Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. 45 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome/Athens|AI-assisted
Lepidus sent me a letter yesterday evening from Antium, for he was there. He owns the house there, the one we sold him. He asks me most earnestly to be present in the Senate on the Kalends; he says I will be doing both himself and Caesar a very great favor by it. For my part, I think there is nothing in it [no real business]. Oppius would perhaps have said something to you about it, since Balbus is ill. Still, I preferred to come for nothing rather than be missed, if there were any need. I should be annoyed about it afterward. So today I shall be at Antium, tomorrow before noon at home. I should be glad if you, unless you are otherwise engaged, would be with us on the day before the Kalends, together with Pilia. [2] I hope you have settled matters with Publilius. As for me, I shall hurry back to my Tusculan villa on the Kalends; for I prefer that everything with those people be dealt with in my absence. I have sent on to you a letter from my brother Quintus, replying to mine not in any very kindly spirit, to be sure, but still in a way that ought to be enough for you, as I at least judge it. You will see for yourself.
Lepidus sent me a letter yesterday evening from Antium — for he was there. He has a house there, the one we sold him. He asks earnestly that I be in the Senate on the Kalends. He says I would be doing a great favor to both himself and Caesar. I think I ought to go. What do you say? Let me know.
Lepidus ad me heri vesperi litteras misit Antio. nam ibi erat. habet enim domum quam nos vendidimus. rogat magno opere ut sim Kal. in senatu; me et sibi et Caesari vehementer gratum esse facturum. puto equidem nihil esse. dixisset enim tibi fortasse aliquid Oppius, quoniam Balbus est aeger. sed tamen malui venire frustra quam desiderari, si opus esset. moleste ferrem postea. itaque hodie Anti cras ante meridiem domi. tu velim, nisi te impedivisti, apud nos pr. Kal. cum Pilia. [2] te spero cum Publilio confecisse. equidem Kal. in Tusculanum recurram; me enim absente omnia cum illis transigi malo. Quinti fratris epistulam ad te misi non satis humane illam quidem respondentem meis litteris sed tamen quod tibi satis sit, ut equidem existimo. tu videbis.
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Lepidus sent me a letter yesterday evening from Antium, for he was there. He owns the house there, the one we sold him. He asks me most earnestly to be present in the Senate on the Kalends; he says I will be doing both himself and Caesar a very great favor by it. For my part, I think there is nothing in it [no real business]. Oppius would perhaps have said something to you about it, since Balbus is ill. Still, I preferred to come for nothing rather than be missed, if there were any need. I should be annoyed about it afterward. So today I shall be at Antium, tomorrow before noon at home. I should be glad if you, unless you are otherwise engaged, would be with us on the day before the Kalends, together with Pilia. [2] I hope you have settled matters with Publilius. As for me, I shall hurry back to my Tusculan villa on the Kalends; for I prefer that everything with those people be dealt with in my absence. I have sent on to you a letter from my brother Quintus, replying to mine not in any very kindly spirit, to be sure, but still in a way that ought to be enough for you, as I at least judge it. You will see for yourself.
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Latin / Greek Original
Lepidus ad me heri vesperi litteras misit Antio. nam ibi erat. habet enim domum quam nos vendidimus. rogat magno opere ut sim Kal. in senatu; me et sibi et Caesari vehementer gratum esse facturum. puto equidem nihil esse. dixisset enim tibi fortasse aliquid Oppius, quoniam Balbus est aeger. sed tamen malui venire frustra quam desiderari, si opus esset. moleste ferrem postea. itaque hodie Anti cras ante meridiem domi. tu velim, nisi te impedivisti, apud nos pr. Kal. cum Pilia. [2] te spero cum Publilio confecisse. equidem Kal. in Tusculanum recurram; me enim absente omnia cum illis transigi malo. Quinti fratris epistulam ad te misi non satis humane illam quidem respondentem meis litteris sed tamen quod tibi satis sit, ut equidem existimo. tu videbis.