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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 3
Passage 669 of 1,479
Canonical reference 8.12A.3
Latin
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D. Laelio mandaram, quod maiores copias sperabam nos habituros, ut, si vobis videretur, alter uter vestrum ad me veniret, alter in Siciliam cum ea copia quam Capuae et circum Capuam comparastis et cum iis militibus quos Faustus legit proficisceretur, Domitius cum xii suis cohortibus eodem adiungeretur, reliquae copiae omnes Brundisium cogerentur et inde navibus Dyrrachium transportarentur. nunc cum hoc tempore nihilo magis ego quam vos subsidio Domitio ire possim se per montis explicare, non est nobis committendum ut ad has xiiii cohortis quas dubio animo habeo hostis accedere aut in itinere me consequi possit
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Because I hoped that we would have larger forces, I instructed Decimus Laelius that, if you approved, one of you should come to me and the other should set out for Sicily with the force you had raised at and around Capua and with the soldiers enlisted by Faustus; Domitius was to join him there with his twelve cohorts, while all remaining forces were to be concentrated at Brundisium and transported by ship from there to Dyrrachium. Now, since at present I can no more go to Domitius' relief than you can, and he can extricate himself through the mountains, we must not risk allowing the enemy to approach these fourteen cohorts, about whose loyalty I am uncertain, or to overtake me on the march.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Comme j’espérais que nous disposerions de forces plus importantes, j’avais chargé Decimus Laelius de vous demander que, si vous le jugiez bon, l’un de vous vînt auprès de moi, tandis que l’autre partirait pour la Sicile avec les troupes réunies à Capoue et aux environs, ainsi qu’avec les soldats recrutés par Faustus ; que Domitius le rejoignît avec ses douze cohortes ; que toutes les autres forces fussent concentrées à Brindes et transportées de là par mer à Dyrrachium. Maintenant que je ne puis pas plus que vous aller au secours de Domitius, à moins qu’il ne se dégage par les montagnes, nous ne devons pas permettre que l’ennemi s’approche de ces quatorze cohortes dont les dispositions m’inspirent des doutes, ou qu’il me rejoigne en chemin.
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