§5.20.6haec adhuc.
So much for this.
sed ad praeterita revertamur.
But let us return to the past.
quod me maxime hortaris et quod pluris est quam omnia, in quo laboras ut etiam Ligurino Μώμῳ satis faciamus, moriar si quicquam fieri potest elegantius.
As to what you most strongly urge me to do, and what is worth more than everything, and what you are taking pains about so that we may satisfy even the Ligurian Momus, may I die if anything can be done with more elegance.
nec iam ego hanc continentiam appello, quae virtus voluptati resistere videtur.
And I no longer call this "self-restraint," which is a virtue that seems to resist pleasure.
ego in vita mea nulla umquam voluptate tanta sum adfectus quanta adficior hac integritate, nec me tam fama quae summa est quam res ipsa delectat.
In my life I have never been affected by any pleasure as great as that by which I am affected by this integrity of mine; nor does the fame, which is at its height, delight me as much as the thing itself.
quid quaeris? fuit tanti.
What more do you want? It was worth it.
me ipse non noram nec satis sciebam quid in hoc genere facere possem.
I did not know myself, nor did I sufficiently know what I could do in this kind.
recte πεφυσίωμαι.
I am justly proud.
nihil est praeequis carius.
Nothing is more glorious.
interim haec λαμπρά.
Meanwhile, these are brilliant (λαμπρά) achievements.
Ariobarzanes opera mea vivit, regnat; ἐν consilio et auctoritate et quod insidiatoribus eius ἀπρόσιτον me non modo ἀδωροδόκητον praebui regem regnumque servavi.
Ariobarzanes lives and reigns through my efforts; by my advice (ἐν consilio) and authority, and because I showed myself to his conspirators not only incorruptible (ἀδωροδόκητον) but also inaccessible (ἀπρόσιτον), I have saved both king and kingdom.
interea e Cappadocia ne pilum quidem.
Meanwhile, from Cappadocia, not even a hair has been lost.
Brutum abiectum quantum potui excitavi; quem non minus amo quam tu, paene dixi quam te.
I have encouraged the dejected Brutus as much as I could; whom I love no less than you do, I had almost said than I love you.
atque etiam spero toto anno imperi nostri terruncium sumptus in provincia nullum fore.
And indeed I hope that during the whole year of our command there will not be a farthing of expense to the province.
§5.20.7habes omnia.
You have the whole story.
nunc publice litteras Romam mittere parabam.
I was now preparing to send an official letter to Rome.
uberiores erunt quam si ex Amano misissem.
It will be fuller than if I had sent it from Amanus.
at te Romae non fore! sed est totum in eo quid Kalendis Martiis futurum sit.
But to think that you will not be in Rome! However, everything depends on what will happen on the Kalends of March.
vereor enim ne cum de provincia agetur, si Caesar resistet, nos retineamur.
For I fear that when the provinces are discussed, if Caesar resists, we may be retained.
his tu si adesses, nihil timerem.
If you were present at these things, I should fear nothing.
§5.20.8redeo ad urbana quae ego diu ignorans ex tuis iucundissimis litteris a. d. v Kal. Ianuarias denique cognovi.
I return to city affairs, of which, having been long ignorant, I finally learned on the fifth day before the Kalends of January from your most delightful letter.
eas diligentissime Philogenes, libertus tuus, curavit perlonga et non satis tuta via perferendas.
Your freedman Philogenes took the greatest care to bring it by a very long and not very safe route.
nam quas Laeni pueris scribis datas non acceperam.
For the ones you write were given to the servants of Laenius, I had not received.
iucunda de Caesare et quae senatus decrevit et quae tu speras.
The news about Caesar is pleasant—both what the senate decreed and what you hope for.
quibus ille si cedit, salvi sumus.
If he yields to these, we are safe.
incendio Plaetoriano quod Seius ambustus es minus moleste fero.
As to the Plaetorian fire, in which Seius was singed, I bear it with less annoyance.
Lucceius de Q. Cassio cur tam vehemens fuerit et quid actum sit aveo scire.
I am anxious to know why Lucceius was so vehement against Quintus Cassius and what was done.
§5.20.9ego cum Laodiceam venero, Quinto sororis tuae filio togam puram iubeor dare; cui moderabor diligentius.
When I come to Laodicea, I am requested to give the plain toga to Quintus, the son of your sister; whom I shall govern with greater care.
Deiotarus cuius auxiliis magnis usus sum ad me, ut scripsit, cum Ciceronibus Laodiceam venturus erat.
Deiotarus, whose great assistance I have used, was about to come to me at Laodicea, as he wrote, with the young Ciceros.
tuas etiam Epiroticas exspecto litteras, ut habeam rationem non modo negoti verum etiam oti tui.
I am also expecting your letters from Epirus, so that I may have an account not only of your business but also of your leisure.
Nicanor in officio est et a me liberaliter tractatur.
Nicanor does his duty and is treated by me with liberality.
quem, ut puto, Romam cum litteris publicis mittam, ut et diligentius perferantur et idem ad me certa de te et a te referat.
I think I shall send him to Rome with the public dispatches, so that they may be delivered more carefully and he may bring me back certain news of you and from you.
Alexis quod mihi totiens salutem adscribit est gratum; sed cur non suis litteris idem facit quod meus ad te Alexis facit? Phemio quaeritur κέρασ.
That Alexis so often adds his greetings to me is pleasing; but why does he not do the same in his own letters, as my Alexis does to you? A horn (κέρας) is being sought for Phemius.
sed haec hactenus.
But so much for these things.
cura ut valeas et ut sciam quando cogites Romam.
Take care of your health, and let me know when you think of going to Rome.
etiam atque etiam vale.
Farewell again and again.
§5.20.10tua tuosque Thermo et praesens Ephesi diligentissime commendaram et nunc per litteras ipsumque intellexi esse perstudiosum tui.
I had most carefully recommended your interests and your friends to Thermus when I was present in Ephesus, and now also by letter; and I have understood that he himself is very zealous for you.
tu velim, quod antea ad te scripsi, de domo Pammeni des operam ut quod tuo meoque beneficio puer habet cures ne qua ratione convellatur.
I wish you would take pains, as I wrote to you before, concerning the house of Pammenes, to care that what the boy has by your benefit and mine is not shaken by any means.
utrique nostrum honestum existimo; tum mihi erit pergratum.
I think it honorable to both of us; and besides, it will be very pleasing to me.