Marcus Tullius Cicero→Lucius Aemilius Paullus|c. 47 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome|AI-assisted
Marcus Cicero, proconsul, sends greetings to Lucius Paullus, consul-designate.
Although I never doubted that the Roman people, in view of your supreme services to the commonwealth and the most illustrious dignity of your family, would make you consul with the utmost enthusiasm and by all their votes, nevertheless I was filled with incredible joy when this was announced to me; and I pray the gods may bless this honor for you, and that you may administer it in keeping with your own dignity and that of your ancestors. And how I wish I could have been present to see that day, so longed for by me, and in return for your most generous zeal and kindnesses toward me to devote my own service and zeal to you! Since this unexpected and unforeseen mischance of the province has snatched that opportunity from me, nevertheless, so that I may be able to see you as consul conducting the affairs of the commonwealth in keeping with your dignity, I earnestly beg of you to take pains and to bring it about that no injustice be done to me, and that no time be added to my one-year term; and if you do this, a great crowning addition will be made to your former kind regard for me.
XII. Scr. in castris ad Cybistra Cappadociae eodem die, quo Ep. VII a.u.c. 703. M. CICERO PROCOS. S. D. L. PAULLO COS. DESIG.
Etsi mihi numquam fuit dubium, quin te populus Romanus pro tuis summis in rem publicam meritis et pro amplissima familiae dignitate summo studio, cunctis suffragiis consulem facturus esset, tamen incredibili laetitia sum affectus, cum id mihi nuntiatum est, eumque honorem tibi deos fortunare volo a teque ex tua maiorumque tuorum dignitate administrari. Atque utinam praesens illum diem mihi optatissimum videre potuissem proque tuis amplissimis erga me studiis atque beneficiis tibi operam meam studiumque navare! quam mihi facultatem quoniam hic necopinatus et improvisus provinciae casus eripuit, tamen, ut te consulem rem publicam pro tua dignitate gerentem videre possim, magno opere a te peto, ut operam des efficias, ne quid mihi fiat iniuriae neve quid temporis ad meum annum munus accedat; quod si feceris, magnus ad tua pristina erga me studia cumulus accedet.
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Marcus Cicero, proconsul, sends greetings to Lucius Paullus, consul-designate.
Although I never doubted that the Roman people, in view of your supreme services to the commonwealth and the most illustrious dignity of your family, would make you consul with the utmost enthusiasm and by all their votes, nevertheless I was filled with incredible joy when this was announced to me; and I pray the gods may bless this honor for you, and that you may administer it in keeping with your own dignity and that of your ancestors. And how I wish I could have been present to see that day, so longed for by me, and in return for your most generous zeal and kindnesses toward me to devote my own service and zeal to you! Since this unexpected and unforeseen mischance of the province has snatched that opportunity from me, nevertheless, so that I may be able to see you as consul conducting the affairs of the commonwealth in keeping with your dignity, I earnestly beg of you to take pains and to bring it about that no injustice be done to me, and that no time be added to my one-year term; and if you do this, a great crowning addition will be made to your former kind regard for me.
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Latin / Greek Original
XII. Scr. in castris ad Cybistra Cappadociae eodem die, quo Ep. VII a.u.c. 703. M. CICERO PROCOS. S. D. L. PAULLO COS. DESIG.
Etsi mihi numquam fuit dubium, quin te populus Romanus pro tuis summis in rem publicam meritis et pro amplissima familiae dignitate summo studio, cunctis suffragiis consulem facturus esset, tamen incredibili laetitia sum affectus, cum id mihi nuntiatum est, eumque honorem tibi deos fortunare volo a teque ex tua maiorumque tuorum dignitate administrari. Atque utinam praesens illum diem mihi optatissimum videre potuissem proque tuis amplissimis erga me studiis atque beneficiis tibi operam meam studiumque navare! quam mihi facultatem quoniam hic necopinatus et improvisus provinciae casus eripuit, tamen, ut te consulem rem publicam pro tua dignitate gerentem videre possim, magno opere a te peto, ut operam des efficias, ne quid mihi fiat iniuriae neve quid temporis ad meum annum munus accedat; quod si feceris, magnus ad tua pristina erga me studia cumulus accedet.