CCCCXCIX (A XII, 8)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
Tusculum (second intercalary month)
As to my son, my plan meets with wide approval. I have
got a suitable travelling companion for him[1]. But let us
first see about getting the first instalment[2]. For the day is
fast approaching, and Dolabella is hurrying away. Write
and tell me, pray, what Celer reports Cæsar to have settled
about the candidates. Does the great man think of going
to the plain of the Fennel or to the plain of Mars?[3] And,
finally, I should very much like to know whether there is
any positive necessity for my being at Rome for the
comitia: for I must do what Pilia wishes, and anyhow what
Attica does.
D (A XII, 11)
TO ATTICUS (AT ROME)
Tusculum (second intercalary month)
I am sorry to hear about Seius. But we must put up
with whatever is natural to man. Why, what are we ourselves,
and how long are we destined to feel for such
things? Let me look to what is more within my control—yet,
after all, not much more so—namely, what I am to do
about the senate. And, not to omit anything, Cæsonius
