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Yet such was the subject in dispute when Cicero made his speech, De Provinciis Consularibus, as to the adjudication of the consular provinces. There was a strong opinion among many Senators that Cæsar should be stopped in his career. I need not here investigate the motives, either great or little, on which this opinion was founded.
T. speaks of 120 years, as unius hominis aetas. Et vera bona. T. has here in mind the distinction made by philosophers, particularly the Stoics, between the virtues, which they called the only real good, and the gifts of fortune, which they declared to be indifferent. Et et, both and, marks the distinction more strongly. Impleverat. Had enjoyed to the full. Consulari. Al. consularibus.
Such accidents require to be interpreted by the use which is made of them. Ad Quintum Fratrem, ii. 15. "Ego enim ne pilo quidem minus me amabo." Ibid., ii. 16. Other editions read "te." "Videor id judicio facere: jam enim debeo: sed amore sum incensus." Ad Quintum Fratrem, iii. 1. Ad Crassum. Ad Familiares, v. 8. Ad Lentulum. Ad Fam., i. 8. Ibid., i. 9. De Provinciis Consularibus.
His recantation is indicated in the speeches de Provinciis Consularibus and pro Balbo, in which he practically supports part, at least, of the arrangements of Luca. Whatever attention or affection I may shew you, though it may seem sufficient in the eyes of others, can never seem sufficient in my own.
Juvene usurpante. Dom. was now eighteen years old, cf. His. 4, 2: nondum ad curas intentus, sed stupris et adulteriis filium principis agebat. Is, sc. Mucianus. Vicesimae legioni. Decessor. Predecessor. It was Roscius Coelius. His. 1, 60. Legatis consularibus. Governors or Proconsuls. With reference to this consular authority, the same were called proconsules. Cf. note, H. 1, 49.
The roll of his great speeches is indeed continued after his return from exile; but even in the greatest, the Pro Sestio, the Pro Caelio, the De Provinciis Consularibus of 56, or the In Pisonem and Pro Plancio of 55 B.C., something of the old tone is missing; it is as though the same voice spoke on a smaller range of notes and with less flexibility of cadence.
"Ac primum illud tempus familiaritatis et consuetudinis, quae mihi cum illo, quae fratri meo, quae Caio Varroni, consobrino nostro, ab omnium nostrum adolescentia fuit, praetermitto." Cicero, De Provinciis Consularibus, 17.
Initia principatus ac statim urbis Mucianus regebat, juvene admodum Domitiano et ex paterna fortuna tantum licentiam usurpante. Is missum ad delectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum, vicesimae legioni, tarde ad sacramentum transgressae; praeposuit, ubi decessor seditiose agere narrabatur: quippe legatis quoque consularibus nimia ac formidolosa erat.
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