Letters to Atticus Passage 3

Pompeius mihi quoque videbatur, quod scribis Varronem dicere, in Hispaniam certe iturus. id ego minime probabam; qui quidem Theophani facile persuasi nihil esse melius quam illum nusquam discedere. ergo Graecus incumbet. valet autem auctoritas eius apud illum plurimum.

Pompey also seemed to me, as you write that Varro says, certainly likely to go to Spain. I disapproved of this very strongly. Indeed, I easily persuaded Theophanes that nothing would be better than for Pompey to go nowhere. So the Greek will press the point. His influence with Pompey is extremely strong.

Pompée me semblait aussi, comme tu écris que Varron le dit, certainement destiné à partir pour l’Espagne. Je ne l’approuvais nullement. J’ai facilement persuadé Théophane que rien ne valait mieux que de le voir ne partir nulle part. Le Grec va donc s’y employer. Son autorité auprès de lui est très grande.