Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. -51 AD|Cicero|AI-assisted
I came to Tarentum on the 18th of May. As I had decided to await
Pomptinus, I thought it most convenient to spend the days before his
arrival with Pompey, the more so because I saw it pleased him. Indeed he
begged me to see him and to be at his house every day; and I am glad to
give him my company. I shall have some grand conversations with him
about the political situation, and shall get useful advice on this
business of mine.
I am beginning to send you shorter letters, as I do not know whether you
are in Rome, or have now started on your journey. However, so long as I
am ignorant of your whereabouts, I will write you a line rather than run
the risk of not sending you a letter, when a letter from me can reach
you. I have no commission for you and nothing to say. I have given
ut polliceris, exhauries. Narrabo, cum aliquid habebo novi. Illud tamen
non desinam, dum adesse te putabo, de Caesaris nomine rogare ut
confectum relinquas. Avide exspecto tuas litteras et maxime, ut norim
tempus profectionis tuae.
Tarentum veni at d. xv Kal. Iunias. quod Pomptinum statueram exspectare, commodissimum duxi dies eos quoad ille veniret cum Pompeio consumere eoque magis quod ei gratum esse id videbam, qui etiam a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cotidie. quod concessi libenter. multos enim eius praeclaros de re publica sermones accipiam, instruar etiam consiliis idoneis ad hoc nostrum negotium. [2] sed ad te brevior iam in scribendo incipio fieri dubitans Romaene sis an iam profectus. quod tamen quoad ignorabo, scribam aliquid potius quam committam ut tibi cum possint reddi a me litterae non reddantur. nec tamen iam habeo quod aut mandem tibi aut narrem. mandavi omnia; quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries. narrabo cum aliquid habebo novi. illud tamen non desinam, dum adesse (te) putabo, de Caesaris nomine rogare ut confectum relinquas. avide exspecto tuas litteras et maxime ut norim tempus profectionis tuae.
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I came to Tarentum on the 18th of May. As I had decided to await Pomptinus, I thought it most convenient to spend the days before his arrival with Pompey, the more so because I saw it pleased him. Indeed he begged me to see him and to be at his house every day; and I am glad to give him my company. I shall have some grand conversations with him about the political situation, and shall get useful advice on this business of mine.
I am beginning to send you shorter letters, as I do not know whether you are in Rome, or have now started on your journey. However, so long as I am ignorant of your whereabouts, I will write you a line rather than run the risk of not sending you a letter, when a letter from me can reach you. I have no commission for you and nothing to say. I have given
ut polliceris, exhauries. Narrabo, cum aliquid habebo novi. Illud tamen non desinam, dum adesse te putabo, de Caesaris nomine rogare ut confectum relinquas. Avide exspecto tuas litteras et maxime, ut norim tempus profectionis tuae.
Latin / Greek Original
Tarentum veni at d. xv Kal. Iunias. quod Pomptinum statueram exspectare, commodissimum duxi dies eos quoad ille veniret cum Pompeio consumere eoque magis quod ei gratum esse id videbam, qui etiam a me petierit ut secum et apud se essem cotidie. quod concessi libenter. multos enim eius praeclaros de re publica sermones accipiam, instruar etiam consiliis idoneis ad hoc nostrum negotium. [2] sed ad te brevior iam in scribendo incipio fieri dubitans Romaene sis an iam profectus. quod tamen quoad ignorabo, scribam aliquid potius quam committam ut tibi cum possint reddi a me litterae non reddantur. nec tamen iam habeo quod aut mandem tibi aut narrem. mandavi omnia; quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries. narrabo cum aliquid habebo novi. illud tamen non desinam, dum adesse (te) putabo, de Caesaris nomine rogare ut confectum relinquas. avide exspecto tuas litteras et maxime ut norim tempus profectionis tuae.