nicephorius

Updated: July 19, 2026

I much approved of your steward Nicephorius, and I asked him what orders you had given about that small building at Laterium, about which you spoke to me. I quite approve, by Hercules, of your making the additions you had determined upon; although the villa as it stands seems to have the air of a philosopher, meant to rebuke the extravagance of other villas.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1: The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order