Acilius, proconsul of Sicily & Marcus Tullius Cicero

“I am on the most intimate terms with Gaius Curtius Mithres, a freedman; his patron was most closely connected with me, a…”

“I commend to you Manius Curius most warmly.”

“I commend to you Lucius Manlius Sosis, a citizen of Catina, a man of the highest standing in his community and most closely connected with me.”

“Demetrius of Magnesia, a most learned man and devoted to our studies, is my guest-friend and intimate.”

“I commend to you Lucius Genucilius Curvus, a man of equestrian rank and the highest integrity.”

“I commend to you Titus Claudius, son of Titus, a most honorable man and my very close friend.”

“Publius Cuspinius, a man of the greatest integrity and my most intimate friend, has business in your province.”

“I commend to you Gaius Maenius Gemellus, my client and a man of the greatest integrity.”

“I am on the most intimate terms with Lucius Livineius Regulus, and I commend him to you most warmly.”

“Lucius Bruttius, a man of equestrian rank and the highest integrity, is my very close friend.”

“Lucius Mescinius Rufus, my questor during my proconsulship in Cilicia, is a man of the highest integrity and singular devotion.”