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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 1

Passage 164 of 1,479

Canonical reference 2.15.1

Latin

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ut scribis ita video non minus incerta in re publica quam in epistula tua, sed tamen ista ipsa me varietas sermonum opinionumque delectat. Romae enim videor esse cum tuas litteras lego et, ut fit in tantis rebus, modo hoc modo illud audire. illud tamen explicare non possum quidnam inveniri possit nullo recusante ad facultatem agrariam.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

As you write, so I see: public affairs are no less uncertain than your letter. Yet that very diversity of reports and opinions delights me. When I read your letters, I seem to be at Rome and, as happens in matters so momentous, to hear now one thing, now another. Still, I cannot explain what can possibly be found, with no one objecting, to furnish the means for the agrarian distribution.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Je vois, comme tu l’écris, que la situation de la République n’est pas moins incertaine que ta lettre. Pourtant cette diversité même de propos et d’opinions me plaît. En lisant ta lettre, je me crois à Rome et, comme il arrive dans de si grandes affaires, j’entends tantôt ceci, tantôt cela. Je ne peux toutefois comprendre quel moyen on pourrait trouver, puisque personne ne refuse, pour rendre possible l’opération agraire.

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