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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY
EDITED BY
T. E. PAGE, M.A., AND W. H. D. ROUSE, LiTT.D.
LETTERS TO ATTICUS
II
CICERO
LETTERS TO ATTICUS
WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY
E. O. WINSTEDT, M.A.
OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFOE1)
IN THREE VOLUMES
II
>y
his seizure of the public treasury and the appoint-
nent of his friends Lepidus and Antony as prefect
f the city and military commander respectively.
Then he hastened to Spain, where, after nearly
neeting with a disaster, he defeated the five legions
inder Afranius and Petreius at Ilerda, and gained
INTRODUCTION
the whole peninsula. While the issue was still un
certain in Spain, and indeed things looked un
favourable to Caesar, Cicero screwed up his courage
and joined Pompey in Epirus. Meantime Sardinia
was occupied by Caesar s adjutant P. Valerius and
Sicily gave way to Curio. The latter passed on to
Africa, where after some success he met with defeat
and death at the hands of Juba. It was not till
January 48 B.C. that Caesar effected a landing in
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CICERO S LETTERS
TO ATTICUS
BOOK VII
U VOL. II
M. TULLI CICERONIS
EPISTULARUM AD ATTICUM
LIBER SEPTIMUS
tertio consulatu.
1
Itaque ut stultus primus suam sententiam dicat,
mi hi valde placet de triumpho nos moliri aliquid, ex
tra urbem esse cum iustissuma causa. Tamen dabunt
operam, ut eliciant sententiam meam. Ridebis hoc
loco fortasse. Quam veil em etiam mine in provincia
1
The reading here is debatable. Sulpicius, Hillus, and
alias have been suggested in place of stultus.
6
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 1
^
Iliad vi, 442, and xxii, loo.
7
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Omnia ilia prima, quae etiam tu tuis litteris in cae-
virtus !
Quam vero difficilis eius diuturna simulatio !
germanus Lartidius.
fore ;
verum ut lubebit. Hanc quoque suscipe
in eo ego te adiuvabo.
10
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 1
11
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
II
12
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 2
II
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I arrived at Brundisium 011 the 24th of November
Brundisium,
after enjoying your proverbial luck at sea: so fair for Xov. ~6, B.C.
me blew from Epirus the softest of breezes,, Onche- 50
"
esse n)v ?rpos TU. TCKVCI. Etenini, si haec non est, nulla
the as; but here the denarius is used as the standard. The
libella was one-tenth and the teruncius one-fortieth of a
denarius.
-
With the substantive bpfj.-f]v must be understood.
<f>v<riK7iv
3
De Rcpublica.
15
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
quam Philoxeno dedisses !
Scripseras enim in ea esse
de sermone Pompei Neapolitano. Earn mihi Patron
Brundisi reddidit. Corcyrae, ut opinor, acceperat.
Nihil potuit esse iucundius. Erat enim de re publica.
de opimone, quam is vir haberet integritatis meae.
de benevolentia, quam ostendit eo sermone, quem
habuit de triumpho. Sed tamen hoc iucundissimum.
quod iiitellexi te ad eum venisse, ut eius animum
erga me perspiceres. Hoc mihi, inquam, accidit
iucundissimum. De triumpho autem nulla me cupi-
ditas umquamtenuit ante Bibuli impudentissimas
c VOL. ii 17
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Ignosce mihi ;
non possum haec ferre nee
feram.
Ill
need, for soon I shall see you. Still I must tell you
about Chrysippus -the conduct of that other fellow,
a mere mechanic, excites my surprise less, though it
could not have been more scandalous. But Chrysip
pus, whom I was always glad to see and held in
honour, because he had a smattering of culture, fancy
him deserting my son without my knowledge I can !
Ill
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 6th of December I came to Aeculanum, Trebula,
and there I read your letter, which Philotimus handed Dec. 9,
to me. I was pleased at the first glance to see it was B.C. 50
c2 19
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
erant a te ipso scriptae, deinde earum accuratissuma
diligentia sum mirum in modum delectatus. Ac
primum illud, in quo te Dicaearcho adscntiri negas,
etsi cupidissume expetitum a me est et te approbante,
postero anno non sum ? cur imperium illi aut cur illo
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 3
them.
2
Before his exile Cicero dedicated a statue of Minerva in
the Capitol with the inscription Cusios Urbis. Possibly, how
ever, there was a longer inscription. Volcacius and Servius
maintained neutrality in the civil war.
23
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Sed, quoniam res eo deducta est, non quaeram, ut
scribis :
TLov <r/<a</>os
TO rtin
r\d</>05
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
tentiani moveat, ut valde ego ipsi, quod de sua
sententia decesserit, paenitendum puteni. Sed quid
est, quod ei vici Luccei sint addicti? Hoc te prae-
27
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Nescio enim, cur, cum portam Flumentanam Caelius
occuparit, ego Puteolos non meos faciam.
Venio ad Piraeea," in quo magis reprehendendus
sum, quod homo Roman us Piraeea" scripserim, non
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 3
1
Caelius has taken the Porta Flumentana, I don t see
why I should not make Puteoli mine.
Coming to the form Piraeea, I am more to be
blamed for writing it thus and not Piraeum in
Latin, as all our people do, than I am for adding the
preposition I used
in."as before a word in"
but you know how much I still owe him. Don t you
think there is fear that this may be cast in my
teeth, if I am slack; and repayment demanded from
me, if I am energetic? What solution is there?
1
Caelius had bought Lucceius property near the Porta
Flumentana at the entrance of the Campus Martius.
2
In the morning as I disembarked in the Piraeus.
3
Terence, Eun. 539 (yesterday while some of us youths
met in the Piraeus), and 115 (The merchant added one
thing more, a female slave from Sunium). In the first the
MSS. of Terence read Piraco.
29
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Caelio mutuabimur. Hoc tu tamen consideres velini ;
IV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Dionysium flagrantem desiderio tui misi ad te nee
mehercule aequo aninio, sed fuit concedendum.
Quern quidem cognovi cum doctum, quod mihi iam
ante erat notum, turn sane plenum officii, studiosum
etiam meae laudis, frugi hominem, ac, ne libertinuni
laudare videar, plane virum bonum. Pompeium vidi
im Idus Decembres. Fuimus una lioras duas fortasse.
Magna laetitia mihi visus est adfici meo adventu, de
1
Mommsen : satis MSS.: comitatis
satis est satis or satis
dignitatis Lthmann.
2
rem Boslus rem a me Purser.
;
3
facere rentur A Bosius facerentur ; O".
.SO
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 3-1
me a draft."
IV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Dionysius burned to be with you, so I sent him, Pompeii,
with some misgivings I must admit; but it had to be. Dec. 10 or
I knew him before to be a scholar: I find him
very 11, B.C. 50
obliging, careful of my good name, an honest fellow,
and, not to give him a mere freedman s character,
evidently a man of honour. Pompey I interviewed
.011 the 10th of December. We were together a mat
ter of two hours he seemed greatly delighted with
:
1
Caelius the banker is agfain referred to in XII, 5.
L. Cornelius Balbus of Tartessus.
31
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
triumpho hortari, suscipere partes suas, monere, ne
ante in senatum accederenr, quam rem confecissem,
ne dicendis sententiis aliquem tribunum alienareni.
Quid quaeris? in hoc officio sermonis nihil potuit esse
prolixius. De re publica autem ita mecum locutus est,
quasi non dubiuni belluni haberenius. Nihil ad spem
concordiae. Plane ilium a se alienatum cum ante in-
tellegeret, tuni vero proxume iudicasse. Venisse Hir-
titim a Caesare, qui esset illi familiarissimus, ad se non
accessisse, et, cum ille a. d. vm Idus Decembr. ves-
peri venisset, Balbus de tota re constituisset a. d. vn
ad Scipionem ante lucem venire, multa de nocte eum
profectum esse ad Caesarem. Hoc illi TK/-i7jptw8es
videbatur esse alienationis. Quid multa? nihil me
aliud consolatur, nisi quod ilium, cui etiam inimici
alterum consulatum, fortuna summam potentiam de-
derit, non arbitror fore tarn amentem, ut haec in dis-
crimen adducat. Quodsi ruere coeperit, ne ego multa
timeo; quae non audeo scribere. Sed, ut nunc est,
a. d. in Nonas Ian. ad urbem cogito.
V
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. inFor- Multas uno tempore accepi epistulas tuas; quae
miano XI mihi, quamquam recentiora audiebam ex iis, qui ad^
K. Jan., id me veniebant, tamen erant iucundae studium eiiim ;
T
vidftur, a. et benevolentiam declarabant. \ aletudine tuamoveor
/% ,~\ i
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 4-5
V
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
A number of your letters have reached me at the Formiue.
same time and, although
:
bring me later news, Dec. 16,
visitors
they are delightful, as they show your affection and B.C. 50
good will. I am concerned about your illness, and I
suppose Pilia s attack of the same complaint will in-
D VOL. II 33
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
adferre maiorem sentio. Date igitur operam, ut va-
leatis. De Tirone video tibi curae esse.
Quern qui-
dem ego, etsi mirabilis utilitates milii praebet, cum
valet, in omni genere vel negotiorum vel studiorum
meorum, tamen propter humanitatem et modestiam
malo salvum quam propter usum meum. Philogenes
mecurn nihil umquam de Luscenio locutus est de ;
For I am
one who thinks it better to agree to his
demands than to enter upon war. It is late to resist
him, when for ten years we have nurtured this viper in
our bosom. Then you ask my view. It is the same as
yours and I shall express none till my own affairs
;
D2 35
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
fecerimus aut deposuerimus. Cura igitur, ut valeas.
AliquandoaTToVpn/ at quartanam istam diligentia, quae
in te summa est.
VI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Plane deest, quod ad te scribam; nota omnia tibi
mono XII Slm t nee ipse habeo, a te quod exspectem. Tantum
;
K. Ian., ut nostrum
igitur illud sollemne servemus, ut ne quern
videtur, a. istuc euntem De re publica
sine litteris dimittamus.
704
valde timeo, nee adhuc fere inveni, qui non conceden-
dum putaret Caesari, quod postularet, potius quam
depugnandum. Est ilia quidem impudens postulatio,
opinione valentior. Cur autem nunc primum ei re-
stamus?
si
VI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have positively no news all mine is known to you Formiae,
:
;
and there is none that I can look for from you. Only Dec. 17.
let me preserve my old ceremony of letting no B.C. 50
visitor go to you without a letter. My fears as to the
political situation are great. And so far I have
found hardly a man who would not yield to Caesar s
VII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Dionysius, vir optumus, ut mihi quoque est per-
spectus, et doctissumus tuique amantissumus, Romam
venit xv Kalend. Ian. et litteras a te mihi reddidit."
Tot enim verba sunt de Dionysio in epistula tua, illud
putato non adscribisy et tibi gratias egit." Atqui
certe ille agere debuit, et, si esset facttim, quae tua
est humanitaSj adscripsisses. Mihi autem nulla de eo
TroAivySia datur propter superioris epistulae testi-
monium. Sit igitur sane bonus vir. Hoc enim ip-
sum bene fecit, quod mihi sui cognoscendi penitus
etiam istam facultatem dedit. Pliilogenes recte ad te
scripsitcuravit enim, quod debuit.
; Eum ego uti ea
pecunia volui, quoad liceret itaque usus est menses
;
VII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
"Dionysius, an excellent fellow as I too have Formiae,
found him a good scholar and your very stanch Dec. 18-21,
friend, arrived in Rome on the l6th of December, and B.C. 50
gave me a letter from you." That s all you say about
Dionysius in your letter. You do not add and he
expressed his gratitude to you." Yet certainly he
ought to have done so, and, if he had, you would have
added it with your usual good nature. I cannot
make a volte face about him, owing to the character
I gave him in the former letter. Let us call him
then an honest fellow. He has done me one kind
ness at any rate in giving me this further chance
to know him thoroughly. Philogenes is correct in
what he wrote he duly settled his debt. I wanted
:
41
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
perisse et adoptatum patricium a plebeio, Gaditanum
a Mytilenaeo, et Labieni divitiae et Mamurrae placent
et Balbi horti et Tusculanum. Sed horum omnium
fons unus est. Imbecillo resistendum fuit, et id erat
facile ;
mine legiones XT, equitatus tantus, quantum
volet, Transpadani, plebes urbana, tot tribuni pi., tarn
1
Balbus ot Gades was adopted by Theophanes of Myti
lene, who had himself received the citizenship from Pompey.
43
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
VIII
CICERO ATT1CO SAL.
Scr. in For- Quid opus est de Dionysio tam valde adfirmare?
miano VI An mihi nutus tuus non faceret fidem? Suspicionem
out V K.
autem eo mihi maiorem tua taciturnitas attulerat,
"*
44
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 8
VIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
There was no need for you to give such strong Formiae,
assurances about Dionysius. A hint from you would Dec. 25 or
have satisfied me. But your silence gave me all the 26, B.C. 50
more reason for suspicion, because you are used to
cement friendships with good-natured assurances,
and because I heard that he used different language
about us to others. However, your letter convinces
me. So I behave to him exactly as you wish.
Your bad day too I had noted from a letter you
wrote at the beginning of your feverishness, and I
had calculated that under the circumstances you
could conveniently meet me at the Alban villa on the
3rd of January. But please do nothing to affect your
health. A day or two will make no difference.
Dolabella, I see, by Li via s will shares a third of
her estate with two others, but is asked to change
his name. It is a social problem whether it is proper
for a young noble to change his name under a lady s
will. But we can determine that on more scientific
grounds, when we know to how much a third of a
third amounts.
Your guess that I should meet Pompey before
coming to Rome has come true. On the 25th he
overtook me near the Lavernium. We reached For
miae together, and were closeted together from two
o clock till evening. For your query as to the chance
of a peaceful settlement, so far as I could tell from
Pompey s full and detailed discourse, he does not even
want peace. Pompey thinks that the constitution will
be subverted even if Caesar is elected consul without
45
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
TV}S TroAira as fore, atque etiam putat eum, cum
audierit contra se diligenter parari, consulatum hoc
anno neglecturum ac potius exercitum provinciamque
retenturum. Sin autem ille fureret, vehementer
hominem contemnebat et suis et rei publicae copiis
confidebat. Quid quaeris? etsi mihi crebro wos
EvuuAtos occurrebat, tamen levabar cura virum for
te m et peritum et plurimum auctoritate valentem
audiens woXiriKfas de pacis simulatae periculis disse-
rentem. Habebamus autem in manibus Antoni con-
tionem habitam x Kal. lanuar., in qua erat accusatio
Pompei usque a toga pura, querela de damnatis, terror
armorum. In quibus ille Quid censes," aiebat, fac-
turum esse ipsum, si in possessionem rei publicae
IX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Cotidiene," inquis, a te accipiendae litterae
Formiano I sunt?" Si habebo, cui dem, At iam ipse
cotidie.
aui Lv A. ades." Turn cum venero, desinam. Unas video
igitur,
1
ISta Schmidt : i M ; ha, viv, nif, infra other MSS.
46
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 8-9
IX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
You ask if you are going to get a letter from me Formiae,
every day. Every day, if I can find a messenger. Dec. 26 or
True I am at hand myself. Well, I will stop writing 27, B.C. 50
47
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
mihi a te non esse redditas, quas L. Quinctius,
familiaris meus, cum ferret, ad bustum Basil! vulne-
ratus et despoliatus est. Videbis igitur, num quid
fuerit in iis, quod me scire opus sit, et simul hoc
Stet Kpu ?;o-t Trp6/3\r)iJia sane TTO\LTIKOV. Cum sit
tesque torqueor.
f>0
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. })
E2 51
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
X
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. ad Subito consilium cepi, ut, antequam luceret, exi-
urbem XIV rem, ne qui conspectus fieret aut sermo, lictoribus
sub noctem
praesertim laureatis. De reliquo neque hercule quid
out XIII
again neque quid acturus sim, scio ita sum perturba- ;
ante lucem
tus temeritate nostri amentissimi consilii. Tibi vero
K. Febr. a.
XI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Cam Quaeso. quid est hoc? aut quid agitur? Mihi enim
pania inter tenebrae sunt. Cingulum/ inquit, nos tenemus,
XIV et IX Anconem amisimus Labienus discessit a Caesare."
;
K. Febr. a.
Utrum de imperatore populi Romani an de Hannibale
705
loquimur? O hominem amentem et miserum, qui
ne umbram qtiidem umquam TOV KaXov viderit !
X
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have suddenly determined to leave town before Near Rome,
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What in the name of wonder is this? What is In Campa-
happening ? I am in the dark. People say, Cingulum nia, Jan.
is ours, Ancona is lost, Labienus has deserted from 17-22, B.C.
OVTW TTOV
^s^s^V^V)^
TWV
/ V^iX ^^
TrpucrOev e~ev9o[j.0a K\.eo. cTKDpwv.
present straits.
To come back to Pompey. What, in heaven s
name, do you think of his plan ? I mean his deser
tion of Rome. I don t know what to make of it.
Such were the deeds they did, men say, Iliad ix, S29
55
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
istic, sed facies, ut sciam) sine magistratibus urbem
esse, sine senatu. Fugiens denique Pompeius mira-
biliter homines movet. Quid quaeris? alia causa
acta est. Nihil iam eoncedendum putant Caesari.
Haec tu mihi explica qualia sint.
gens tua.
XII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis Unam adhuc a te epistulam acceperam datam xn
X K. Febr. qua significabatur aliam te ante dedisse, quam
Kal., in
a. Wo non acceperam. Sed quaeso, ut scribas quam saepis
sime, non modo si quid scies aut audieris, sed etiam
siquid suspicabere, maximeque quid nobis faciendum
aut non faciendum putes. Nam, quod rogas, curem,
ut scias, quid Pompeius agat, ne ipsum quidem scire
puto; nostrum quidem nemo. Vidi Lentulum con-
sulem Formiis x Kal., vidi Libonem plena timoris et
;
your letters.
XII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
So far I have received one letter from you dated Fonniae,
the 1 9th. In it you state that you sent me another Jan. 21, ;
play the turncoat, and join the party that holds the
field? fear the Trojans," and I am held back not
"I
XIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Mentur- De Vennonianis rebus tibi assentior. Labienum
ms 1 A A. iudico. Facinus iam diu nullum civile
^ jjpfcxj prae-
Febr. a. 70o
clarius, qui, ut aliud nihil, hoc tamen profecit, dedit
illi dolorem. Sed etiam ad summam profectum ali-
quid puto. Amo etiam Pisonem. Cuius iudicium
de genero suspicor visum iri grave. Quamquam,
genus belli quod sit, vides. Ita civile est, ut non ex
civium dissensione, sed ex unius perditi civis audacia
natum sit. Is autem valet exercitu, tenet multos spe
et promissis, omnia omnium concupivit. Huic tradita
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
In the matter of Vennonius I agree with you. Menturnae,
Labienus I consider a hero. There has been no Jan. 22,
public action of such distinction for a long time. If B.C. 49
he has done nothing else, he has at least hurt Caesar s
feelings. But I think he has served our main
interests as well. I am delighted too with Piso. His
1
judgement on his son-in-law should carry weight.
However, you see the nature of our struggle. It is
civil war, though it has not sprung from division
1
Caesar.
61
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
quod ab eo non metuas, qui ilia templa et tecta non
patriam, sed praedarn putet ? Quid autem sit acturus
aut quo modo, nescio, sine senatu, sine magistratibus.
Ne simulare quidein poterit quicquam TroAtriKws.
Nos autem ubi exsurgere poterimus aut quando?
Quorum dux quam a0-Tpa.T?/y?7Tos, tu quoque ariim-
advertis, cui ne Picena quidem nota fuerint quam ;
Mavrt? 8 aptcrros .
Loquacitati ignosces, quae et
me levat ad te quidem scribentem et elicit tuas lit-
XHIa
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
So: Mentur- lam intellexi tuum ; Oppios enim de Velia saccones
nis I 111 A. jn
(Jicis. eo aestuavi diu. Quo aperto reliqua pate-
Febr. a.
~Q;-
bant et cum lerentiae summa congruebant. JL.
Caesarem vidi Menturnis a. d. vin Kal. Febr. mane
cum absurdissimis maiidatis, non hominem, sed scopas
solutas, ut id ipsum mihi ille videatur irridendi causa
fecisse, qui tantis de rebus huic mandata dederit;
my family.
rest, you must discover, as far as you can,
For the
what happening, and write to me. Add your con
is
XHIa
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I understand it now, you call those pursy Oppii the
Menturnac,
3
bagmen of Velia. I was in doubt for a long time. But Jan. 23,
the riddle solved, the rest became clear, and tallied B.C. 49
with Terentia s reckoning. I met L. Caesar at
Menturnae on the morning of the 23rd of January
with the most ridiculous commission. He is not a
man, but a broom untied. I imagine that Caesar
is mocking us by sending such a commissioner on so
foil.
;!
The Oppii were bankers. If saccones is read, it must be
XIV
CICERO ATT1CO SAL.
Scr. Calibuti A.
d. vi Kal. Febr. Capuam Calibus proficiscens.
XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 25th of January, setting out from Gales to Cales, Jan.
Capua, I write this letter, though still suffering from 25, B.C. J$
slight inflammation of the eyes. L. Caesar brought
Caesar s ultimatum to Pompey on the 23rd, while Pom
pey was at Teanum with the consuls. His conditions
were accepted with the reservation that he should
withdraw his garrison from the towns he has occupied
outside his own province. That done, they said, we
would return to Rome and settle business in the
House. I hope for the present we may have peace :
XV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Capuae Ut ab urbe discessi, nullum adhuc interims! diem,
V K. Febr. quin aliquid ad te litterarum darem, non quo habe-
a. 705 68
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 11-15
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Since I left Rome I have not yet let a day pass Capua, Jan.
vithout dropping you a line; not that I had any 26, B.C. 4
69
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
rem magno opere, quod scriberem, sed ut loquerer
tecum absens quo mihi, cum corani id non licet,
:
: actianas
A/ 2 : Attianas most editors.
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XVI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Calihux Omnes arbitror mihi tuas litteras redditas esse,
K- Febr.
p r ma s praepostere, reliquas ordine, quo sunt mis-
"*
se(j i
XVII
Scr. inFor- CICERO ATTICO SAL.
miano IV Tuae litterae mihi gratae iucundaeque sunt. De
Non. Febr. pueris in Graeciam transportandis turn cogitabam,
a. 705 72
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 16-17
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I think all your letters reached me, but the first Cales, Jan.
out of proper order, the others as they were dis- 28, B.C. 49
patched by Terentia. About Caesar s ultimatum,
the arrival of Labienus, and the reply of Pompey and
the consuls, I informed you in my letter of the 26th
of January from Capua, and I threw in a deal of
other information besides. Now we have two things
to wait for, first what Caesar will do on receipt of the
terms given to L. Caesar to convey to him, and
secondly what Pompey is doing now. Pompey indeed
writes to me that in a few days he will have a strong
force, and he encourages me to hope, that, ifhe
enters Picenum, we shall return to Rome. Labienus
accompanies him, confident in the weakness of
Caesar s forces. His arrival has much encouraged
Pompey. The consuls have ordered me to go to
Capua by the 5th of February.
I set out from Capua for Formiae on the 28th of
XVII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Your welcome letter I received with delight. I Formiae,
thought of sending the boys to Greece when Pompey s Feb. 2,
73 B.C. 49
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
cum fuga ex Italia quaeri videbatur. Nos enim Hi-
spaniam peteremus illis hoc aeque
;
commodum non
erat. Tu ipse cum Sexto etiam mine mihi videris
see you.
On the 2nd of February, the date of this letter, I
await mywomen-folk in my place at Formiae, whence
I have returned from Capua. I wrote to them on your
XVIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
For-
Scr. in nn Non. Febr. nmlieres nostrae Formias venerunt
miano III tuaque erga se officia plena tui suavissimi studii ad
Aon. febi. me Eas utrum
pertulerunt. ego, quoad sciremus,
turpi pace nobis an misero bello esset utendum, in
Formiano esse volui una Cicerones. etIpse cum
fratre Capuam ad consules (Nonis enim adesse iussi
78
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 18
XVIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 2nd of February my women-folk came to Formiae,
Formiae and brought me an account of your very Feb. 3,
kind and zealous attentions. I wished them to stay in B.C. Ifi
my villa here along with the boys, till we know
whether we are to have peace with dishonour, or war
with its horrors. I and my brother start for Capua
79
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
De Dionysio f ugit me ad te antea scribere ;
sed
80
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. IS
he has no money to get along with, and yet has told his
debtors that they may let their debts stand over at the
same rate of interest as before, and when L. Ligus too
is said to have taken the same steps, and Quintus at
XIX
CICERO ATTICO.
Scr. inFor- Nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, qui etiani earn
miano 111
epistulam, quam eram elucubratuSj ad te non de-
e )r
derim. Erat enim plena spei bonae, quod et con-
tionis voluntatem audieram et ilium condicionibus
usurum putabam, praesertim suis. Ecce tibi in
Nonas Febr. mane accepi litteras tuas, Philotimi,
Furni, Curioiiis ad Furnium, quibus irridet L. Cae-
savis legationem. Plane oppress! videmur, nee, quid
consilii capiam, scio. Nee mebercule de me laboro,
de pueris quid agam, non habeo. Capuam tamen
proficiscebar haec scribens, quo faeilius de Pompei
rebus eognoseerem.
XX
CICERO ATTICO.
Scr. Capuae Breviloquentem iam me tempus ipsum facit. Pa-
w cem enim
_ desperavi, bellum nostri nullum admini-
strant. Cave enim putes quicquam esse minoris his
consulibus :
quorum ego spe audiendi aliquid et co-
gnoscendi nostri apparatus maximo imbri Capuam veiii
pridie Nonas, ut eram iussus.Illi autem nondum
82
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 19-20
XIX
CICERO TO ATTICUS.
I have no news for you, and have not even sent Formiae,
you my lucubration of last night for that was a letter Feb. 3,
:
full of good cheer, because I had heard of the tern- B.C. 4&
per shown at the public meeting, and thought that
Caesar would abide by terms which were in fact his
own. But now on this, the morning of the 3rd of
February, I have got a letter from you, one from
Philotimus, one from Furnius, and one from Curio to
Furnius ridiculing the mission of L. Caesar. We
appear to be crushed utterly, nor do I know what
plan to take. I am not indeed in trouble about my
XX
CICERO TO ATTICUS.
The occasion makes me brief. I have abandoned Formiae,
hope of peace but our party takes no steps for war. Feb.
:
~>,
o2 83
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
mere nuntiant et iam iamque adesse, non ut manum
conserat (quicum enim ?), sed ut fugani intercludat.
Ego autem in Italia xal trvvairodavelv nee te id con-
sulo ;
sin extra, quid ago? Ad manendum hiems,
lictoreSj improvidi et neglegentes duces, ad fugani
hortatur aniicitia Gnaei, causa bonorum, turpitude
XXI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
XXI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Of our troubles you hear sooner than I. It is Cales, Feb.
from your quarter they come. No good news can be 8, B.C. 49
expected from here. I reached Capua on the 5th of
February, as the consuls bade. Lentulus arrived late
in the day. The other consul had not arrived at all
on the 7th for on that day I left Capua and stayed at
:
Cales. On
the 8th before daybreak I dispatch you
this letter from there. The discovery I made at
Capua was that no reliance is to be placed on the
consuls, and that no levy is being made anywhere.
For recruiting officers do not dare to show their faces
85
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
ille adsit, contraque noster dux nusquam sit, nihil
1
This reserve fund was said to have been founded origin
ally to meet a possible invasion of the Gauls. It was made
up from spoils in war and from the 5 per cent tax on
manumitted slaves. It was drawn upon in the second Punic
War (cf. Livy XXVII, n). Caesar (Bellum Civ. 14) says the
consuls intended to open it before they left Rome but fled ;
87
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
torquet. luva me consilio, si poles, et tamen ista,
XXII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Pedem in llalia video nullum esse, qui non in
miano 1 1 Id. i s ti u s poteslale De Pompeio scio nihil, eumque,
sit.
e
n nav j m se contulerit, exceplum iri puto. O
r. i
expert . . -
n g
out I Id.
mane a 705 ce l er italem incredibilem huius autem noslri sed !
qua aut terra aut mari persequar eum, qui ubi sit,
XXII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I see there is not a foot of ground in Italy Formiae,the
which is not in Caesar s power. I have no news of evening of
Pompey, and I imagine he will be captured unless he ^e ^- $ or
has taken to the sea. What marvellous dispatch morntnS J !
B c
While our leader but it grieves me to blame him, as
:
XXIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- v Idus Febr. vesperi a Philotimo litteras accepi
miano F Id. Domitium exercitum firmum habere, cohortes ex Pi-
tebr. vesp. ceno Lentulo et Thermo ducentibus cum Domiti
. exercitu coniunctas esse. Caesarem intercludi posse
mane a. 705 .
90
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 23
XXIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the evening of the 9th of February, I got a Formiae, the
letter from Philotimus, declaring that Domitius has a evening of
reliable force, the cohorts from Picenum under the Feb. 9 or the
command of Lentulus and Thermus have joined morning of
his army, Caesar can be cut off and fears the con- Feb. 10,
tingency, and the hopes of loyalists at Rome have B.C. 49
been restored, and those of the other party dashed.
I am afraid this may be a dream but still the news
;
91
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Quod quaeris, hie quid agatur, tola Capua et omnis
hie dilectus iacet desperata res est, in fuga omnes
;
1
sunt, nisi qui deus iuverit, ut Pompeius istas Domiti
copias cum suis coniungat. Sed videbamur omnia
biduo triduove scituri. Caesaris litterarum exemplum
tibi inisi ; rogaras enim. Cui nos valde satis facere
XXIV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Philotimi litterae me quidem non nimis, sed eos,
miano IV qui in his locis erant, admodum delectarunt. Ecce
Id. Febr. a. postridie Cassii litterae Capua a Lucretio, familiari
705 eius, Nigidium a Domitio Capuam venisse. di- Eum
cere Vibullium cum paucis militibus e Piceno currere
ad Gnaeum, confestim insequi Caesarem, Domitium
11011 habere militum in milia. Idem scripsit Capua
coiisules discessisse. Non dubito quin Gnaeus in fuga
sit ;
modo effugiat. Ego a consilio fugiendi, ut tu
censes, absum.
XXV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. inFor- Cum dedissem ad te litteras tristes et metuo ne
miano IV veras de Lucreti ad Cassium litteris Capua missis,
out III Id. Cephalio venit a vobis. Attulit etiam a te litteras
Febr. a. hilariores iiec tamen firmas, ut soles. Omnia facilius
Oo credere possum, quam quod scribitis, Pompeium exer-
citum habere. Nemo hue ita adfert omniaque, quae
1
nisi qui deus iuverit Tyrrell: nisi quid eius fuerit M:
nisi quid eius modi fuerit Ascensius.
92
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VII. 23-25
XXIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Philotimus letter delighted me little, but those Formiae,
who are here considerably. Well, on the very next day Feb. 10,
a letter of Cassius from his friend Lucretius at Capua B.C. J$
announced that Nigidius, an emissary of Domitius,
had reached Capua, bringing news that Vibullius with
a few soldiers was hurrying in from Picenum to Pom
pey s camp, that Caesar was pursuing rapidly and that
Domitius had less than 3000 men. The letter stated
that the consuls had left Capua. I am sure Pompey
must be fleeing I only hope he may escape. I accept
:
XXV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
After I had sent you a despondent and, 1 fear, Formiae,
true report about the letter Lucretius dispatched to Feb. 10 or
Cassius from Capua, Cephalio came to me from you 11, B.C. 4$
with a letter more cheerful, but not as decided as
usual. Any news is more credible than your news
of Pompey having an army. No one brings such a
93
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
nolim. O rem miseram ! malas causas semper obtinuit,
in optima concidit. Quid dicam nisi illud eum scisse
XXVI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Non idem usu mihi, quod tu tibi scribis,
venit
miano AA quotiens Ego enim mine paulum exorior
.exorior."
ar
. . a.
^ maxime quidem iis litteris, quae Roma adferuntur
de DomitiO; de Picentium cohortibus. Omnia erant
facta hoc biduo laetiora. Itaque fuga, quae parabatur,
repressa est ;
Caesaris interdicta :
"
respuuntur ;
bona de Dornitio, praeclara de Afranio
fama est.
possum. Ego me
civili bello, quoad de pace
dticem in
ageretur, negavi esse, non quin rectum esset, sed
quia, quod multo rectius fuit, id mihi fraudem tulit.
Plane eum, cui noster alterum consulatum deferret
1
et triumphum (at quibus verbis! "pro tuis rebus
XXVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have not had what you say is your experience Formiae,
:
"as often as
my hopes revive." Only now are mine Feb. 15, B.C.
reviving a little, and especially over letters from 4&
Rome about Domitius and the squadrons of Picenum.
Tilings have become more cheerful in the last two
days. I have given up my preparation for flight. I
spurn Caesar s threat: "if I shall meet thee here
to-morrow morn."
1
The news about Domitius is
95
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
helium, ut video fore, partes meae non desidera-
buntur.
De HS XX Terentia tibi rescripsit. Dionysio, dum
existimabam vagos nos fore,, nolui molestus esse ;
tibi
H VOL. II 97
M. TULLI CICERONIS
EPISTULARUM AD ATTICUM
LIBER OCTAVUS
I
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis Cum ad te litteras dedissem, redditae mihi litterae
HIV K. sunt a Pompeio. Cetera de rebus in Piceno gestis,
Mart. a.
quae ad se Vibullius scripsisset, de dilectu Domiti,
quae sunt vobis nota nee tamen tarn laeta erant in
iis litteris, quam ad me Philotimus scripserat. Ipsam
tibi epistulam misissem, sed iam subito fratris puer
proficiscebatur. Cras igitur mittam. Sed in ea Pom-
pei epistula erat in extreme ipsius manu : Tu censeo
Luceriam venias. Nusquam eris tutius." Id ego in
earn partem accepi, haec oppida atque orani mariti-
mam ilium pro derelicto habere, nee sum miratus
eum, qui caput ipsum reliquisset, reliquis membris
non parcere. Ei statim rescripsi hominemque cer-
tum misi de comitibus meis, iion me quaerere, ubi
tutissimo essem. Si me vellet sua aut rei publicae
causa Luceriam venire, statim esse venturum horta- ;
fugae :
euiidum, ut, quemcumque fors tulerit easum,
subeam potius cum qui dicuntur esse boni, quam
iis,
videar a bonis dissentire. Etsi prope diem video bono-
rum, id est lautorum et locupletum, urbem refertam
fore, municipiis vero his relictis refertissimam. Quo
ego in numero essem, si hos lictores molestissimos
non haberem, nee me M Lepidi, L. Volcaci, Ser. .
II
CICERO ATTICO SAL
Scr. Formiis Mihi vero omnia grata, et quod scripsisti ad me,
XIII K. quae audieras, et quod non eredidisti, quae digna dili-
Mart. a. gentia mea non erant, et quod monuisti, quod sentie-
70J bas. Ego ad Caesarem unas Capua litteras dedi, qui-
bus ad ea rescripsi, quae mecum ille de gladiatoribus
suis egerat, breves, sed benevolentiam significantes,
non modo sine contumelia, sed etiam cum maxima
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II
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Many thanks for everything: for writing me your formiae,
news, for not believing a report, which reflected on my Feb. 17, u.c
energy, and for the expression of your opinion. I 4$
sent Caesar one letter from Capua in answer to
1
his inquiries about his gladiators. It was short
but friendly, and, so far from abusing Pompey,
1
Cf. p. 69.
101
MARCUS TULL1US CICERO
laude Pompei. Id enim ilia sententia postulabat, qua
ilium ad concordiam hortabar. Eas si quo ille misit,
in publico proponat velim. Alteras eodem die dedi
quo has ad te. Non
potui non dare, cum et ipse ad
me scripsisset et Balbus. Earum exemplum ad te
misi. Nihil arbitror fore, quod reprehendas. Si qua
erunt, doce me, quo modo /MC/LU^U effugere possim.
Nihil," inquies, omnino scripseris." Qui magis
effugias eos, qui volent fingere? Verum tamen ita
can find any fault. If you can find any, tell me how
I can escape criticism. You will say I should have sent
103
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Hie tu in me illud desideras. Nihil de me . . .
dico, alii
1
viderint. Hie quidem quae est . . . ? Domi vestrae estis
man of little
standing. say that I am too. I
You may
say nothing of myself: I leave that to others. Who
has standing here? All you loyalists stay at home,
and will continue to stay there. Who failed me in the
old days? Who supports me now in this war, as I
must call it.
1 be?
The SnrXrj was a marginal mark of this shape
1
used in >
III
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Maximis et miserrimis rebus perturbatus, cum
coram tecum mihi potestas deliberandi non esset, uti
tamen tuo consilio volui. Deliberatio autem omnis
haec est, si Pompeius Italia excedat, quod eum factu-
rum esse suspicor, quid mihi agendum
putes. Et
quo facilius consilium dare possis, quid in utramque
III
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Upset by this grave and most calamitous crisis, Cales,
though I have no opportunity of consulting you person- Feb. 18,
wish to enjoy your advice.
ally, still I The whole B.C. 49
question under debate is this. What do you think I
should do, if Pompey leaves Italy, as I expect he will?
To help you to a decision, I will briefly recount what
occurs to me on both sides of the question.
Not only Pompey s great services in bringing
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 3
Ill
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
quidem cecidit; qui tamen ita dicere solebat, se id
IV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Dionysius quidem tuus potius quam noster, cuius
Fonniano ego cum satis cognossem mores, tuo tamen potius
V III K. stabam iudicio quam meo, ne tui quidem testimonii,
Mart, ante quod ei saepe apud me dederas, veritus, superbum se
lucem a. praebuit in fortuna, quam putavit nostram fore cuius ;
IV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I count Dionysius your man rather than mine Formiae, :
for, though I was well acquainted witli his character, Feb. 22,
I held to your opinion of him rather than to my own. B.C. 4
V
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Cum ante lucem vui Kal. litteras ad te de Dio-
miano I If, n y S o dedissem, vesperi ad nos eodem die venit ipse
i
"
/
. ~
(Jo
einrn putem ahud? Ltsi solet
riose fecit, paenitere. Numquam autem cerritior fuit
no
"
sumptum, roges.
VI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Obsignata iam ista epistula, quam de nocte datu-
miano IX rus eram, sicut dedi (nam earn vesperi scripseram),
A. Mart., C. Sosius praetor in Formianum venit ad Lepi- M .
iit videtur,
dum, vicinum nostrum, cuius quaestor fuit. Pompei
a. 705 litterarum ad consoles exemplum attulit :
VI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
After I had sealed that letter to you, which I Formiae,
wanted to dispatch last night (I wrote it in the Feb. 21 (
evening and did dispatch it), C. Sosius the praetor B.C. Ifi
came to Formiae to visit my neighbour, M Lepidus,
.
VII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. inFor- Uiium etiam restat amico nostro ad omne dedecus,
(
miano I II ut Domitio non subveniat. At nemo dubitat, quin
A. Mart., ut subsidy venturus
Ego non puto. Deseretigi-
sit."
videtur, a. .
cum habeat
.
, , T
_ tur talem civem et eos, quos una scis esse,
Nisi me
omnia fallunt, deseret. Incredibiliter pertimuit,
nihil spectat nisi Cui tu (video enim, quid
fugam.
sentias) me comitem
putas debere esse. Ego vero,
quern fugiam, habeo, quern sequar, non habeo. Quod
enim tu meum laudas et memorandum dicis, malle
quod dixerim me cum Pompeio vinci quam cum istis
VII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
The one act needed to crown Pompey s disgrace is Formiae,
the desertion of Domitius. I don t agree with the Feb. 23 (?),
his Unless
desert him. He is incredibly alarmed, and has no
thought but flight ; and you want me to go with
him ;
what
for I see you think. Yes, I have a foe
to flee from, but no friend to follow. As for your
praise of that remark of mine, which you quote and
call so memorable, that I would rather be conquered
with Pompey than conquer with Caesar, well, I would:
but it must be with Pompey my old hero or ideal.
As to the Pompey of to-day, who flees before he
knows from whom he is running or where to run ;
VIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- O rem turpem et ea re miseram ! Sic enim sentio,
miano I 1 A.
jj (J emum au t potius id solum esse miserum, quod
Mart. a.
jfl- turpe sit. Aluerat Caesarem ;
eundem repente timere
coeperat, condicionem pacis nullam probarat, nihil
ad bellum pararat, urbem reliquerat, Picenum amiserat
TO yap e? /xe
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 7-8
VIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What disgrace, and therefore what misery! For I Format,
feel disgrace to be Ihe crown of misery, or indeed Feb. 24,
the only real misery. Pompey treated Caesar as his B.C. Jfi
protege, began suddenly to fear him, declined terms
of peace, made 110 preparation for war, quitted Rome,
lost Picenum by his own fault, got himself blocked
in Apulia, went off to Greece without a word, leaving
us in ignorance of a plan so important and unusual.
Then all of a sudden Domitius letter to Pompey and
Pompey s letter to the consuls. It seemed to me
that the Right had flashed upon his gaze, and that
he, the old heroic Pompey, cried :
1
The Roman Mint was at the Temple of Juno Moneta.
Apparently money could be obtained there by exchange for
bullion.
-A fragment of Euripides parodied by Aristophanes,
Acharnians, 659-661.
123
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
At ille tibi TroXAa yn.ipt.iv T( f KaA.<f
dicens pergit
Brundisium. Domitium autem aiunt re audita et
eos, qui una assent, se tradidisse. O rem lugubrem !
IX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For- Epistulam meam quod pervulgatam scribis esse,
miano J K. non fero moleste, quin etiam ipse multis dedi descri-
bendam. Ea enim et acciderunt iam et impendent,
ut testatum esse velim, de pace quid senserim. Cum
autem ad earn hortarer eum praesertim hominem,
non videbar ullo modo facilius moturus, quam si id,
quod eum hortarer, convenire eius sapientiae dicerem.
Earn si admirabilem
"
IX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am not upset at the circulation of my letter, in- Formiae,
deed I myself let many people take a copy. Con- Feb. 25,
sidering what has happened and is likely to happen, B.C. 49-
I want my views on peace published. And when I
exhorted Caesar of all men to seek peace, I had no
readier argument than to say, that peace became a
man of his wisdom. If I spoke of his admirable"
Mi-
nime vos quidem; sed tamen signa conturbantur,
quibus voluntas a simulatione distingui posset. Quae
vero senatus consulta video ? Sed apertius, quam
proposueram.
Ego Arpini volo esse pridie Kal., deinde circum
villulas nostras errare, quas visurum me postea de-
speravi. Evyei v} tua consilia et tamen pro temporibus
non incauta mihi valde probantur. Lepido quidem
(nam fere on 6t?7/xep rosier, quod gratissimum illi est)
t
dolorem retractando.
vi Kal. vesperi Balbus minor ad me venit occulta
via currens ad Lentulum consulem missu Caesaris
cum litteris, cum
mandatis, cum promissione provin-
ciae, Romam ut redeat. Cui persuader! posse non ar-
bitror, nisi erit conventus. Idem aiebat nihil malle
Caesarem, quam ut Pompeium adsequeretur (id credo)
et rediret in gratiam. Id non credo et metuo, ne
omnis haec dementia ad Cinneam illam crudelitatem
colligatur. Balbus quidem maior ad me scribit nihil
malle Caesarem quam principe Pompeio sine metu
vivere. Tu, puto, haec credis. Sed, cum haec
scribebam v Kalend., Pompeius iam Brundisium ve-
nisse poterat ; expeditus enim antecesserat legiones
xi K. Luceria. Sed hoc repas horribili vigilantia,
celeritate, diligentia est. Plane, quid futurum sit,
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CICERO ATTICO SAL.
praeter opinionem meam
cum ad me
r
Scr. in For- Dionj sius
mifino IV K. venisset, locutus sum cum
eo liberalissime tempora ;
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X
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I spoke to Dionysius in the frankest way, when Formiae,
XI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in For-
Quod me magno animi motu perturbatum putas,
miano III sum equidem, sed non tarn magno, q*uam tibi fortasse
A. Mart. a. yideor. Levatur enim omnis cura, cum aut constitit
consilium, aut cogitando nihil explicatur. Lamentari
autem licet illud quidem totos dies; sed vereor, ne,
nihil cum proficiam, etiam dedecori sim studiis ac lit-
teris nostris. Consumo igitur omne tempus conside-
rans, quanta quern nostris libris satis
vis sit illius viri,
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
As you suppose, I am in great anxiety of mind Formiac, :
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of woe hangs over us. The case of us, who stay at home,
is worse than that of those who have gone with
Xla
C\. MAGNUS PROCOS. S. D. M. CICERONI IMP.
Scr.Luceriae Q. Fabius ad me venit a. d. Tin Idus Febr. Is
babere ;
babuisse in animo proficisci Corfinio a. d. v
Idus Febr. ;
C. Hirrum cum v cobortibus subsequi.
XIa
THE GREETINGS OF CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL TO
CICERO THE IMPERATOR.
135
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Xlb
M. CICERO IMP. S. D. CN. MAGNO PROCOS.
Scr.Formiis A. xv Kalend. Martias Formiis accepi tuas lit-
d.
A.11 K.
teras; ex quibus ea, quae in agro Piceno gesta erant,
. a.
a. C ognovi commodiora esse multo, quam ut erat nobis
Xlb
M. CICERO IMPERATOR GREETINGS TO CN. MAGNUS
PROCONSUL.
On the1 5th of
February I got your letter at For- Fonniae,
miae. gather that matters in Picenum were much Feb. 16,
I
XIc
MAGNUS PROCOS. S. D. M. CICERONI IMP.
CN.
S. V. B. Tuas litteras libenter legi. Recognovi
enim tuam pristinam virtutem etiam in salute com-
muni. Consules ad eum exercitum, quern in Apulia
habui, venerunt. Magno opere te hortor pro tuo sin-
Xld
M. CICERO IMP. S. D. CN. MAGNO PROCOS.
XIc
CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL SENDS GREETINGS TO
CICERO IMPERATOR.
hope you are well. I was glad to read your letter, Canusium,
I
for once again I recognized your tried courage in the Febr. 20,
interests of public safety. The consuls have joined B.C. 1$
my army in Apulia. I beg you earnestly in the
name of your exceptional and continued zeal for the
state to join me as well, so that we may plan together
to benefit and assist the state in her sore straits. I
hold that you should travel by the Appian road and
come with speed to Brundisium.
Xld
M. CICERO IMPERATOR SENDS GREETINGS TO CN. MAGNUS,
PRO-CONSUL.
When I sent you the letter which was delivered Formiae,
to you at Canusium, I had no idea that the state s Febr. 27,
I 39 B.C. 49
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
cae causa mare transiturum eramque in spe magna
possemus aut concordiam constituere,
fore ut in Italia
qua mihi nihil utilius videbatur, aut rem publicam
summa cum dignitate defendere. Interim nondum
meis litteris ad te perlatis ex iis mandatis, quae D.
Laelio ad consules dederas, certior tui consilii factus
non exspectavi, dum mihi a te litterae redderentur,
confestimque cum Quinto fratre et cum liberis no-
stris iter ad te in Apuliam facere coepi. Cum Teanum
Sidicinum venissem, C. Messius, familiaris tuus, mihi
dixit aliique complures Caesarem iter habere Capuam
et eo ipso die mansurum esse Aeserniae. Sane sum
commotus. quod, si ita esset, non modo iter meum
interclusum, sed me ipsum plane exceptum putabam.
Itaque turn Cales processi, ut ibi potissimum con-
sisterem, dum certum nobis ab Aesernia de eo, quod
audieram, referretur.
At mihi, cum Calibus essem, adfertur litterarum
tuarum exemplum, quas tu ad Lentulum consulem
misisses. Hae scriptae sic erant, litteras tibi a L.
Domitio a. d. xm Kal. Martias allatas esse (earumque
exemplum subscripseras) ; magnique interesse rei
UO
LETTERS TO ATT1CUS VI11. lid
welfare would drive you to flight across the seas, and
I had great hopes that it might be in Italy we should
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XII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
XII
TICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am even more troubled by inflammation of the Formiae,
eyes than I was before. Still I prefer to dictate this Febr. 28,
letter, rather than let Gallus Fadius, who has a B.C. 49
sincere regard for us both, have no letter to give you.
Yesterday I wrote myself to the best of my ability a
letter containing prognostications, which I hope may
prove false. One excuse for the present missive is
i
Xlla
CN. MAGNUS PROCOS. S. D. C. MARCELLO, L. LENTULO COSS.
J T T-i T4.X.
\ If K circo ad L,. JJomitium Jitteras misi, primum uti ipse
Xlla
CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL SENDS GREETING TO THE CONSULS
C. MARCELLUS AND L. LENTULUS.
158
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Xllb
MAGNUS PROCOS. S. D. L. DOMITIO PROCOS.
CN.
Valde miror te ad me nihil scribere et potius ab
aliis quam a te de re publica me certiorem fieri. Nos
disiecta manu pares adversario esse non possumus ;
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 12b
Xllb
GREETINGS FROM CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL TO
L. DOMITIUS PROCONSUL.
155
MARCUS TI LLIL S CICERO
T T
12c
CN.MAGNUS PUOCOS. S. D. DOMITIO PROCOS.
I..
fl-
ire coepisset. eonfestim in Samnium ad me veiiturum,
sin autem ille circum istaec loca commoraretur, te ei,
XIIc
CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL SENDS GREETING TO
DOMITIUS PROCONSUL.
L.
1:37
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
mandata dedi providendum esse, ne duae legiones sine
Picentinis cohortibus in conspectum Caesaris commit-
terentur. Quani ob rem nolito commoveri, si audieris
me regredi, si forte Caesar ad me veniet cavendum ;
Xlld
CX. MAGNUS PROCOS. DOMITIO PROCOS.
S. D. L.
Scr.Luceriae Litterae mihi a te redditae sunta. d. xin Kal.
^ "* "
Xlld
CN. MAGNUS PROCONSUL SENDS SALUTATION TO DOMITIUS
PROCONSUL.
A dispatch from you reached me on the 1 7th of Luceria
February saying that Caesar had pitched his camp in Feb. 1 7,
159 B.C. 49
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
castra posuisse. Quod putavi et praemonui, fit, ut
nee in praesentia committere tecum proelium velit et
omnibus copiis conductis te implicet, rie ad me iter
tibi expeditum sit atque istas copias coniungere opti-
morum cum his legionibus, de quarum
civiuni possis
voluntate dubitamus. Quo etiam magis tuis litteris
sum commotus. Neque enim eorum militum, quos
mecum habeo, voluntate satis confido, ut de omnibus
fortunis rei publicae dimicem, neque etiam, qui ex
dilectibus conscript! sunt consulibus, conveiierunt.
Quare da operam, si ulla ratione etiam nunc effi-
cere potes, ut te explices, hoc quam primum venias,
antequam omnes copiae ad adversarium conveniant.
Neque enim celeriter ex dilectibus hoc homines coii-
venire possunt, et, si coiivenirent, quantum iis com-
mittendum sit, qui inter se ne noti quidem sunt, con
tra veteranas legiones, non te praeterit.
XIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis Lippitudinis meae signum tibi sit librarii maims
A . Mart. et eadem causa brevitatis etsi mine quidem, quod
;
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 12d-13
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Let my secretary s handwriting be proof that I am Formiae,
suffering from inflammation of the eyes, and that is Match 1,
my reason for brevity, though now to be sure I have B.C. 1$
no news. depend entirely on news from Brundisium.
I
XIV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis Non dubito, quin tibi odiosae sint epistulae coti-
VI Non. dianae, cum praesertim neque nova de re aliqua cer-
Mati. a. 70-j tiorem te f aciam neque novam denique iam reperiam
scribendi ullam sententiam. Sed, si dedita opera,
cum causa nulla esset, tabellarios ad te cum inanibus
epistulis mitterem, facerem inepte euntibus vero,
;
XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have no doubt my daily letter must bore you, Formiae,
especially asI have no fresh news, nor can I find any March 2
j
aware that there has been no time, since fear drove
me to flight, when silence and no letters would have
Ibeen more appropriate, for the good reason that there
jis
no fresh news at Rome, nor here two or three
lays journey nearer Brundisium. The issue of this
will turn entirely on the action at
[first campaign
ItBrundisium and I am on thorns to hear the result.
:
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 14
XV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis A. d. v Nonas Martias epistulas niihi tuas Aegypta
/ Ao. reddidit, unani veterem, mi Kal. quam te scribis de-
Mart.a.iOo di sse Pinario,
quoin non vidimus; in qua exspectas,
quidnam praemissus agat \ ibullius, qui oninino non
ost visus a Caosare (id altera epistula video to scire
itaesse), ot quoin ad modum redeuntem excipiam
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 3rd of March Aegypta brought me your Formiac,
1
letters, one an old one dated February 26, which you March <>
XVa
BALBUS CICERONI IMF. SAL.
XVa
BALBUS SALUTES CICERO THE IMPERATOR.
I beg you, Cicero, to consider a plan eminently Home, Feb.,
170
LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. 15a
171
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
XVI
CICERO ATTICO.
Scr. Formiis Omnia mihi provisa sunt praeter occultum et tu-
tum iter ad mare superum. Hoc enim mari uti lion
Mart. a.
-
"fO ; possumus hoc tempore anni. Illucautem, quo spe-
ctat animus, et quo res vocat, qua veniam ? Cedendum
enim est celeriter, ne forte qua re impediar atque
alliger. Xec vero ille me ducit. qui videtur ; quern
ego hominem uTroAtTtKorraToi omnium iam ante co-
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS.
I have made provision for everything except a Formiac,
secret safe passage to the Adriatic. The other March
and 4,
route cannot face at this time of the year.
I How B.C. J$
can I get to that place on which my mind is set, and
whither fate calls? My departure must be in haste,
for fear some obstacle and hindrance should arise.
It is not. as one might think, Pompey who induces me
to go. I have long known him to be the poorest of
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS VIII. ifi
175
M. TULLI CICERONIS
EPISTULARUM AD ATTICUM
LIBER NONUS
ille Ca-
nusio moverat), tamen angebar singularum horarum
exspectatione mirabarque nihil allatum esse ne rumo-
ris quidem ;
nam erat mi rum silentium. Sed haec
fortasse Ktvoa-irovSa sunt, quae tamen iam sciantur
necesse est ;
illud molestum, me adhuc investigare
non posse, ubi P. Lentulus noster sit, ubi Domitius.
Quaero autem, quo facilius scire possim, quid acturi
sint, iturinc ad Pompeium et, si sunt, qua quandove
ituri sint.
Acr. in
Formiano CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Xon. Mart. Ktsi Nonis Martiis die tuo, ut opinor, exspectabam
a. 70-5 epistulam a te longiorem, tamen ad earn ipsam bre-
178
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 1-2
1
Or "
I la
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in O rein diftieilem planeque perditam! quam niliil
approbare. Certe ;
contra i^itur ? l)i," inquis,
"
averruncent !
Quid ergo fiet, si in altero scelus
Ha
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What a difficult and calamitous business Nothing Fonniae,
!
183
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
tenebat Asiam, Sicilian!, Africam, Sardinian!, confe-
stini in Graeciam persequebatur. Eundum igitur est,
nee tarn ut belli quam ut fugae socii simus. Nee
enim ferre potero sennones istorum, quicumque sunt ;
Ill
Ill
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
The son of Domitius went through Formiae on the Fonniac,
8th of March hastening to his mother at Naples, March J,
and, when my slave Dionysius inquired particularly B.C. 4$
from him about his father, he sent me a message
that he was outside the city. But I had heard that
he had gone either to Pompey or to Spain. What
the fact is, I should much like to know, for it has a
bearing on the point I am now
considering: if it is
certain that Domitius has found no means of depar
ture, Pompey may understand that my own departure
from Italy is difficult, seeing that it is now beset
with troops and garrisons, and especially in the
winter season. For, were it a more convenient time
of year, one could even cross the southern sea.
Now there is no choice but the Adriatic, to which
passage is barred. So please inquire both about
Domitius and about Lentulus.
From Brundisium no news has come yet, and to-day
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MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
dies vn Idus, quo die suspicabamur ant pridie Brun-
disium venisse Caesarem. Nam Kal. Arpis man-
serat. Sed, si Postumum audire velles, persecuturus
erat Gnaeum ;
traiisisse enim iain putabat coniectura
tenipestatum ac dierum. Ego nautas eum non puta-
bani habiturum, ille confidebat, et eo magis, quod
audita naviculariis hominis liberalitas esset. Sed,
tota res Brundisina quo modo habeat se, diutius
IV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Fonniis Ego etsi tarn diu requiesco, quam diu aut ad te
IV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Though now I rest only so long as I am writing to Formiae,
you or reading your letters, still I am in want of March!;?,
subject matter, and feel sure that you are in the same B>c -
4**
/car /x ^/ SOKOKTIV ei 1
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 4
189
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
V
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Set: Fornriis Natal die tuo scripsisti epistulam ad
i me plenam
/ / Id. consilii summaeque cum benevolentiae turn etiam
fll
prudentiae. Earn mihi Philotimus postridie, quam
a te acceperat, reddidit. Sunt ista quidem, quae
disputas, difficillima, iter ad superum, navigatio in-
fero, discessus Arpinum, lie huiic fugisse, inansio
192
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. >
he replied, Then let me die, since I have failed to Iliad xviii. 96-9
save my friend."
VI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Formiis Nos adhuc Brundisio nihil. Roma scripsit Balbus
r la. Mart, eum
/V /Q ""
putare iam Lciitulum consulem tramisisse, nee a
minore Balbo conventum, quod is hoe iam Canusi
audisset inde ad se eum scripsisse
; cohortesque ;
VI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
No news yet from Brundisium. From Rome Balbus Formiae,
has written that he thinks the consul Lentulus has March 1
now gone over, and that the younger Balbus has not B.C. 49
met him, because the latter has just heard the news
at Canusium and from that town has written to him.
He adds that the six cohorts which were at Alba
have gone to Curius by the Minucian road, that
Caesar has written to tell him so and will shortly be in
Rome. So I shall follow your advice. I shall not
go and bury myself in Arpinum at the present time,
though, since I had wished to celebrate my son s
coming of age there, I thought of leaving that as an
excuse to Caesar. But perhaps that itself will give
offence and he might ask why I should not do it at
Rome. Still, if I must meet him, I would much
rather meet him here. Then I shall see the other
things, where I am to go, by what route and when.
Domitius, I hear, is at Cosa, and ready it is said to
sail. If it is to Spain, I do not approve, but, if to
Pompey, he has my praise. Better to go anywhere
than to have to see Curtius, of whom, though I have
defended him, I cannot bear the sight, not to speak
of others. But I suppose I had better keep quiet,
for fear of convicting myself of folly in managing to
be cut off wholly and made captive through my love
of my country and an idea that the matter could be
patched up.
Just as I had finished writing, there came a letter
"
quebatur.
Tuas nunc epistulas a primo lego. Hae me pau-
lum recreant. Primae monent et rogant, ne me pro-
iciam, proximae gaudere te ostendunt me remansisse.
Eas cum lego, minus mihi turpis videor, sed tarn diu,
dum lego. Deinde emergit rursum dolor et aiVxpor
Tuo-i u. Quam ob rem obsecro te, mi Tite, eripe
</>ai
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 6
tion.
199
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Via
CAESAR IMP. S. D. CICERONI IMP.
OCT. in tttnere Cum Furnium nostrum tantum vidissem neque lo-
VII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Scripseram ad te epistulam, quam darem nn Idus.
Formiis III Sed eo die is, cui dare volueram, non est profectus.
Id. Mart. Veiiit autem eo ipso die ille celeripes," quern Salvius
a. f(Jo dixerat. Attulit uberrimas tuas litteras; quae mihi
quiddam quasi animulae instillarunt recreatum enim
;
Via
CAESAR THE IMPERATOR SENDS GREETINGS TO CICERO THE
IMPERATOR.
Though I have only had a glimpse of our friend On the
FurniuS; and have not yet been able conveniently to march,
speak to him or hear what he has to say, being in a March,
hurry and on the march, yet I could not neglect the B.C. Jfi
opportunity of writing to you and sending him to
convey my thanks. Be sure I have often thanked
you and I expect to have occasion to do so still more
often in the future so great are your services to me.
:
VII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I wrote you a letter dated the 12th of March, but Formiae,
on that day the man to whom I meant to give it did March 13,
not set out. However, on that very day there B.C. 49
arrived that sprinter," as Salvius called him, bring
ing your very full epistle which has put just a drop
of life into me, for recovered I cannot profess to be.
Clearly you have done the one thing needful. Believe
me I am not acting now with a view to a lucky
issue; for I see that we can never enjoy a Republic
while these two men live, or this one alone. So I
201
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
turos. neque de otio iiostro spero iani nee ullam
Ita
acerbitatem recuso. Unum illud extimescebam, ne
quid turpiter facerem, vel dicam iam ne fecissem.
Sic ergo habeto, salutares te mihi litteras misisse
neque solum has longiores, quibus nihil potest esse
explicatius, nihil perfectius, sed etiam illas breviores,
in quibus hoc mihi iucundissimum fuit, consilium
203
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Cum hocne igitur, inquies, "esse vis?" Benefi-
cium sequor, mihi crede, non causam, [ut in Milone,
1 "
explicata.
De triumpho tibi adsentior, quern quidem totum
facile et lubenter abiecero. Egregie probo fore ut,
dum agamus, o 77X005 wptuos obrepat. Si modo,"
Vila
BALBUS ET 01 1 IUS S. D. M. CICERONI.
Vila
BALBUS AND OPPIUS TO M. CICEKO, GREETING.
Advice even the advice of distinguished persons, Formiac,
let alone nobodies like ourselves is generally judged March 10 or
Vllb
BALBUS CICERONI IMP. SAL.
Vllb
BALBUS TO CICERO, THE IMPEHATOR, GREETING.
1
I hope you are well. After sending you a letter Rome,
in conjunction with Oppius I had a note from Caesar, March 11 or
of which I am forwarding a copy. From it you can 13, B.C. 4$
1
i>2 211
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
certe scio, me ab singular! amore ac benevolentia,
quaecumque scribo, tibi scribere, quod te (ita inco-
lumi Caesare moriar!) tanti facio, ut paucos aeque ac
te caros habeam. De hac re cum aliquid constitueris,
velim mihi scribas. Nam non mediocriter laboro,
utrique, ut vis, tuam benevolentiam praestare possis,
quam mehercule te praestaturum confido. Fac va-
leas.
VIIc
CAESAR OPPIO, CORNELIO SAL.
VI Ic
CAESAR TO OPPIUS AND CORNELIUS, GREETING.
I am very glad to hear from your letters how On the road,
VIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
So: in Cenantibus n Idus nobis, ac noctu quidem. Statins
Formiano a te epistulam brevem attulit. De L. Torquato quod
if /-/-.- ^
quaeris, non modo Lucius, sed etiam Aulus profectus
Mart. a. <
(>>
1
For the unintelligible alter multos Reid suggests ante
multo ;Purser alter duos aliquos dies abtst, alter multos.
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 7c-8
VIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
As I was dining on the 14th, and indeed after Formiae,
nightfall, Statius brought a short letter from you. For March 14,
your query about L. Torquatus, not only Lucius but B.C. 4&
1
also Aulus has gone [the former some two days], the
latter a long time ago. For your news about the sale
of prisoners at Reate, I am sorry that the seeds of a
proscription should be sown in the Sabine district.
That manj members of the House are at Rome, I
7
also have heard. Can you give any reason why they
ever left it? Here there is an idea based on guess
work rather than message or dispatch that Caesar
will be at Formiae on March the 22nd. I w ish I r
the evil
days permit. Take care of yourself, for I
fancy yesterday was the day for your fever.
1
IX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Tres cpistulas tuas accepi postridie Idus. Erant
Formiano autem mi, m,ipridie Idus datae. Igitur antiquissimae
AfjA. cuique primuin respondebo. Adsentio tibi, ut in
Apr. a. 705 j.- j j_-
rormiano potissimum commorer, etiam de supero
T>
216
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 9
IX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I got three letters from you on the 1 6th. They Fonniae,
were dated the 12th, 13th and 1 1th. So I will take March 17,
the earliest first. I agree with you that it is best B.C.
49
for me to stay at Formiae. I also agree about the
me more.
I turn now to your next letter. You are right not
1
21?
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Clodia. Falsum etiam de corruptis navibus. Quod
consules laudas, ego quoque animum laudo, sed con-
220
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 9
didypaiJ./jt.a Hfnlespina ;
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LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 9
X
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Nihil habebam, quod seriberem. Neque enim
frormiano nov j q u q uam audieram et ad tuas omnes rescripse-
i c
Xf~ K. Apr. -j- c j j
ram pridie. feed, cum me aegntudo non solum
-j.
a. i Uo
somno privaret, verum ne vigilare quidem sine sum-
mo dolore pateretur, tecum ut quasi loquerer. in quo
uno acquiesce, hoc nescio quid nullo argumento pro-
posito scribere institui.
Amens mihi fuisse videor a principle, et me una
haec res torquet, quod non omnibus in rebus laben-
tem vel potius ruentem Pompeium tamquam unus
manipularis secutus sim. Vidi hominem xnii K.
Febr. plenum formidinis. Illo ipso die sensi, quid
ageret. Numquam mihi postea placuit, nee umquam
aliud in alio peccare destitit. Nihil interim ad me
scribere, nihil nisi fugam cogitare. Quid quaeris?
sicut fv rots epwT6Kots alienant immundae, insulsae,
indecorae, sic me illius fugae neglegentiaeque defor-
224
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 9-10
X
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have nothing to write. There is no news that I Fonniae,
have heard, and all your letters I answered yesterdaj^. March 18,
But as a sick heart not only robs me of sleep, but B.C. J$
will not allow me even to keep awake without
the greatest pain, I have begun to write to you
something or other without any definite subject, that
I may have a sort of talk with you, the only thing
qui remansissent !
quam erebro illud Sulla potuit,
"
227
MARCUS TULL1US CICERO
urbem autem
multis modis posse exstingui cogitabam,
et populum nostrum servandum ad immortalitatem,
quantum in nobis esset, putabam, et tamen spes
quaedam me oblectabat fore ut aliquid conveniret,
potius quam aut hie tantum sceleris aut ille tantum
flagitii admitteret.
Alia res nunc tota est, alia niens mea. Sol, ut est
in tua quadam epistula, excidisse milii e mundo vide-
tur. Ut aegroto, dum anima est, spes esse dicitur,
sic ego, quoad Pompeius in Italia fuit, sperare non
destiti. Haec, baec me fefellerunt, et, ut verum
loquar, aetas iam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad
otiuin domesticarum me rerum deleetatione mollivit.
Nunc, si vel perieulose experiundum erit, experiar
certe, ut bine avolem. Ante oportuit fortasse; sed
ea,quae scripsisti,me tardarunt, et auctoritas maxime
tua. Nam, cum ad bunc locum vemssem, evolvi vo-
lumen epistularum tuarum, quod ego sub signo babeo
servoque diligentissime. Erat igitur in ea, quam x K.
Febr. dederas, hoc modo Sed videamus, et Gnaeus
:
229
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
plane haesit, et nunc ita video, infinitum bellum
iunctum miserriina fuga, quam tu peregrinationem
r-n-oKopL^ij. Sequitur xPW/^os vi K. Februarias:
Ego, si Pompeius manet in Italia, iiec res ad paeti-
oneni venit, longius bellum puto fore; sin Italiam
relinquit,ad posterum bellum cwnrovSov strui existimo."
Huius igitur belli ego particeps et socius et adiutor
esse cogor, quod et amroi 8ov est et cum civibus ?
Deinde VH Idus Febr., cum iam plura audires de
Pompei consilio, concludis epistulam quandam hoc
modo: "Ego quidem tibi non sim auetor, si Pom
peius Italiam relinquit, te quoque profugere. Sum-
mo enim periculo facies nee rei publicae proderis ;
wanderings ?
"
XI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Lentulum nostrum scis Puteolis esse? Quod cum
formiano e yjatore quodam esset auditum. qui se diceret eum
V /// A"
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Do you know that our friend Lentulus is at Puteoli? Formiac,
I heard this from a passer-by, who declared he recog- March 20,
XIa
CICERO IMP. S. I). CAESARI IMP.
Scr. in Ut legi tuas litteras, quas a Furnio nostro acce-
Formiano peram., quibus mecum agebas, ut ad urbem essem, te
All K.Apr. ve ll e u ti ccmsilio et dignitate mea" minus sum ad-
"
XIa
CICERO THE IMPERATOR TO CAESAR THE IMPERATOR,
GREETING.
On reading your letter, which I got from our friend Formiae,
Furnius, in which you told me to come near Rome, March 19,
I was not much surprised at your wishijng to employ B.C. ^-9
239
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
dignitas vehementer movet. Aliquot enim sunt anni,
cum vos duo delegi, quos praecipue colerem et quibus
esseni, sicut sum, amicissimus. Sj Quain ob reni a te
peto vel potius omnibus te j)recibus oro et obtestor,
ut in tuis maximis euris aliquid impertias temporis
huic quoque cogitation!, ut tuo benencio bonus vir,
gratus, pius denique esse in maxim! beneficii memoria
possim. Quae si tantuni ad me ipsum pertinerent,
sperarem me a te tamen impetraturum. sed, ut arbi-
troi et ad tuam fidem et ad rem publicam pertinet,
,
In quern
ille.
XII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Legeram tuas litteras xin K., cum mihi epistula
adf ertur a Lepta circumvallatum esse Pompeium, rati-
bus etiam exitus portus teneri. Non medius fidius
prae lacrimis possum reliqua nee cogitare nee scribere.
Misi ad te exemplum. Miseros nos cur noil omnes
!
XII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I had just read your letter on the 20th, when an Fonniae,
epistle was brought to me from Lepta announcing March ~0,
that Pompey was blockaded and that even escape B.C. 4$
from the harbour was cut off by a fleet. Upon my
honour tears prevent me from thinking or writing
anything else. I send you a copy of the letter.
R VOL. II 241
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
exitum exoptem. At quam honesta, at quam expedita
tua consilia, quam evigilata tuis cogitationibus qua
itineris, qua navigationis, qua congressus sermonisque
cum Caesare ! Omnia cum honesta turn cauta. In
quam fraterna !
XIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
OVK eW ut opinor, ille de ratibus.
eVi /zos Aoyos,
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
1
Tis no true tale" to my mind that about the fleet. Formiae,
For why should Dolabella in a letter dated from March 24,
Brundisium on the 13th of March call it a kind of B.C. Ifi
windfall for Caesar that Pompey is thinking of flight
and preparing to sail by the first wind ? That is very
different from that letter of which I sent you a copy
before. Here indeed every one speaks of sheer
disaster; but there is no later nor more reliable
authority on the event than Dolabella.
I have your letter of the 22nd of March, in which
1
CGIODpeditum, equitum sex Basins.
-
The reading is very uncertain. The HISS, have cc for
ac, scribis/or scripsisses, hie for hoc and qui for quia.
246
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 13
his services for fear he might think remembered
I
the past. However much I remembered it, I should
feel bound to take the course he took as an example
for behaviour now.
my He failed to help me when
he might but afterwards he was my friend, my very
;
doing nothing."
247
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
municipia vero et rustic! Roman! ilium metuunt, hunc
adhuc diligunt. Quare ita paratus est, ut, etiamsi
vincere non possit, quo modo tamen vinci ipse possit,
suppeterent, mallem ;
sed ibi occultatio nulla est.
They may be loyal, but they are not more loyal than
I. They would influence me more if they had shown
more courage.
I was wrong about Phamea s estate at Lanuvium.
2
I was dreaming about the Trojan estate. I wanted
3
it for c4,500, but the price is higher. However,
I should have liked you to buy that estate for me,
2
Apparently near Antium,
1
XHIa
BALBUS CICERONI IMP. SAL. DIC.
XHIa
BALBUS TO CICERO THE IMPERATOR, GREETING.
Caesar has sent me a very short letter of which I Rome, about
subjoin a copy. From the shortness of the letter March 23,
you can infer that he is greatly occupied, to write so B.C. 49
briefly about a matter of such importance. If there
is any further news, 1 will write you immediately.
251
MARCUS TL LLIUS CICERO
facere possum, opto. Quodsi una essem, aliquid for-
XIV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr.. in Miseram ad te vim K. exemplum epistulae Balbi
,^fl l ad me et Caesaris ad eum. Ecce tibi eodem die
/ /// A.
XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I sent you on the 26th of March a copy of Balbus Formiae,
was consul for the third time with C. Marius the younger.
Brutus, the father of Caesar s murderer, was killed by
Pompey in 77 or 76 B.C., and another M. Brutus committed
suicide sooner than fall into his hands.
253
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
exsilio reductos esse ; queri de Milone per vim
expulso; neminem tamen se violaturum, nisi qui
arma contra. Haec Baebius quidam a Curione in Id.
1
profectus, homo non infans, sed qui de suo ilia non
dicat. Plane iiescio, quid again. Illim equidem
Gnaeum profectum Quicquid est, biduo scie-
puto.
mus. A te nihil lie Anteros quidem litterarum; nee
minim. Quid eiiim est, quod scribamus? Ego tamen
nullum diem praetermitto.
Scripta epistula litterae mihi ante lucem a Lepta
Capua redditae sunt Idib. Mart. Pompeium a Brun-
disio conscendisse. at Caesarem a. d. VH Kal. Apriles
Capuae fore.
XV
CICERO ATTICO SA1>.
V a
Eum cum videro, Arpinum pergam. Si mihi veniam,
quam peto, dederit, titar illius condicione si minus, ;
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
After I had sent you a letter informing you that Formiac,
Caesar would be at Capua on the 26th, a letter March Jo,
reached me from Capua saying that Caesar would B.C. 4-)
see me either here or in Curio s place at Alba on
the 28th. When I have seen him, I shall go to
Arpinum. If he should grant me the privilege I
ask, I shall put up with his terms. If not, then I
shall consult myself as to what to do. As Caesar
wrote to me, he has stationed one legion each at
Brundisium, Tarentum and Sipontum. He seems to
me to be cutting off retreat by sea and yet himself
to have Greece in view rather than Spain. But
these are remote considerations. Now I am stirred
by the thought of meeting him for the meeting is
;
256
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 15
1
L. Scipio was proscribed by Sulla. For Mucius cf. viii, 3.
-
Odyssey xx, 18, r^rXaflt Sy, Kpadirj, nai nvvrfpov &\\o TTOT"
s VOL. ii 257
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
ut constitueram, possim videre ;
omnia nobis im-
paratis agenda. Sed tamen aXAa //,ev at<-ros,
ut ait
ille, aAAa Se KCU Sat/uov i 7roB i](rerai. Quicquid
egero, continue scies. Mandate Caesaris ad consules
et ad Pompeiurn, quae rogas, nulla habeo descripta :
1
quae attulit, ilia e via misi ad te ante; e quibus
mandata puto intellegi posse. Philippus Neapoli est,
Lentulus Puteolis. De Domitio, ut facis, sciscitare,
ubi sit, quid cogitet.
Quod scribis quam mei patiantur
asperius me,
mores, de Dionysio scripsisse, vide, quam sim anti-
quorum hominum. Te medius fidius hanc rem gra-
vius putavi laturum esse quam me. Nam, praeter-
quam quod te moveri arbitror oportere iniuria, quae
mihi a quoquam facta sit, praeterea te ipsum quodam
modo hie violavit, cum in me tarn improbus fuit.
Sed, tu id quanti aestimes, tuum indicium est; nee
tamen in hoc tibi quicquam oneris impono. Ego
autem ilium male sanum semper putavi, mine etiam
impurum et sceleratum puto nee tamen mihi inimi-
ciorem quam sibi. Philargyro bene curasti. Causam
certe habuisti et veram et bonam, relictum esse me
potius quam reliquisse.
Cum dedissem iam litteras a. d. vin Kal., pueri,
XVI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Cum, quod scriberem ad te, nihil haberem, tamen,
fornuano ne quern diem intermitterem, has dedi litteras. A. d.
_ vi K. Caesarem Sinuessae mansurum nuntiabaiit. Ab
w
eo mihi litterae redditae sunt a. d. vn K., quibus iam
opes" meas, 11011 ut superioribus litteris "opein"
ex-
spectat. Cum eius clementiam Cornniensem illam per
litteras collaudavissem, rescripsit hoc exemplo :
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Though I have nothing to write to you, still, not Formiae,
to miss a day, I send this letter. On the 27th of March 26,
March Caesar will stop at Sinuessa, they say. He sent B.C. 4
me a letter dated the 26th, in which he looks forward
tomy resources," not as in the former letter to
my help." I had written praising to the skies his
kindness, his clemency at Corfinium. He replied as
follows:
XVII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Set: in Trebatium vi Kal., quo die has litteras dedi, ex-
XVII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am awaiting Trebatius on March the 27th, the Formiae,
date of this letter. From his tidings and Matius March 27,
letter I shall consider how to talk to Caesar. What B.C. Jfi
a wretched age this is ! I have no doubt Caesar will
XVIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Utrumque ex tuo consilio ;
nam et oratio fuit ea
Arpmt I nostra, ut bene potius
de nobis existimaret quamille
P ra
gratias ageret, et in eo mansimus, ne ad urbem. Ilia
"
*.
/ Oo
fefellerunt, facilemquod putaramus. Nihil vidi minus.
Damnari se nostro iudicio, tardiores fore reliquos,
si nos non veniremus, dicere. Ego dissimilem illorum
esse causam. Cum multa, Veni igitur et age de pace."
praescribam ?"
Sic,"inquam, agam, senatui non pla-
cere in Hispanias iri nee exercitus in Graeciam trans-
portari, multaque/ inquam, de Gnaeo deplorabo."
Reliqua, o di !
qui comitatus, quae, ut tu soles di
cere, veKi ta ! iii qua erat ?ypws Celer. O rem perdi-
tam ! o copias desperatas !
Quid, quod Servi filius,
XVIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
In both respects I followed your advice. I spoke Arpinum,
so as to gain Caesar s respect rather than his gratitude March 28, ;
265
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
audet. Nullum video finem mali. Nunc certe pro-
XIX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
You ask for the rest of our talk. What more is there
to tell ? He went straight to Pedum, I to Arpinum.
From thence I await the twittering swallow you "
anxiously.
XIX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Since Rome was out of bounds, I celebrated my Arpinum,
son s coming of age at Arpinum in preference to any March 31,
other place, and so doing delighted my fellow-towns- B.C. 40
men. Though they were pleased, yet I must tell
you they and all others I have met are sad and sorry.
1
A reference to Anthology x, i, 6 TrXoos ojpcuos Ka.1 yap \a\a-
twittering
swallow Flitteth around, and soft bloweth the wind from the
west." Cf. Att. ix, 7.
267
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
tarn atrox est dra8ewpri<ri<s
huius ingentis mail. Di-
lectus habentur, in hiberna deducuntur. Ea, quae,
etiam cum a bonis viris, cum iusto in bello, cum mo-
deste fiunt, tamen ipsa per se molesta sunt, quam
censes acerba mine esse, cum a perditis in civili ne-
quae fiunt, aut quae certe futura sunt, videre non pos
sum. Etiam equidem senatus consulta facta quae-
dam iam puto, utinam in Volcaci seiitentJam Sed !
268
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 19
So dark and direful is the coup d oeil of this vast
270
LETTERS TO ATTICUS IX. 19
271
M. TULLI CICERONIS
EPISTULARUM AD ATTICUM
LIBER DECIMUS
lives for me, and his son, who is very like him, has
the same weight as he. Please give him my best
compliments.
Your plan, it is true, for a very short
you postpone
time, now that
for I fancy by that venal peace
maker must have wound up his speech, and some
thing must have been done in the session of Senators,
for I don t consider it a Senate, still you keep
will, for I have said all I can say about peace, and
Caesar was determined to repudiate it still, if any
thing should happen, write and tell me what you
think I should do in any case. For so far nothing
has happened that demands greater deliberation.
I am glad you are pleased with the words of that
II
II
CICERO TO ATTICCS, GREETING.
I received your letter brought by Cephalic on the Arcanum,
Ill
Ill
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Though I have nothing at all to Avrite about, yet Arcanum,
these points remain, which I want to know. Has April 7,
Caesar started? In what condition has he left B c 4& - -
279
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Ilia
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Ar- A. d. vn Idus alteram tibi eoclem die hanc epistu-
cano II Id. ] am dictavi et pridie dedei am mea manu longiorem.
I
IV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Cu- Multas a te accepi epistulas eodem die omnes dili-
Ilia
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 7th of April I dictate this letter, the Arcanum,
second on the same day, and yesterday I dispatched April 7,
a longer one in my own handwriting. It is said you B.C. 4->
1
have been seen in the Regia, and I don t blame you,
since I laid myself open to the same blame. But I
await a letter from you. I don t see what news I
IV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have received a lot of letters from you on the Ciimae,
same day, all of them written with care and one, April 14,
which is as big as a book, worth reading several B.C. 4&
times, as I am doing. Your labour has not been in
vain you have gratified me very much.
: And so I
beseech you continue to write as often as you can,
so long as it is possible, that is, so long as you know
where I am. And as for our daily lamentations let
us make an end of them once for all, if we can, or at
1
The official residence of Caesar as Pont ifex maximus.
281
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
dam, quod profecto potest. Non enim iam, quam
dignitatem, quos honores, quern vitae statum amise-
rim, cogito, sed quid consecutus sim, quid praestite-
rim, qua in laude vixerim, his denique in malis quid
intersit inter me et istos, quos propter omnia amisi-
mus. Hi sunt, qui, nisi me civitate expulissent,
obtinere se non putaverunt posse licentiam cupidita-
tum suarum. Quorum societatis et sceleratae con-
quia filius
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 4
what honourable, and nothing bad, save what is
is
287
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
omnes, qui lege Pompeia condernnati essent, resti-
Ergo lioc
quidem non modo tuto,
est profectum, ut
verum etiam palam navigaremus.
Reliqua in posterum diem distulit ex quibus ;
V
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
r/
.
n
j.
De tota mea cogitatione scripsi ad te antea satis,
Ltnttano A/ u m i}}j yisus sum. diliarenter. De die nihil sane
Ai .
r
M(ti.
j.
(i. 705 potest scribi certi praeter lioc, non ante lunam no-
vam. Curionis sermo postridie eandem habuit fere
V
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
About the whole of my plans I have written to Cumae,
you before, as I think, exactly. Of the day I can April 16,
say no more for certain than this, that it will not B.C. ^.9
be before the new moon. Curio s conversation on
the next day had practically the same gist, except
that he showed still more frankly that he could not
see an end to this state of things.
As for your commission about the control of
Quintus, you are asking for the moon." However I
The Oppii were moneylenders, and, if the reading- unum
1
293
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Tarn en nihil praetermittam. Atque utinam tu ,
VI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Me adhuc nihil praeter tempestatem moratur.
Cvmano Astute nihil sum acturus. Fiat in Hispania quid-
1
libet; et tamen ire certum est. Meas cogitationes
Apr. a. i<)o
. ....... .
,.., . ~
omms exphcavi tibi .,
superioribus littens.
Quocirca
2
hae sunt breves, etiam quia festinabam eramque
occupatior.
De Quinto filio fit a me quidem sedulo; sed nosti
1
ire certum est Wesenberg : recitet et MZ^>: reticeret Z^.
-etiam Malaspina : et tarn en JISS.
294
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 5-6
VI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
So far nothing stops me beyond the weather. I Cumae,
am not going to play a sharp game. Let what will April,
happen in Spain, I have made up my mind to go. My B.C. 49
plans have all been unfolded to you in previous
letters so this is a short one
;
also because I am in a
;
295
MARCUS TULL1US CICERO
reliqua. Quod dein me mones, et amice et pruden-
ter memones, sed erunt omnia facilia, si ab uno illo
cavero. Magnum opus est, mirabilia multa, nihil
simplex, nihil sincerum. Vellem suscepisses iuveiiem
regendum ; pater enim nimis indulgens, quicquid ego
adstrinxi, relaxat. Si sine illo possem, regerem ;
VJI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Ego vero Apuliam et Sipontum et tergiversatio-
Lumano arc. nem istam probo, nee tuam rationem eaiidem esse
IX K. Mai. dueo , .
VII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Yes, I think you are right to hedge, and stay in Cumae,
Apulia arid Sipontum: nor do I consider that your April 22 (?\
case is the same as mine. Of course in the matter B.C. ^.9
of the constitution the right course is the same for
both of us but the constitution is not now in ques
:
VIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
in
,SV;\ Et res ipsa monebat, et tu ostenderas. et ego
Cumano II videbam de iis rebus, quas intercipi periculosum
Aon. Mai. esset, finem inter nos scribendi fieri tempus esse.
a. iU-j
Sed, cum ad me saepe mea Tullia scribat orans, ut,
VIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Circumstances advise, you have pointed out, and I Cumae,
see for myself, that it is time there was an end to May 2,
our correspondence on topics which it is dangerous B.C. 4$
to have intercepted: but since my daughter often
writes beseeching me to await the issue in Spain and
299
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
adscribat idem videri tibi, idque ipse etiam ex tuis
litteris non puto esse alienum me ad
intellexerim,
te, quid de ea re sentiam, scribere.
Consilium istud tune esset prudens, ut mihi vide-
tur, si nostras rationes ad Hispanieiisem casum ac-
commodaturi essemus quod fieri non debet. 1 Necesse
;
1
The words in brackets are deleted by Nippcrdey as a
gloss.
304
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 8
1
Probably Republic vin, 562.
X VOL. II 305
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
casus, quos vitasset, si euni nihil fefellisset. Etsi is
rtf a</>ai
i eVt eojpa /j.dX.Lfrra, tamen non vidit, iiec
ruat iste necesse est aut per adversaries aut ipse per
1
Thucydides I, 138.
-
P. Scipio Africanus the younger was found dead in his
bed, and was supposed to have been murdered at Carbo s
nstigation.
3
Cf. Ad Fam. xvi, n, where he states that the Senate
gave a general commission to all magistrates and ex-
consuls "
x2 307
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
tilms gratius aceidisse, quam quod meam Tulliam
suavissime diligentissimeque coluisti. Valde eo ipsa
delectata est, ego autem non minus. Cuius quidem
virtus mirifica. Quo modo ilia fert publicam cladem,
quo modo domesticas tricas !
quaiitus autem animus
in discessu nostro! Est o-ropyv/, est summa oiWi^is.
Tanien nos recte faeere et bene an dire vult. Sed hac
super re lie nimis, ne meam ipse (ru/ra#eiav iam
evocem.
Tu, si quid de Hispaniis certius et si quid aliud,
Villa
ANTONIUS TRIB. PL. PRO PR. CICERONI IMP. SAL.
Villa
ANTONIU8 TRIBUNE PROPRAETOR GREETING TO CICERO
IMPERATOR.
"
hoc exemplo :
VHIb
CAESAR IMP. SAL. D. CICERONI IMP.
Etsi te nihil temere, nihil imprudenter facturum
distinction.
I have taken the trouble to send you Calpurnius,
an intimate friend of mine, that you may know I am
greatly concerned for your life and position."
On the same day Philotimus brought me a letter
from Caesar of which this is a copy:
VHIb
CAESAR IMPERATOR TO CICERO IMPERATOR, GREETING.
Although I had concluded that you would do
nothing rashly or imprudently, nevertheless I have
been so stirred by what people say that I thought it
best to write to you and ask you in the name of our
goodwill to each other not to go anywhere, now that
fortune inclines my way, where you did not think it
311
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
etiam progrediendum tibi non existimasses. Namque
et amicitiae graviorem iniuriam feceris et tibi minus
commode consulueris^ si non fortunae obsecutus
videbere (omnia eiiirn secundissima nobis, adversissima
illis accidisse videntur), nee causam seeutus (eadem
enim turn fuit, cum abeorumconsiliisabes.se iudicasti),
sed meum aliquod factum condemnavisse quo mihi
;
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Scr. in Cn- Adventus Philotimi (at cuius hominis, quam insulsi
mano I J\ OIL
e ^ q liam sa epe pro Pompeio mentientis l) exanimavit
Mai. a. 705
omnes, qui mecum erant nam ipse obdurui.
; Dubitabat
nostrum nemo, quin Caesar itinera repressisset volare
IX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
The arrival of Philotimus (what a fellow he is how Cumac, !
Af T7"
.
TJ-
IXa
CAELIUS TO CICERO, GREETING.
In my dismay at your letter, in which you show Intimile,
that your thoughts are set on some unhappy act Apr. 16,
315 B.C. 49
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
neque non tamen, quale esset, quod cogitares, ape-
ruisti, has ad te ilico litteras scrips!. Per fortunas
tuas, Cicero, per liberos te oro et obsecro, ne quid
gra\ ius de salute et incolumitate tua consulas.
r
Nam
deos hominesque amicitiamque nostram testificor me
praedixisse neque temere monuisse, sed, postquam
tibi
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Scr.inCuma- Me caecum, qui liaec ante non viderim! Misi ad
no I A on. te epistulam Antoni. Ei cum ego saepissime scripsis-
Mat. a. J-i gem n ihjj me con tra Caesaris rationes
i
cogitare, memi-
nisse me generi mei, meminisse amicitiae, potuisse,
318
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 9a-10
X
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
How blind I am not to have foreseen it I send Ciimae,
!
319
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
si aliter sentirem., esse cum Pompeio me autem, ; quia
nium, r/$ovs e
XI
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requires training.
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
After sealing my former letter, I did not feel in- Cumae,
dined to hand it to the person that I had intended, May 4>
HS xTTl non
reddit, quae dedi eius filio mutua, et
utitur excusatione temporis, si Lepta, si ceteri, soleo
my brother.
As for his son, the father has certainly
always in
dulged him but indulgence does not make him a
;
Trebatius erat
mecum, vir plane et civis bonus.
Quae monstra, di immortales
ille Etiamne Balbus !
been allowed. But the times are such that I must bear
everything. My own son I control easily. He is
quite tractable. My own policy has lacked vigour
owing to my pity for him and the more he wants
;
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Scr. in Quidnam milii futurum est, aut quis me non solum
Cumano III infelicior, sed iam etiam turpior? Nomination de me
Aon. Mat. gjjjjimperatum dicit Antonius, nee me tamen ipse
adhuc viderat, sed hoc Trebatio narravit. Quid agam
nuiic, cui nihil procedit, caduntque ea, quae diligen-
tissime sunt cogitata, taeterrime ? Ego enim Curio-
neni nactus omiiia me consecutum putavi. Is de me
XII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What happen to me ? Who is there more Cwnae, May
is to
ill-starred, oreven more humiliated ? Antony says 5, B.C. 1$
he has received orders about me definitely. Yet I
have not seen him myself so far; but he told Trebatius.
What can I do now ? Nothing succeeds and all my
best laid plans fail abominably. For, when I had
won over Curio, I imagined I had attained my end.
He had written about me to Hortensius. Reginus
was wholly my friend. I never suspected that Antony
had anything to do with this part of the sea. Whither
can I turn now ? Everywhere I am watched. But
enough of lamentation. I must steal away and creep
privily into some cargo boat I must not allow it to
;
Xlla
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Set: in Sine dubio errasse nos confitendum est. At se-
Cumano mel, at una in Immo omnia quo diligentius
re."
nna. ^on.
cogitata eo facta sunt imprudentius.
Mai. a. 70-5 , v v v
a
AAAa TO. >
Xlla
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Undoubtedly I must admit I have been mistaken. Cumae, May
But is it once only or on one topic ? No, in every- S, B.C. 49
thing. The more carefully I have thought, the less
]
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Set: in Cu- Epistula tua gratissima fuit meae Tulliae et me her-
mano Xon. cule mihi. Semper speculam aliquam adferunt tuae
Mai. ft. 05 Htterae.
i
Scribes igitur, ac, si quid ad spem poteris.
ne dimiseris. Tu Antoni leones pertimescas cave. Ni
hil est illo homine iucundius. Attende Trpaiv -rroXi-
1
The text here is corrupt and no convincing emendation
has been suggested.
332
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 12a-13
I often reflect about Caelius and if I have such
:
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Your letter was very pleasing to my daughter and Cumae,
of course to me, for your correspondence always brings May 7, B.C.
XIV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Cu- O vitam miseram, maiusque malum tarn diu timere,
mono nil quam est illud ipsum, quod timetur Servius, ut antea !
^ ai - a -
XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What a wretched life this is and to be so long Cumae,
!
afraid more wretched than the very thing one fears May 8,
is ! B.C.
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Scr. in Servius cum esset apud me, Cephalic cum tuis lit-
Cumano II teris viIdus venit; quae nobis magnam spem attule-
Id. Mai. a. runt meliorum rerum de octocohortibus. Etenim eae
""
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
While Servius was with me, Cephalio came with Cumaet May
your letter of the 10th, which gave me great hope of 12, B.C. 49
jetter news about the eight cohorts. For even the
cohorts which are here are said to be wavering. On
;he same day Funisulanus brought me a letter from
z2 339
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
interim litteras exspecto. Servi consilio nihil ex-
As to your sister,
I approve. As for young Quintus,
I am
doing my best, and I hope things are better.
As for my brother Quintus, you must know that he is
taking extraordinary pains to borrow money to settle
his debt; but so far has squeezed nothing out of L.
2
Egnatius. Axius is modest about the 100 for he :
As peace delegate.
-
12,000 sesterces.
341
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
XVI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I had just sent a letter to you about a number of Cumae, May
friend.
My plan, I hope, will be free from risk, for I have
kept the matter a secret, and, as I think, I shall not
be watched very keenly. Only let the voyage be as
good as I want, and all precautions that foresight can
suggest will be taken. While I am here, please
write not only anything you know or hear, but even
what you foresee.
Cato, whocould have held Sicily without any
trouble and, if he had held it, all loyalists would
have flocked to him sailed from Syracuse on the
343
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Curio scripsit. Utinam, quod aiunt, Cotta Sardinian!
teneat! est enim rumor. O, si id fuerit, turpem Ca-
tonem !
1
relatum Miillcr: ventum MSS.
344
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 16
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.SVr. in Pr. Idus Hortensius ad me venit scripta epistula.
( umano Vellem cetera eius !
quam in me incredibilem eKre-
. reiur! Qua quidem cogito uti. Deinde Serapion
lun. a. 705 .
f^ . . ,. .
cum ,
epistula tua. yuam
priusquam aperuissem, dixi
ei te ad me de eo scripsisse antea, ut feceras. Deinde
epistula lecta cumulatissime cetera. Et hercule
horninem probo nam et doctum et probum existimo
; ;
2
transierit Ziehen: eras erit MSS.: cU-paes erit Bosius.
346
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 17
XVII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On the 14th of May Hortensius came to me, just Cumae, May
as I had written my letter. I wish his conduct were 16, B.C. 4$
1
cided you must have one: and also because you had
taken out a passport for the boys. That was the
reason for my opinion, but please write and tell me
1
1
Or I wish he would always confine himself to writing.
"
xvn K. lun.
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CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in Tullia mea peperit xim K. lun. puerum e-ra/z??-
f~**
cetera sequuntur.
Formias nunc sequimur ;
eodem nos fortasse Furiae
XVIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
My daughter was confined on the 1 9th of May a "Cumae, May
:
350
LETTERS TO ATTICUS X. 18
351
M. TULLI CICERONIS
EPISTULARUM AD ATTICUM
LIBER UNDECIMUS
1 2
I have in local currency in Asia nearly <18,000.
By a bill of exchange for that amount it will be easy
for you to maintain my credit. Unless I had thought
I were leaving it all square (trusting one, whom you
have long since known I ought not to have trusted),
I should have delayed a little longer and not left my
A A VOL. II 3.53
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
II
IT
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I received your letter on the 4th of February, and Epirus,
Ill
Ill
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What is happening here you may gather from the Camp of
bearer of your letter. I have kept him longer than Pompey,
70,000 sesterces.
357
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
tuae curae benevolentiaeque permitto et illius consilio
et voluntati cui miserae consuluissem melius, si
;
IV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. in castris Accepi ab Isidore litteras et postea datas binas.
IV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have received your letter by Isidorus and two In
Pompeys
written later. From the last I understand that the camp, July
i 15 B c 48
Fompey. >
359
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
ergo, ut sustentetur per te. De Frusinati, si modo
fruituri sumus, erit mihi res opportuna. Meas litteras
IVa
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
IVa
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
You ask what new moves have been made. Isidorus Dy/rha-
will tell you. I don t think the rest of the task will chium, June
be any more difficult. Please pay attention to what 15 to 19,
you know is my greatest wish, as you say you are B -<"-
48
doing. I am overwhelmed by care, and that brings
with it also great bodily infirmity. When that has
passed, I shall go to the man who is conducting the
1
business and who is in high hopes. Brutus is
friendly ; and takes a keen part
in the cause.
That is all can prudently commit to paper.
that I
861
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
V
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Quae me causae moverint, quam acerbae, quam
Brundisi graves, quam novae, coegerintque impetu magis quo-
pr. Aow. dam animi uti quam cogitatione, non possum ad te
1 ov. a. iuo
gme max mo dolore scribei-e. Fuerunt quidem tan-
j
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 considerhow this plan, as well as
others, can most conveniently be carried out.
I am so fearfully upset both in mind and body that
363
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
fecto intellegis rem mihi desse, de qua scribam, non
voluntatem.
Quod de Vatinio quaeris, neque illius neque cuius-
quam mihi praeterea officium desset, si reperire pos-
sent, qua in re me iuvarent. Quintus aversissimo a
me animo Patris fuit. Eodem Corcyra filius venit.
Inde profectos eos una cum ceteris arbitror.
vl
CICERO ATTICO SALUTEM DIGIT.
\ cr>
cum de tuis communibusque
Sollicitum esse te,
Brimdisi maxime de me ac de dolore meo sentio.
fortunis, turn
II K. Dec. Qui quidem meus dolor non modo non minuitur, cum
a. 06 socium adiungit dolorem tuum, sed etiam auge-
1
sibi
VI
CICERO to ATTICUS, GREETING.
I see you are anxious about your own fate and the Brundisium,
365 >
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
crudelissime cogitatum est. Quare voluntatis me
meae numquam paenitebit, consilii paenitet. In
oppido aliquo mallem resedisse, quoad accerserer ;
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CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Brundisi Gratae tuae mihi litterae sunt, quibus accurate
XIV Kal. perscripsisti omnia, quae ad me pertinere arbitratus
fan. a. 706 e s. Et factum igitur tu scribis istis placere et placere l
VII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am much obliged to you for your letter, in which Brundisium,
comprobare.
Quamquam quid ego de lictoribus, qui paene ex
Italia decedere sim iussus? Nam ad me misit Anto-
nius exernplum 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 Ita
mentioning names.
What a heap of troubles and how serious too And !
BB2 371
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
dem video non esse, sed, si quid ex eventis, ut hoc
mine accidit. Dicebardebuisse cum Pompeio proficisci.
Exitus illius minuit eius officii praetermissi reprehensi-
onem. Sed ex omnibus nihil magis tamen desideratur.
quam quod in African! non ierim. ludicio hoc sum
usus, non esse barbaris auxiliis fallacissimae gentis
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, quern ad modum
facis, scribas ad me omnia idque facias quam saepis-
sime. Vale xim K. Ian.
374
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 7
VIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr.Brundisi Quantis curis conficiar, etsi profecto vides, tameii
X.III A. Maximas poenas
cognosces ex Lepta et Trebatio.
pendo temeritatis meae, quam tu prudentiam mihi
videri vis ; neque te deterreo, quo minus id disputes
VIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Though of course jr ou see for j ourself in what Brundisium
r
distress I am, you will learn more about it from Dec. 18,
Lepta and Trebatius. I am paying very heavily for B.C. 48
my rashness, which you want to persuade me was
prudence and I don t want to stop you arguing that
:
IX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Ego vero et incaute, ut scribis, et celerius, quam
Brundisi III oportuit, feci, nee in ulla sum spe, quippe qui exce-
.\on. Ian.
ptionibus edictorum retinear. Quae si non essent se-
dulitate effectae et benevolentia tua, liceret mihi
abire in solitudines aliquas. Nunc ne id quidem
licet. Quid autein me iuvat, quod ante initum tri-
IX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have certainly acted incautiously, as you say, and Brundisium,
>rought them
all on my own head. For when I saw
ivhat kind of war it was going to be, one side unpre-
>aredand weak and the other thoroughly well pre-
)ared, I had made my plan not a very courageous
)lan perhaps, but one for. which there were special
xcuses in my case. I gave way to my relations, or
was any letter for me. There was none but one ;
380
LETTERS TO ATT1CUS XL 9
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
:
381
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
X
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Brun- Ad meas incredibiles aegritudines aliquid novi ac-
disi XII K. cedit ex iis, quae de Q. Q. ad me adferuntur. P.
rear. a. iOi
Xerentius, meus necessarius, operas in portu et scri-
ptura Asiae pro magistro dedit. Is Quintum filium
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 scripse-
ras, nuntiantur. Nihil eiiim firmius esse dicunt,
nihil paratius. Accedit Hispania et alienata Italia,
legionum nee viseadem nee vohmtas, 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 tarn crude-
liter inimici sunt, si odisse non potes. accuses tamen
382
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XL 10
XI
f
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Brun- Confectus iam cruciatu maximorum dolorum. ne
disi Fill Id. quidem, quod ad te debeam scribere, facile id
s i s jt
Mait. a. i )l
exse q u j possim, hoc minus, quod res nulla est, quae
scribenda sit, cum pi-aesertim ne spes quidem ulla
ostendatur fore melius. iam ne tuas quidem
Ita
litteras exspecto,quamquam semper aliquid adferunt,
quod velim. Quare tu quidem scribito, cum erit, cui
des. Ego tuis proximis, quas tamen iam pridem ac-
cepi, nihil habeo quod rescribam longo enim inter-
;
sent. Farewell.
Jan. 19.
XI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Worn out as I am by the agony of my grievous Brundisium,
sorrows I should not find it an easy task to write to March 8,
you, even if there were anything I ought to write; B.C. 4?
and it is far less easy, when I have nothing worth
XII
CICERO ATT1CO SAL.
Scr. Brun- Cephalio mihi a te litteras reddidit a. d. vin Id.
disiVIII Id. Mart, vespere. Eo autem die mane tabellarios mise-
Mart. a. 707 ram quibus ad te dederam litteras. Tuis tamen
lectis litteris putavi iam aliquid rescribendum esse
ea re maxime, quod ostendis
te pendere animi,
XII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Cephalic delivered a letter from you on the 8th of Brundisium,
March in the evening. Now on the morning of the March 8,
same day I had sent messengers and had given them B.C. ^7
a letter for you. But, when I read yours, I thought
I ought to send some answer, particularly because
1
After his victory in Spain in 49 B.C., Caesar left Q.
Cassius Longinus in command there but Spain went over
;
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CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr.Brundiai A Murenae liberto nihil adhuc acceperam littera-
VII Id. rum. P. Siser reddiderat eas, quibus rescribo. De
Mart, aid gervi patris litteris quod scribis, item Quintum in Sy-
riam venisse quod ais esse qui nuntient, ne id quidem
7/o~
verum est. Quod certiorem te vis quo quisque
fieri,
XIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have not received any letter from Murena s Brudisium,
freedman as yet. It was P. Siser who delivered the March 9 (?\
one I am answering. You speak of a letter from B.C. 47
Servius father, and you tell me some say that Quin-
tus 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 :
1
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.
391
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
pserit, itaque se paenitere, quod animum tuum offen-
derit; sed se iure fecisse. Deinde perscribit spurcis-
sime, quas ob causas fecerit. Sed neque hoc tempore
nee antea patefecisset odium suum in me, nisi omni
bus rebus me esse oppressum videret. Atque utinam
vel nocturnis, quern ad modum tu scripseras, itineri-
bus propius te accessissem Nunc, nee! ubi nee
quando te sim visurus, possum suspicari.
De eoheredibus 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 turn meliore loco res erant nostrae neque tarn
mihi desperatum iri videbantur, tamen in eadem sum
voluntate. Id quern ad modum fiat, tu videbis. Et
velim, quod poteris, consideres, ut sit, unde nobis
suppeditentur sumptus necessarii. Si quas habuimus
facultates, eas Poinpeio turn, cum id videbamur sapi-
enter facere, detulimus. Itaque turn et a tuo vilico
sumpsimus et aliunde mutuati sumus mine Quintus ;
392
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 13
XIV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr.Brundisi Non me offendit veritas litterarum tuarum, quod
C
-\Jr rnv me cum commum bus turn praecipuis mails oppressum
ne incipis quidem, ut solebas, consolari faterisque id
fieri iam non posse. Nee enim ea sunt, quae erant
antea, euro, ut nihil aliud, comites me et socios habere
XIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am not offended with you for telling me the truth
Brundisium,
in your letter and not even attempting, as you were circa Apr.
wont, to console me under my burden of public and 25, B.C. 4?
personal woes, which you confess is impossible now.
For affairs are no longer in the position they were,
when, thought I had companions and
if nothing else, I
XV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Set: Quoniam iustas causas adfers, cur te hoc tempore
Brundisi videre non possim, quaere, quaeso, quid sit mihi
396
LETTERS TO ATTJCUS XI. 14-15
1
you were able to raise the 250, if there had not
been a good receipt from Fufidius estates. However
I am
looking forward eagerly to your coming it is :
XV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Since you give good reasons why I cannot see you Brundisium,
at the present time, pray consider what I am to do. May 14,
For although Caesar holds Alexandria, he seems to B.C. Ifl
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 :
30,000 sesterces.
2
12,000 sesterces.
397
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
potest mail, quo non urgear. Omnia tamen sunt
quae me conficiunt ;
ad quae gener accedit et cetera,
398
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 15
with which I am not oppressed. But all of them are
lighter to bear than my sense of guilt that is over
:
XVI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Brim- Non meo vitio fit hoc quidem tempore (ante enim
nisi 111 es t peccatum), ut me ista epistula nihil consoletur.
Aon. lun.
nrtfv
^
Nam et exigue scripta est et suspiciones
. .
magnas
a. iU I
habet non esse ab illo; quas animadvertisse te exi-
stimo. De obviam itione ita faciam, ut suades.
XVI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
It is not my fault at the present time (for 1 did Brundisium,
commit an error before) that the letter you send 2 June 3,
does not give me any consolation. For it is grudg- B.C. Jf.7
ingly 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 :
XVII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Bnm- Properantibus tabellariis alienis hanc epistulam
disi pna. Id (j e(ji. Eo brevior est, et quod eram missurus nostros.
yftj
Tullia mea venit ad me pr. Idus luiiias deque tua
XVII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I have given this letter to some one else s messeii- Brundisium ,
Ep. XVIIa
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
S cr. Ego cum Sallustio Ciceronemad Caesarem mittere
Brundtsi cogitabam; Tulliam autem non videbam esse causam
cur diutius mecum tanto in communi maerore retine-
Qmnt. a. 707
rem. Itaque matri earn, cum primum per ipsam lice-
ret, eram remissurus. Pro ea, quam ad modum conso-
lantis 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,
XVIIa
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I am thinking of sending my son with Sallustius to Brundisium,
well known that no one at all has left that place since
the 1 5th 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,
1
Caesar s followers.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
quod inane esset, etiamsi verum esset, non verum esse.
L. Terentium discessisse ex Africa scimus Paestumque
XVIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. De illius Alexandrea discessu nihil adhuc rumoris,
Drundisi
contraque opinio valde esse impeditum. Itaque nee
Q t a 707
m tto
i >
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, hie esse me
minime convenit quorum fortasse utrumque erit, alte-
;
xn Kal. Quinctil.
408
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 17-18
XVIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
There is no rumour of his leaving Alexandria as Brundisium,
yet: on the contrary, he is thought to be in great June 19,
difficulties.So I am not sending my son, as I had B.C. ^7
arranged, and I beseech you to get me away from
here for any punishment is lighter to bear than
:
10,000 sesterces.
409
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
XIX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Cum tuis dare possem litteras, non praetermisi,
Brundisi etsi, quod scriberem, non habebam. Tu ad nos et
XI K. next, 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 optan-
dum, si quid agi de pace possit quod nulla equidem
;
XX
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
XIX
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
As I had a chance of giving a letter to your men, Brundisium,
I did not miss it, though I have nothing to say. You July 2%,
are writing less often than you used to do and less B.C. Ifl
fully, I suppose because you have nothing that j ou
think 1 should be glad to read or hear. However
please write, if there is anything of any kind what
ever. There is one thing that I do long for, any
possibility of a peace: myself I have no hope of such
a tiling: but, as you sometimes give a slight hint,
you compel me to have some hope of what I hardly
dare long for.
Philotirnus 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.
On the 1 -ith of August there arrived from Seleucea Brundisium,
Pieria C. Trebonius after 28 days journey and he said Aug. 15,
:
XXI
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
missam.
Ad ea autem, quae scribis de testamento, videbis,
August 1 5.
XXI
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
On August 25 I received a letter from you dated Brundisium,
Aug. 19, and, on reading it, the sorrow which Aug. 25,
me B c *
long ago at Quintus shameful con-
- -
possessed
duct, but which I had now laid aside, was re
awakened in all its force. Though you could not
possibly have helped sending me that letter, I wish
ithad 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.
413
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
Ille ad Kal. Sept. Athenis non videtur fore. Multa
eum Asia dicuntur morari, maxime Pharnaces.
in
415
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
XXII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Brundixi Diligenter mihi fasciculum reddidit Balbi tabella-
circa K. rius. -Accepi enim a te litteras, quibus videris vereri,
bept. a. 7C 7 U epistulas illas acceperim. Quas quidem vellem
mihi numquam redditas ;
auxerunt enim mihi dolo-
rem, nee, si in aliquem incidissent, quicquam novi
Quid enim tarn pervulgatum quam illius
attulissent.
in me odium
et genus hoc litterarum ? quod ne
Caesar quidem ad istos videtur misisse, quasi qui
illiusimprobitate 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.
416
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 22
XXII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Balbus letter-carrier delivered the packet quite Brundisium,
promptly. For I have got a letter from you in circa Sept. 1 ,
XXIII
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
ptari.
XXIII
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
Camillus has written to me saying that you have Brundisium,
pi
K)ken to him on the subject about which I sug- July B c >
- -
ui
=r slowly. So I arranged to give this to some
who was going more quickly. What there is in
letter, I don t know, but my brother Quintus
e hearty congratulations. For my part after
feat mistake cannot even imagine anything
I
E2 419
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
ut de hac misera cogites, et illud, de quo ad te pro-
xime scripsi, ut aliquid conficiatur ad inopiam propul-
420
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 23
1
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. IfTullia began them, part at
least of the dowry would remain with him, unless she could
prove misconduct.
421
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO
XXIV
CICERO ATT1CO SAL.
Scr. Quae dudum ad me et (quae etiam ad me vis) ad
Brundisi Tulliam de me Eo
scripsisti, ea sentio esse vera.
Sext a 707
sum m se
^ " or ^ ets i nmi videbatur addi
^
posse, quod
mihi non modo irasci gravissima iniuria accepta, sed
ne dolere quidem impune licet. Quare istuc feramus.
XXIV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
What you wrote to me some time ago and to Brundisium,
Tullia too about me, with the intention that it should Aug. 6, B.C.
be passed on to me, I feel to be true. It adds to my Ifl
misery, though I thought nothing could be added,
maxima re fecerit.
Philotimus non modo nullus venit, sed ne per lit-
teras quidem aut per nuntium certiorem facit me,
quid egerit. Epheso qui veniunt, ibi se eum de suis
controversiis in ius adeuntem vidisse nuiitiant quae ;
XXV
CICERO ATTICO SAL.
Scr. Facile adsentior tuis litteris, quibus exponis pluri-
Brundtsi III nus verbis nullum consistere
consilium, quo a te pos-
on. (cluint.
gmi j uvar { 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 cuius-
quam spes ulla mihi ostenditur, non quaeram haec a
te posthac tantum velim, ne intermittas, scribas ad
;
XXV
CICERO TO ATTICUS, GREETING.
I can quite believe what you explain at some Brundisium,
length in your letter, that no advice of yours can July J, B.C.
assist me and certainly there is no consolation 41
:
428
LETTERS TO ATTICUS XI. 25
429
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS. 1
VII. 1 October 16, 50 VIII. March 1, 49
13
2 November 26, 50 March 2, 49
14
3 December 9, 50 March 3, 49
15
4 December 10 or 11, 50 March 4, 49
16
5 December 16, 50 IX. 1 March 6, 49
6 December 17, 50 2 March 7, 49
7 December 18-21, 50 2a March 8, 49
8 December 25 or 26, 50 6a March, 49
9 December 26 or 27, 50 3 March 9, 49
10 January 17 or 18, 49 5 March 10, 49
11 January 17-22, 49 7a March 10 or 11, 49
12 January 21, 49 6 March 11, 49
13 January 22, 49 7b March 11 or 12, 49
13a January 23, 49 4 March 12, 49
14 January 25, 49 7 March 13, 49
15 January 26, 49 8 March 14, 49
16 January 28, 49 9 March 17, 49
17 February 2, 49 10 March 18, 49
18 February 3, 49 lla March 19, 49
19 February 3, 49 11 March 20, 49
20 February 5, 49 12 March 20, 49
21 Februarys, 49 13a March 23 (?), 49
22 February 8 or 9, 49 13 March 24, 49 .
23 February 9 or 10, 49 14 March 25, 49
VIII. lla February 10, 49 15 March 25, 49
VII. 24 February 10, 49 16 March 26, 49
25 February 10 or 1 1 49 , 17 March 27, 49
VIII. 12b February 11 or 12, 49 18 March 28, 49
VII. 26 February 15, 49 19 March 31, 49
VIII. lib February 16, 49 X. 1 April 3, 49
1 February 16, 49 2 April 6, 49
12c February 16, 49 3 April 7, 49
12d February 17, 49 3a April 7, 49
2 February 17, 49 4 April 14, 49
12a February 17 or 18, 49 5 April 16, 49
3 February 18- 49 9a April 16, 49
lie February20 49 , 8b April, 49
6 February 21 (?), 49 6 April, 49
4 February 22- 49 7April22(?), 49
5 February 23 ( ?), 49 8a April, 49
7 February 23 ( ?), 49 8 May 2, 49
8 February 24, 49 9 May 3, 49
9 February 25, 49 10 May 3, 49
10 February 26, 49 11 May 4, 49
11 February 27, 49 12 May 5, 49
lid February 27, 49 12a May 6, 49
12 February 28, 49 13 May 7, 49
15a February, 49 14 May 8, 49
IX. 7c February (?), 49 15 May 12, 49
1 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.
431
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS
16 May 14, 49 12 March 8, 47
17 May 16, 49 13 March 9?), 47
(
432
INDEX OF NAMES
[The references are to ike pages of Latin text.]
Allienus, 340
Brundisium, 2, 12, 16, 112, 116, 124,
128, 134, 138, 140, 142, 152, 162,
Ampius Balbus (T.)?136
174, 176, 180, 182, 184, 186, 190,
Ancon(a), 52, 78
Annius Milo Papinianus (T.), 204, 192, 194, 206, 232, 236, 244, 248,
254 250, 252, 254, 256 ,258, 276, 366
Anteros, 254, 352 Brutus, see lunius Brutus
Antiochea, 410 Bussenius, 156
Antium, 222 Byzantium, 218
Antonius (M.), triumvir, 46, 116,
222, 308, 314, 318, 326, 328, 332,
034, 340, 344, 370, 388, 408; Caecilius Metellus (L.), 196, 288,
letter from, 308 304, 370
Appia (via), 138, 174, 234 Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (for
Appianae legiones, 70, 82 merly P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica),
Appius, see Claudius Pulcher (Ap- 32, 112, 188, 178, 236
pius) Caecilius Statius (C.), 28
Apulia, 56, 86, 108, 122, 134, 138, Caelianus animus, 332; -num illud,
140, 142, 296 338 -na ilia, 344
:
FF VOL. II 433
INDEX OF NAMES
Caelius, 332, 338 Clodia, mother-in-law of L. Metellus,
Caelius, banker, 30 196
CaeliusCaldus(C.),8 Clodius, client of Atticus, 300
Caelius Rufus (M.), 6, 24, 28, 76, 86, Clodius Pulcher (P.), 108, 420
3U; letter from, 314 Colchi, 218, 226
Caesar, see lulius Caesar Considius Nonianus (M.), 26
Caesius (C.), 234, 248 Coponius (C.), 152
Caieta, 112 Corcyra, 14, 364,
Calenius (M.), 156 Corfiniensis dementia, 260; 5ia-
Calenum, 112
Cales, 66, 72, 84,140 rpoirr], 248; exspectatio, 118
Calpurnius Bibulus (M.), 16, 18, 24, Corfinium, 112, 134, 140, 142, 152
220 158, 162, 164, 170, 182, 212
Calpurnius Piso (L.), friend of An- Coriolanus, 226
tonius, 310 Cornelius Balbus (L.), 28, 32 42
Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (L.), 60, 102, 128, 168, 192, 194, 202 212
76 250, 252, 326, 348, 366, 374, 376
Camerinum, 154 378, 394, 408, 416; letters of, 168
Camillus, see Furius Camillus 206, 208, 250
Campania, 56 Cornelius Balbus (L.), son of the last.
Campani coloni, 68 -nus; ager, 40 128, 132, 170, 194, 386
Caninius Rebilus (C.), 22 Cornelius Cinna (L.), 42, 110, 226
Caninius Rebilus (T.), 256 Cornelius Dolabella (P.) 44, 62, 76
Canuleius, 294 86, 244, 250, 262, 290, 298, 308
Canusium, 138, 142, 152, 162, 176, 370
194 Cornelius Lentulus Cms (L.), 56,
Capito, see Ateius Capito 84, 128, 132, 140, 170, 194, 210,
Capua, 66, 68, 70, 72, 76, 78, 82, 84, 390
86, 98, 100, 102, 108, 114, 118, 136, Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (Cn.l
140, 142, 148, 152, 194, 196, 252, 222
254, 258, 260, 340 Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (P.),
Carbo, see Papirius Carbo 90, 150, 164, 176, 184, 206, 234,
Carneades, 14 240, 248, 258, 368
Cassianum negotium, 400 Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (P.), son
Cassius Longinus (C.), 86, 90, 92, ofthelast,39Q
178, 222, 390, 398 Cornelius Scipio (L.), 256
Cassius Longinus (Q.). 24, 78 Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemili-
Castrum Truentinum, 154 anus (P.), 126, 130, 242, 306
Cato, see Porcius Cato Cornelius Scipio Xasica (P.), see
Celer, see Pilius Celer Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio (Q.)
Cephalic, 92, 270, 274, 276, 338, 386, Cornelius Sulla (L.), dictator, 42, 212,
404 226, 236, 252, 256
Chios, 218 Cornelius Sulla (P.), 414, 416
Chrysippus, 18, 34, 354 Cornelius Sulla Faustus (L.), 112,
Cicero, see Tullius Cicero; -nes, see 152, 178, 236
Tullii Cicerones Cosanum (praedium), 194, 220
Cilices, 8 Cotta, see Aurelius Cotta
Cingulum, 52, 66 Cous (Nicias), 28; (insula), 218
Cinna, see Cornelius Cinna Crassipes, see Furius Crassipes
Cinnea (crudelitas), 128 Croto, 270
Claudius Marcellus (C.), 150, 328, Culleo, see Terentius Culleo
334, 340 Cumani, 334; -num (praedium),
Claudius Marcellus (M.), 108, 152 286, 344
Claudius Pulcher (Appius), 100, 168, Curio, see Scribonius Curio
1
178 Curius (M .), 14, 26, 30, 118, 120,
Clodia, sister of P. Clodius, 218 194, 262
434
INDEX OF NAMES
Curtius Postumus (M.), 182, 186, Formianum (praedium), 34, 76, 78,
190, 194, 334 84, 90, 96, 118, 176, 202, 216, 232,
Cyprus, 218 342
Cytheris, 322 Pretense (mare), 298
Frusinas (fundus), 360, 392
Fufidiana, 400; praedia, 396; -ni
coheredes, 392
Delos, 222 Fufius Calenus (Q.), 190, 376, 398,
Demetrius Magnes, 134, 150, 218 402
Dicaearchus, 20, 114 Funisulanus, 338
Diochares, 368 Furfanius Postumus (T.), 70
Aiovvaios fv Kopivditi, 216 Furiae, 348
Dionysius, tutor of young Cicero, 28, Furius Camiilus (C.), 404, 418
30, 38, 44, 80, 96, 114, 116, 128, Furius Crassipes, 10, 236
242, 258, 278, 342 Furnius (C.), 82, 198, 200, 238
Dionysius, slave, 184
Dolabella, see Cornelius Dolabella
Domitius Ahenobarbus (Cn.), 184 Gabinius (A.), 300
Domitius Ahenobarbus (L.), 66, 92, Gaditanus (i.e. Cornelius Balbus), 42
94, 98, 100, 112, 116, 118, 120, Galba, see Sulpicius Galba
122, 124, 134, 140, 148, 150, 152, Galeo, 390
154, 156, 158, 164, 166, 176, 194, Galli, 54, 246
220, 258 Gallia, 108, 296
Drusus, see Livius Drusus Gallius (M.), 340, 412
Dyrrhachium, 152 Gallus, see Fadius Gallus
Germania, 314
Getae, 226
Gnaeus, see Pompeius Magnus (C.)
Egnatius (L.), 80, 340, 358 Graeci, 80 -e, 188
;
192
"E/crw/>,
Graecia, 62, 72, 76, 122, 184, 220,
236, 254, 264, 290, 344
Ei/wiXios, 46
Ephesus, 382, 424
Epirus, 10, 12, 178, 206, 220, 242,
298 Hannibal, 52
Eppius(M.),136 Hippias, 226
Eros, slavevf Philotimus, 338 Hirrus, see Lucilius Hirrus
Hirtianus sermo, 292
Euphrates, 16
Hirtius, 32, 284, 292, 394, 410
Hispania, 50, 74, 78, 184, 194, 238,
254, 260, 264, 288, 294, 298, 300,
Fabatus, see Roscius Fabatus 302, 314, 318, 382, 388 Hispaniae,
;
FF2 435
INDEX OF NAMES
108, 110, 114, 120, 126, 130, 132, Ligur, or Ligus (L.), 80
140, 142, 144, 158, 174, 178, 184, Ligurius (A.), 378, 380
196, 204, 218, 228, 230, 268, 278, Literninum (praedium), 334
282, 290, 302, 308, 320, 332, 368, Livia, 44
370, 372, 382, 386, 388, 408 Livius Drusus (M.), 18
lulius Caesar (C.), dictator, 2, 4, 6, 8, Lucceius (L.M.f.), 26
16, 32, 36, 38, 40, 46, 48, 52, 56, Lucceius (L.Q.i.), 176, 236
60, "66, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 86, Luceria, 56, 82, 98, 100, 110, 114,
88, 92, 94, 100, 110, 112, 114, 122, 128, 132, 134, 154, 158; -iae, 102,
128, 132, 134, 140, 142, 146, 154, 172
156, 158, 162, 166, 168, 170, 178, Lucilius Hirrus (C.), 8, 10, 134
180, 182, 186, 190, 194, 198, 202, Lucius, see Manlius Torquatus (L.)
206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 220, Lucretius (Q.), 92, 116
222, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, Lupus, see Rutilius Lupus
248, 250, 252, 254, 258, 260, 280, Luscenius, 34
284, 286, 288, 290, 298, 302, 310, Lycia, 218
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
lulius Caesar (L.), 64, 66, 68, 72, 74,
Magius (N.), 212, 250
Mamurra, 42
78, 82, 148 Manlius Torquatus (A.),
lunius Brutus (M.), father of the fol 68, 214
Manlius Torquatus (L.), 14, 58, 136,
lowing, 252 214
lunius Brutus (M.), murderer of Marathonia pugna, 226
Caesar, 360
Marcelli, 6, 178
luppiter, 166 Marcellinus, see Cornelius Lentulus
Marcellinus
Marcellus, see Claudius Marcellus
216 Marcius Philippus (L.), consul
s,
91 B.C., 110, 112
loi, 348 Marcius Philippus (L.), 258, 290
Marius (C.),226, 306
Marsi, 66
Labienus (T.), 42, 52, 58, 60, 66, 70, Massilia, 336
72, 102 Massilienses, 322, 332
Lacedaernonii, 306 Matius (C.), 234, 236, 240, 246, 258,
AaKUVlKT] 320 262;letter from, 258
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Laelius (D.), 140, 152, 370, 394, 398 Melita, 296, 308, 314, 348
Laelius Sapiens (C.), 28 Mentor, 214
Lamia (L. Aelius), 370 Menturnae, 64, 136, 240, 276, 334
Lanuvinum (praedium), 222, 248 MetroTrora/iu a, 236
Larinum, 56, 66 Messalla (or Messala), see Valerius
Lartidius, 10 Messalla
Laterium, 272 Messius (C.), 140
Latine, 188; -Has, 28 Metella, 420
Lavernium, 44 Metellus, see Caecilius Metellus
Lentulus, see Cornelius Lentulus Miletus, 218
Lepidi, 164 Milo, see Annius Milo
Lepidus, s^Aemilius Lepidus (M.) Miloniana tempora, 210
Lepta (Q.), 114, 240, 254, 324, 376 Minerva, 214
Lesbos, 218 Minucia via, 194
Liberalia, 224 Minucius Basilus, 48
Llbo, see Scribonius Libo Minucius Basilus (L.), 362
Lleinius Murena (L.), 390 Minucius Rufus, 394, 396
436
INDEX OF NAMES
Minucius Thermus (Q.), 66, 394, Pbamea, 222, 248
396 Pharnaces, king, 414, 416
Misenum, 308 Philargyrus, 258
Moneta, 122 Philippus, see Marcius Philippus (L.)
Mucianus exitus, 240; -num istud, Philogenes, 34, 38
276 Philotimus, freedman of Terentia,
Mucius Scaevola (Q.), pontifex 18, 26, 82, 88, 98, 122, 172, 190,
maximus, 110, 112, 256 206, 218, 220, 294, 298, 310, 312,
Mucius Scaevola (Q.), tribune of the 322, 338, 404, 410, 418, 424
plebs 54 B.C., 222 Philoxenus, letter-carrier, 16
Murena, see Licinius Murena Phryges, 8
Mytilenaeus (i.e. Theophanes), 42 Picena, 62
Picentes, 94 -tinae cohortes, 158 ;
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