Readings from the literature of Ancient Rome in English translations . e Adriatic, and when his enemieswent out of of&ce a decree was passed recalling him toRome. Cicero regarded his consulship and his treatment ofthe Catilinarian conspiracy as the great achievements ofhis life ; that is why he was overcome with such horrorthat the State should treat him so ungratefully. Brindisi [April 20th, 58 ] My darling Terentia, my little Tullia, andMY BOY Cicero,I do not send you as many letters as I might, becauseI am always wretched ; but when I write to you or readyour letters I weep so bitterly
Readings from the literature of Ancient Rome in English translations . e Adriatic, and when his enemieswent out of of&ce a decree was passed recalling him toRome. Cicero regarded his consulship and his treatment ofthe Catilinarian conspiracy as the great achievements ofhis life ; that is why he was overcome with such horrorthat the State should treat him so ungratefully. Brindisi [April 20th, 58 ] My darling Terentia, my little Tullia, andMY BOY Cicero,I do not send you as many letters as I might, becauseI am always wretched ; but when I write to you or readyour letters I weep so bitterly that I cannot bear , if only I had been less greedy of life ! Then I shouldtruly have seen nothing or but little of the evil of if Fate has preserved me for some hope of regainingone day a measure of prosperity, I have not made sogreat a mistake; but if my present unhappy plight isfixed for ever, I would honestly like to see you agjiin, mydarling, as quickly as possible—and then to die in yourarms; for we have received no gratitude either from the. s oPi «<w p . 0w ? Ol ? awgB wH CICERO 115 gods, whom you have worshipped so piously, or from menwhom I have always served. I have been staying thirteen days at Brindisi withMarcus Laenius Flaccus, a splendid man, who sets mysafety far above danger to his own life and fortunes;the penalty of that iniquitous decree has not preventedhis offering me everything which hospitality and friend-ship could demand. I hope I shall be able to show mygratitude some day. I leave Brindisi on April 30th; I am making forCyzicus by way of Macedonia. Oh, how lonely andwretched I am! But what can I do ? Ask you to come ?A woman ill and worn-out in mind and body ? Of coursenot. Then must I do without you ? This, I think, iswhat I will do ; if there is hope of my recall, you mustpromote it and help it on ; but if, as I fear, it is all overand done with, do your very best to come to me can be quite sure of one thing : if I hav
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