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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 4

Passage 903 of 1,479

Canonical reference 11.7.4

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Sulpici autem consilium non scripsisti cur meo non anteponeres. quod etsi non tam gloriosum est quam Catonis, tamen et periculo vacuum est et dolore. extremum est eorum qui in Achaia sunt. ii tamen ipsi se hoc melius habent quam nos quod et multi sunt uno in loco et, cum in Italiam venerint, domum statim venerint. haec tu perge, ut facis, mitigare et probare quam plurimis.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

You did not write why you did not prefer Sulpicius' plan to mine. Although it is not so glorious as Cato's, it is free both from danger and from pain. The last alternative is that of the men in Achaea. Yet they are better situated than we are in this respect: many are together in one place, and when they come to Italy, they will come straight home. Continue, as you are doing, to soften these matters and persuade as many people as possible to approve.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Tu ne m’as pas écrit pourquoi tu ne préférais pas à ma décision celle de Sulpicius. Bien qu’elle ne soit pas aussi glorieuse que celle de Caton, elle est du moins exempte de danger et de douleur. Le dernier parti est celui des hommes qui sont en Achaïe. Ils ont pourtant cet avantage sur nous: ils sont nombreux réunis en un seul lieu et, lorsqu’ils viendront en Italie, ils rentreront aussitôt chez eux. Continue, comme tu le fais, à adoucir ces choses et à faire approuver ma conduite par le plus grand nombre possible.

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