5 surviving letters between Marcus Tullius Cicero and Publius Cornelius Dolabella, spanning 45 BC.
“If you and Tullia are well, I am glad.”
“I would rather my letters were missed by you through my own death than through the misfortune by which I have been most gravely stricken.”
“I congratulate our Baiae, if, as you write, they have suddenly become healthful -- unless they merely love you and flatt…”
“Gaius Subernius of Cales is both a friend of mine and a very close connection of our dear friend Lepta.”
“Although I was content, my dear Dolabella, with your glory, and was deriving great joy and pleasure enough from it, neve…”