Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. 49 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome/Athens|AI-assisted
I think all your letters have been delivered to me, though the first out of order and the rest in the order they were sent through Terentia. I wrote to you from Capua on January 26 about Caesar's demands, Labienus' arrival, and the answers of the consuls and Pompey, and I gathered many other matters into the same letter.
Now we have two things to wait for. One is what Caesar will do when he receives the answer given to Lucius Caesar to carry back to him. The other is what Pompey is doing. Pompey writes to me that in a few days he will have a strong army, and he raises the hope that if he himself enters Picenum we will return to Rome. He has Labienus with him, who has no doubt about the weakness of Caesar's forces; Labienus' arrival has given our Pompey far more courage.
The consuls have ordered us to come to Capua by February 5. I set out from Capua for Formiae on January 28. On that day, when I received your letter at Cales at about three o'clock, I sent this answer at once. About Terentia and Tullia, I agree with you. I had written to them to refer the matter to you. If they have not yet set out, there is no reason for them to move until we see where things stand.
I think all your letters reached me, but the first out of proper
order, the others as they were dispatched 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, if he 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 January. On receipt of
your letter at Cales on that day about three o'clock I write this by
return. As for Terentia and Tullia I agree with you, and I have written
to them to consult you. If they have not yet started, there is no
reason for them to bestir themselves, till we see how things are.
omnis arbitror mihi tuas litteras redditas esse sed primas praepostere, reliquas ordine quo sunt missae per Terentiam. de mandatis Caesaris adventuque Labieni et responsis consulum ac Pompei scripsi ad te litteris iis quas a. d. v Kal. Capua dedi pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conleci. [2] nunc has exspectationes habemus duas, unam quid Caesar acturus sit cum acceperit ea quae referenda ad illum data sunt L. Caesari, alteram quid Pompeius agat. qui quidem ad me scribit paucis diebus se firmum exercitum habiturum spemque adfert, si in Picenum agrum ipse venerit, nos Romam redituros esse. Labienum secum habet non dubitantem de imbecillitate Caesaris copiarum; cuius adventu Gnaeus noster multo animi plus habet. nos a consulibus Capuam venire iussi sumus ad Nonas Febr. Capua profectus sum Formias a. d. iii Kal. Eo die cum Calibus tuas litteras hora fere nona accepissem, has statim dedi. de Terentia et Tullia tibi adsentior. [3] ad quas scripseram ad te ut referrent. si nondum profectae sunt, nihil est quod se moveant, quoad perspiciamus quo loci sit res.
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I think all your letters have been delivered to me, though the first out of order and the rest in the order they were sent through Terentia. I wrote to you from Capua on January 26 about Caesar's demands, Labienus' arrival, and the answers of the consuls and Pompey, and I gathered many other matters into the same letter.
Now we have two things to wait for. One is what Caesar will do when he receives the answer given to Lucius Caesar to carry back to him. The other is what Pompey is doing. Pompey writes to me that in a few days he will have a strong army, and he raises the hope that if he himself enters Picenum we will return to Rome. He has Labienus with him, who has no doubt about the weakness of Caesar's forces; Labienus' arrival has given our Pompey far more courage.
The consuls have ordered us to come to Capua by February 5. I set out from Capua for Formiae on January 28. On that day, when I received your letter at Cales at about three o'clock, I sent this answer at once. About Terentia and Tullia, I agree with you. I had written to them to refer the matter to you. If they have not yet set out, there is no reason for them to move until we see where things stand.
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Latin / Greek Original
omnis arbitror mihi tuas litteras redditas esse sed primas praepostere, reliquas ordine quo sunt missae per Terentiam. de mandatis Caesaris adventuque Labieni et responsis consulum ac Pompei scripsi ad te litteris iis quas a. d. v Kal. Capua dedi pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conleci. [2] nunc has exspectationes habemus duas, unam quid Caesar acturus sit cum acceperit ea quae referenda ad illum data sunt L. Caesari, alteram quid Pompeius agat. qui quidem ad me scribit paucis diebus se firmum exercitum habiturum spemque adfert, si in Picenum agrum ipse venerit, nos Romam redituros esse. Labienum secum habet non dubitantem de imbecillitate Caesaris copiarum; cuius adventu Gnaeus noster multo animi plus habet. nos a consulibus Capuam venire iussi sumus ad Nonas Febr. Capua profectus sum Formias a. d. iii Kal. Eo die cum Calibus tuas litteras hora fere nona accepissem, has statim dedi. de Terentia et Tullia tibi adsentior. [3] ad quas scripseram ad te ut referrent. si nondum profectae sunt, nihil est quod se moveant, quoad perspiciamus quo loci sit res.