnius Piso
Plaguleius, 300
Plato (Πλάτων), 64, 248, 304
Pollex, 118, 360
Pompeia lex, 288; -anum (praedium), 340, 344
Pompeius Magnus (Cn.), 4, 6, 16, 24, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 82, 86, 88, 92, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 126, 128, 130, 134, 136, 138, 148, 150, 160, 162, 168, 170, 172, 176, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 190, 194, 196, 198, 202, 208, 210, 212, 214, 224, 228, 230, 232, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 248, 250, 252, 254, 258, 264, 268, 274, 278, 280, 288, 296, 298, 300, 302, 304, 312, 320, 344, 366, 372, 392; _letters of_, 134, 138, 150, 154, 156, 158
Pomponia, 380
Pomponius Atticus (T.), 6, 42, 132, 196, 198, 304
Pomptina (regio ?), 34
Pomptinus (C.), 38
Pontius Aquila (L.), 12, 30
Pontius Titinianus, 268
Porcius Cato (M.), 8, 10, 16, 24, 70, 328, 342, 344, 370
Porsena, 226
Postumia, 314
Postumius, 70
Postumus, _see_ Curtius Postumus
Πουλυδάμας, 6
Precianum, 10
Pulcher, _see_ Clodius Pulcher (P.)
Puteoli, 28, 234, 248, 258, 270, 286
Pyrenaeus, 112
Quinctius (L.), 48
Quinti, _see_ Tullius Cicero (Q.)
Quinquatria (_or_ -trus), 234, 244
Ravenna, 6
Reatini, 214
Rebilus, _see_ Caninius Rebilus
Reginus, 328
Regium, 292
Rhodii, 326
Rhodos, 218, 390, 418
Roma, 2, 38, 58, 60, 62, 68, 72, 74, 76, 118, 134, 162, 170, 194, 208, 210, 214, 222
Romanus homo, 300; -nus populus, 52, 238, 242, 260, 266, 296, 370; -ni, 34; -ni equites, 34; -ni rustici, 248
Roscius Fabatus (L.), 148
Rutilius Lupus (P.), 152, 176
Sabinus ager, 214
Sallustius (Cn.), 384, 406, 412
Sallustius (P.), 384
Salvius, _freedman of Hortensius_, 348
Salvius, _librarian of Atticus_, 200
Samnium, 142, 156
Samus, 374
Sardanapalus, 304
Sardinia, 184, 344
Saufeius (L.), 2
Scaevola, _see_ Mucius Scaevola
Scipio, _see_ Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio _and_ Cornelius Scipio
Scribonius Curio (C.), 40, 82, 156, 252, 254, 286, 292, 298, 300, 308, 320, 322, 328, 330, 344
Scribonius Libo (L.), 56, 136, 236
Scrofa, _see_ Tremellius Scrofa
Seleucea Pieria, 410
Serapion, _letter-carrier_, 346
Servilius Vatia Isauricus (P.), 362
Servius, _see_ Sulpicius Rufus
Sestius (P.), 168, 368
Sextus, _see_ Peducaeus (Sex.)
Sicca, 158
Sicilia, 40, 70, 112, 152, 158, 184, 272, 288, 298, 328, 342, 412, 414
Siculi, 328
Sicyon, 374, 376
Sidon, 218
Silius (A.), 334
Silius Nerva (P.), 10
Sinuessa, 260
Sipontum, 254, 296
Siser (P.), 390
Socrates, 104
Solon, 274
Sosius (C.), 118, 176
Statius, 214
Sufenas, _see_ Nonius Sufenas
Sulla, _see_ Cornelius Sulla
Sullanus dies, 306; -mos, 296; -num regnum, 132, 202; -na, 414
Sulmo, 116, 150
Sulpicius Galba (P.), 222
Sulpicius Rufus (Ser.), 22, 76, 100, 264, 268, 280, 298, 314, 322, 330, 334, 336, 390, 426
Sulpicius Rufus (Ser.), _son of the above_, 314
Sunium, 28
Syracusae, 342
Syria, 178, 390
Tarentum, 254, 394
Tarquinius Superbus, 226
Tarracina, 34, 136
Tartessius (_i.e._ Balbus), 30
Teanum (_in Apulia_), 56, 66
Teanum Sidicinum, 136, 140
Terentia, 10, 12, 30, 60, 62, 64, 72, 88, 96, 292, 344, 384, 404, 424, 428
Terentius, _the poet_, 28
Terentius (L.), 408
Terentius Culleo (Q.), 148
Terentius Hispo (P.), 382
Themistocles, 54, 226
Themistocleum concilium, 302; -exsilium, 304
Theophanes, 148, 178, 236
Thermus, _see_ Minucius Thermus
Thrasybulus, 112
Thucydides, 8, 304
Thurii, 270
Thyamis, 14
Tiburs villa, 164
Tiro, _see_ Tullius Tiro
Titinius (Q.), 80, 198, 216, 264, 280
Torquatus, _see_ Manlius Torquatus
Transpadanus, 42
Trebatius Testa (C.), 74, 76, 222, 240, 258, 260, 274, 326, 328, 376; _letter from_, 258
Trebonius (C.), 112, 366, 410
Trebulanum (praedium), 12, 30
Tremellius Scrofa (Cn.), 10
Τρωάδες, 6
Τρῶες, 6, 58, 174
Troianum (praedium), 248
Tullia (_or_ Tulliola), 30, 60, 62, 72, 276, 278, 298, 308, 332, 348, 366, 374, 404, 406, 422, 424
Tullii Cicerones, 14, 62, 78, 84, 114, 130, 196
Tullius (M.), _relative of Cicero_, 138
Tullius Cicero (M.), _the orator_, 6, 24, 42, 168, 190, 210, 250, 310, 316, 318
Tullius Cicero (M.), _son of the orator_, 194, 262, 266, 406, 408
Tullius Cicero (Q.), _brother of the orator_, 80, 114, 140, 196, 340, 364, 368, 376, 382, 386, 390, 392, 394, 396, 400, 412, 414, 418
Tullius Cicero (Q.), _son of the above_, 14, 292, 296, 328, 340, 374, 382, 404, 410, 412, 414, 418
Tullius Tiro (M.), 12, 14, 30, 34, 118, 120, 262, 292, 334
Tullus, _see_ Volcatius Tullus
Turranius (D.), 2
Tusci, 156
Tuscilius (M.), 156
Tusculanum (praedium), 26, 34, 42, 222
Tyrus, 218
Umbria, 156
Valerius Flaccus (L.), 110
Valerius Messalla (_or_ Messala) (M.), 416
Vatinius (P.), 364, 378
Veiento, 24
Velia, 64
Venafrum, 66
Vennonianae res, 60
Vestorius (C.), 294, 334
Vettienus, 294, 326, 334, 340
Vibius Pansa (C.), 366, 394
Vibullius Rufus (L.), 92, 98, 104, 134, 136, 154, 166
Voconius, 168
Volcatius Tullus (L.), 22, 100, 126, 166, 232, 268
Volsci, 226
Xeno, _of Athens_, 2
Zmyrna, 218
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