8 surviving letters between Marcus Terentius Varro and Marcus Tullius Cicero, spanning 45 BC.
“From the letter that Atticus read to me from you, I learned what you were doing and where you were.”
“Your Caninius, who is mine as well, came to me very late in the evening and said he was going to you the next morning.”
“Although I had nothing to write about, I could not send Caninius to you with nothing at all.”
“Know that I judge the problem of possibility according to Diodorus.”
“For my part, it seems to me that the Nones will come soon enough, and not only because of the state of the republic but also because of the season.”
“Our friend Caninius reminded me in your name to write to you if there was anything I thought you ought to know.”
“I was dining with Seius when letters from you were delivered to each of us.”
“Although not even the populace, however excited, is accustomed to demand a gift, even if someone has displayed one, stil…”