§7.14.1A. d. vi Kal. Febr. Capuam Calibus proficiscens, cum leviter lippirem, has litteras dedi.
On January 27, setting out from Cales for Capua, while suffering from a mild eye-inflammation, I dispatched this letter.
L. Caesar mandata Caesaris detulit ad Pompeium a.
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d. viii Kal. , cum is esset cum consulibus Teani.
Caesar delivered Caesar's proposals to Pompey on January 25, when the latter was with the consuls at Teanum.
probata condicio est, sed ita ut ille de iis oppidis quae extra suam provinciam occupavisset praesidia deduceret.
The terms were approved, but on the condition that he should withdraw his garrisons from those towns which he had occupied outside his own province.
id si fecisset, responsum est ad urbem nos redituros esse et rem per senatum confecturos.
If he did this, the reply was that we would return to the city and settle the matter through the senate.
spero posse in praesentia pacem nos habere; nam et illum furoris et hunc nostrum copiarum suppaenitet.
I hope that for the present we can have peace; for both that man is somewhat regretful of his madness and our man of his lack of forces.
§7.14.2me Pompeius Capuam venire voluit et adiuvare dilectum; in quo parum prolixe respectent Campani coloni.
Pompey wanted me to come to Capua and assist with the levy; in which business the Campanian colonists show very little enthusiasm.
gladiatores Caesaris qui Capuae sunt, de quibus ante ad te falsum ex A. Torquati litteris scripseram, sane commode Pompeius distribuit binos singulis patribus familiarum.
As for Caesar's gladiators who are at Capua, about whom I had previously written to you a false report based on A. Torquatus's letter, Pompey has very conveniently distributed them, two to each head of a household.
scutorum in ludo IↃↃ fuerunt.
There were five thousand shields in the school.
eruptionem facturi fuisse dicebantur.
They were said to be about to make a break-out.
sane multum in eo rei publicae provisum est.
Indeed, in this matter great precautions have been taken for the public interest.
§7.14.3de mulieribus nostris in quibus est tua soror, quaeso videas ut satis honestum nobis sit eas Romae esse cum ceterae illa dignitate discesserint.
Regarding our women, among whom is your sister, I beg you to see whether it is respectable enough for us that they remain in Rome, when other women of their rank have departed.
hoc scripsi ad eas et ad te ipsum antea.
I wrote about this to them and to you yourself before.
velim eas cohortere ut exeant, praesertim cum ea praedia in ora maritima habeamus quoi ego praesum ut in iis pro re nata non incommode possint esse.
I would like you to urge them to leave, especially since we have those estates on the coast, which I supervise, so that they can reside in them not inconveniently according to circumstances.
nam si quid offendimus in genero nostro (quod quidem ego praestare non debeo)—sed id fit maius quod mulieres nostrae praeter ceteras Romae remanserunt.
For even if we find any cause of offense in our son-in-law (for which indeed I ought not to be held responsible)—yet the matter becomes more serious because our women, unlike the rest, have remained in Rome.
tu ipse cum Sexto scire velim quid cogites de exeundo de totaque re quid existimes.
I should like to know what you yourself, along with Sextus, are thinking about leaving, and what you think of the whole situation.
equidem ad paceni hortari non desino; quae vel iniusta utilior est quam iustissimum bellum cum civibus.
For my part, I do not cease to exhort to peace; which, even if unjust, is more useful than the most just war with fellow citizens.
sed haec ut fors tulerit.
But these things will be as fortune brings them.