Letters to Atticus Passage 2

Ligarianam, ut video, praeclare auctoritas tua commendavit. scripsit enim ad me Balbus et Oppius mirifice se probare ob eamque causam ad Caesarem eam se oratiunculam misisse. hoc igitur idem tu mihi antea scripseras.

As I see, your influence has splendidly recommended the speech for Ligarius. Balbus and Oppius wrote that they approved the little speech wonderfully and for that reason had sent it to Caesar. You had already written the same thing to me.

À ce que je vois, ton autorité a admirablement recommandé la Ligariana. Balbus et Oppius m’ont en effet écrit qu’ils l’approuvaient merveilleusement et que, pour cette raison, ils avaient envoyé ce petit discours à César. C’est précisément ce que tu m’avais écrit auparavant.