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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 3

Passage 816 of 1,479

Canonical reference 10.7.3

Latin

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Curio mecum vixit iacere Caesarem putans offensione populari Siciliaeque diffidens si Pompeius navigare coepisset. Quintum puerum accepi vehementer. avaritiam video fuisse et spem magni congiari. magnum hoc malum est, sed scelus illud quod timueramus spero nullum fuisse. hoc autem vitium puto te existimare non a nostra indulgentia sed a natura profectum. quem tamen nos disciplina regemus. de Oppiis Veliensibus quid placeat cum Philotimo videbis Epirum nostram putabimus sed alios cursus videbamur habituri.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Curio stayed with me believing that Caesar was prostrate from popular disfavor, and distrusting his prospects in Sicily if Pompey began naval operations. I gave young Quintus a severe reception. I see that there was greed and the hope of a large cash gift. This is a great evil, but I hope there was none of that criminality we feared. You, I think, consider this fault to have arisen not from our indulgence but from his nature. Nevertheless, we shall govern him through discipline. You will decide with Philotimus what should be done about the Oppii at Velia. We shall think of Epirus as ours, but it seemed that we would take other routes.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Curion a séjourné avec moi en pensant que César était abattu par l'hostilité populaire et en désespérant de la Sicile si Pompée commençait à naviguer. J'ai reçu le jeune Quintus avec une grande sévérité. Je vois qu'il y a eu cupidité et espoir d'un important congiaire. C'est un grand mal, mais j'espère que le crime que nous redoutions n'a pas existé. Tu penses, je crois, que ce vice procède non de notre indulgence, mais de sa nature. Nous le gouvernerons pourtant par la discipline. Pour les propriétés des Oppius à Vélia, tu verras avec Philotimus ce qui convient. Nous les regarderons comme notre Épire, mais nous pensions suivre d'autres routes.

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