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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 1
Passage 356 of 1,479
Canonical reference 5.2.1
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
A. d. vi Idus Maias , cum has dabam litteras, ex Pompeiano proficiscebar ut eo die manerem in Trebulano apud Pontium. deinde cogitabam sine ulla mora iusta itinera facere. in Cumano cum essem, venit ad me, quod mihi pergratum fuit, noster Hortensius; cui deposcenti mea mandata cetera universe mandavi, illud proprie, ne pateretur quantum esset in ipso prorogari nobis provincias. in quo eum tu velim confirmes gratumque mihi fecisse dicas quod et venerit ad me et hoc mihi praetereaque si quid opus esset promiserit. confirmavi ad eam causam etiam Furnium nostrum quem ad annum tribunum pl. videbam fore.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
On the sixth day before the Ides of May, when I dispatched this letter, I was leaving my Pompeian villa to spend that day at Pontius' house near Trebula. Afterward I intended to make the regular stages without any delay. While I was at my estate at Cumae, our friend Hortensius came to me, which gave me great pleasure. When he asked for my instructions, I entrusted him generally with all the rest, and particularly charged him not to allow my provincial command to be prolonged, so far as this lay within his power. Please strengthen his resolve in this matter, and tell him that I am grateful because he came to see me and promised me this assistance and anything else I might require. I also enlisted our friend Furnius in this cause, since I saw that he would be tribune of the plebs next year.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Le sixième jour avant les ides de mai, au moment où je confiais cette lettre, je quittais ma propriété de Pompéi pour passer la journée à Trebula chez Pontius. Ensuite, je pensais accomplir les étapes régulières sans aucun retard. Pendant mon séjour à Cumes, notre Hortensius est venu me voir, ce qui m’a été très agréable. Comme il me demandait mes instructions, je lui ai confié toutes les autres en général et celle-ci en particulier: autant qu’il dépendrait de lui, ne pas laisser proroger ma province. Je voudrais que tu le confirmes dans cette résolution et que tu lui dises combien je lui sais gré d’être venu me voir et de m’avoir promis cela, ainsi que toute autre aide dont j’aurais besoin. J’ai aussi gagné à cette cause notre Furnius, que je voyais destiné au tribunat de la plèbe pour l’année suivante.
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