Cicerone — Lettere ad Attico, vol. 2 di 3

Cicerone

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THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY EDITED BY T. E. PAGE, M.A., AND W. H. D. ROUSE, LITT. D. LETTERS TO ATTICUS II CICERO LETTERS TO ATTICUS WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY E. O. WINSTEDT, M.A. OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE. OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES II LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. MCMXXI INTRODUCTION This second volume of Cicero's _Letters to Atticus_ embraces one of the most important epochs in Roman history, the fall of the Republic in the struggle between Pompey and Caesar. The storm which had long been brewing broke just as Cicero returned from Cilicia over the question of Caesar's resignation of office. By the agreement made in 56 B.C. Caesar's governorship of Gaul was renewed for five years and he was then to be re-elected to the consulship in 48 B.C. As the renewal dated from March 1, 54 B.C., his term of office would naturally expire on March 1, 49 B.C.: but according to the rule in vogue at the time of the reappointment he would not be superseded until Jan. 1, 48 B.C., the date on which he would enter on the consulship. He would therefore hold from March 1, 54 B.C., his term of office would naturally expire on March 1, 49 B.C.: but according to the rule in vogue at the time of the reappointment he would not be superseded until Jan. 1, 48 B.C., the date on which he would enter on the consulship. He would therefore hold office continually, and his enemies, the Senatorial party, would have no chance of bringing a prosecution against him, which might be fatal to his career. But in 52 B.C. they had induced Pompey to bring forward a new law by which ex-magistrates di

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