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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 2

Passage 12 of 1,479

Canonical reference 1.4.2

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

mea intercessio parata et est et fuit. nos hic incredibili ac singulari populi voluntate de C. Macro transegimus. cui cum aequi fuissemus, tamen multo maiorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus quam ex ipsius si absolutus esset gratia cepissemus.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

My mediation is and has been ready. Here, with an extraordinary and unparalleled measure of popular goodwill, I have finished the case of C. Macer. Although I had treated him fairly, his conviction brought me much greater profit in public esteem than his gratitude would have brought me had he been acquitted.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Mon entremise est prête et l’a toujours été. Ici, grâce à une faveur populaire incroyable et sans égale, nous en avons fini avec C. Macer. Bien que nous nous fussions montrés équitables envers lui, sa condamnation nous a cependant valu dans l’estime du peuple un profit bien supérieur à celui que sa reconnaissance nous aurait procuré s’il avait été acquitté.

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