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Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Select orations of M. Tullius Cicero from the text of Jo. Casp. Orellius, with notes, critical and explanatory, for the use of schools and colleges

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are bound to me by indissoluble ties
of gratitude. Not by greater, rejoins
Cic, than were Trebonius, Cimber,
&c, &c, to Caesar ; in comparison of
whom, Oh, what a difference.

6. Ingenium] Plin. Nat. H. vii.
25, exemplifies the abilities of Caesar :
' Scribere ct legere simul ; et dictare
et audire solitum accepimus. Epis-
tolas vero tantarum rerum quaternas
pariter librariis dictare, aut si nihil



aliud ageret, septenas' !

7. Memoria] Deiot. 15. n. 7.
' Memoriam tuam implorat qua vales
plurimum.'

8. Multos annos] Suet. Jul. 9,
quotes, as would appear, from Cic.
' Caesarem in consulatu confirmasse
regnum, de quo aedilis cogitarat.'
And c. 22, he dates the design from
his obtaining the province of Gaul.
The former date would give about fif-
teen years. But any one who reads
the dangers and difficulties of his wars,
and the fearless exposure of his per-
son in battles, during the nine years
which he was absent from Rome,
leaving to Cicero and Pompey all the
favours of the people, will be disposed
to question the fact of any premedi-
tated plan to overturn the liberties of
his country. As is usual in all such
cases, at every succeeding step, the
path opened before him, and what at
first appeared insurmountable, became
easy and plain.

9. Muneribus] Suet. Jul. 26. 39.
They consisted of gladiatorial shews,
and games of all descriptions.



430 M. T. CICERONIS ORATIO

numentis, 10 congiariis, 11 epulis, 12 raultitudinem imperitam
delenierat : suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie de-
vinxerat. Quid multa ? attulerat jam libera? civitati, partim
metu, partim patientia, consuetudinem serviendi.

XLVI. Cum illo ego te dominandi cupiditate conferre
possum, ceteris vero rebus nullo modo comparandus es.
Sed ex plurimis malis, quae ab illo reipublicae sunt inusta, 1
hoc tamen boni est, quod didicit jam populus Romanus,
quantum cuique crederet, qui bus se committeret, a qui bus
caveret. Haec non cogitas? nee intelligis, satis esse viris
ibrtibus didicisse, quam sit re pulchrum, beneficio gratum,
fama gloriosum, tyrannum occidere ? An, quum ilium ho-
mines non tulerint, te ferent ? Certatim posthac, mihi crede,
ad hoc opus curretur, neque occasionis 2 tarditas exspectabi-
tur.

Respice, quaeso, aliquando 3 rempublicam, M. Antoni :
quibus ortus sis, non quibuscum vivas, 4 considera : mecum, 5
ut voles ; cum republica redi in gratiam. Sed de te tu vi-
deris : 6 ego de me ipse profitebor. Defendi rempublicam
adolescens, 7 non deseram senex : contempsi Catilinae gladios,
non pertimescam tuos. Quin etiam corpus libenter obtule-



10. Monumentis] A circus, forum, occasion. The other accounts of
amphitheatre, temple of Venus Ge- these feasts are equally surprising,
netrix, &c. Plin. xxxvi. 15, and Sect. XLVI. 1. Jniuta] Mil. 36.
Suet. Jul. 26. These he did ; for what n. 4.

he designed to do, vid. Suet. Jul. 44. 2. Occasionis] Fest. ' opportunitas

11. Congiariis] (From ' Congus,' temporis, casu quodam provenien-
a liquid measure, containing six sex- tis.'

tarius or pints,) signified gifts made 3. Aliquando'] On the principle of

by generals to the people, usually of ' better late than never.'

wine, oil, &c, but sometimes of 4. Non quibus vivas] Sex. Clodius,

money. Suet. Aug. 41. Their gifts Mustela, Saxa, &c.

to the soldiers were called donatives. 5. Mecum] Sc. ' redi in gratiam.'

So Suet. Ner. 7, 'Populo congiarium, Terent. Hecyr. v. 1. * Nostra utere

militi donativum proposuit ;' but this amicitia ut voles.'

distinction is not always observed. 6. Videris] Used imperatively.

Vid. Att. xvi. 8, where Antony's 'But do you see to yourself : I have

gift to the Macedonian legions is given you fair warning. As for me ;

called a congiary. my declaration, as touching myself,

12. Epulis] Noticed by Plut. Dio. shall be.'

and, particularly, Suet. The first 7. Adolescens] The early services
>tates the number of triclinia at 2200. of Cic. in the JYIarsic war, Plut. Cic.
Pliny mentions the case of Hirtius 3, are not here alluded to, but, as ex-
lending Caesar 6000 lampries for the plained by himself in the following



PHILIPPICA SECUNDA, Cap. 46.



431



rim, si repraesentari 8 morte mea libertas civitatis potest ; ut
aliquando 9 dolor populi Romani pariat, quod jamdiu partu-
rit ! Etenim si abhinc annos prope viginti hoc ipso in tem-
plo negavi posse 10 mortem immaturam esse consulari ; quanto
verius nunc negabo seni ! Mihi vero, 12 Patres conscripti, jam
etiam optanda mors est, perfuncto rebus 12 iis, quas adeptus
sum, 13 quasque gessi. Duo modo haec opto: u unum, ut
moriens populum Romanum liberum relinquam; hoc mihi
majus ab diis immortalibus dari nihil potest : alteram, ut ita
cuique eveniat, ut de republica quisque mereatur.



clause, his consulship.

8. Repraesentari] Properly 'to place
again before the view,' here to be im-
mediately restored ; a meaning which
it seems to take from pecuniary trans-
actions, wherein it was used to signify
* prompt payment.' Vid. Gronov. de
Sest. i. 6.

9. Ut aliquando] He considers the
people to have conceived and to be
long in labour of a riddance of Anto-
ny ; which he thinks would be facili-
tated by Antony's having recourse to
violence against himself, which he
would not oppose, as it would give the
people an opportunity to avenge his
death.

10. Negavi posse] Cat. iv. 2. ' Ne-
que enim turpis mors forti viro potest
accidere, neque immatura consulari,
nee misera sapienti.' This speech
also was made in the temple of Con-
cord.



11. Mihi vero] Phil. i. 15. 'Mihi
vero satis est quod vixi, &c.'

12. Rebxis] This word here applies
both to the offices which he enjoyed
and the exploits which he performed ;
' adeptus' referring to the former, and
' gessi' to the latter. We take the
word 'things,' or 'matters,' in the
same loose acceptation.

13. Quas adeptus sum] * Quaestura,
aedilitas, praetura, consulatus, pro-
consulate Ciliciae, auguratus, sup-
plicationes, nomen imperatoris, &c.'
Abram.

14. Duoopto] Similarly, Dein.
de Cor. 101. Et 8' doa i\ovviv ovrutq
dt'idrwc, tovtovq fitv avrovg Katf
iavrovg, ta>\c teat TrpouXeig iv yy
teat OaXarry irottjaairt' rfpiv Si rohj
\oiiroig rtjv raxioTTjv diraWayrjv
ruiv tTcnprrifitvtov tybfiwv Son, cat
avrrjpiav doipdkrj.



M. TULLII CICERONIS



IN



MARCUM ANTONIUM,



NONA*



ORATIO.



1. Vellem, dii immortales fecissent, Patres conscripti, ut
vivo potius Ser. Sulpicio gratias ageremus, 1 quam honorcs
mortuo quaereremus. Nee vero dubito, quin, si ille vir lega-
tionem renuntiare 2 potuisset, reditus ejus et nobis gratus
merit, et reipublieae salutaris futurus ; non quo L. Philippo 3
et L. Pisoni 4 aut studium ant cura defuerit in tanto officio
tantoque munere ; sed quum Ser. Sulpicius aetate illos an-
teiret, sapientia omnes, subito ereptus e causa/ totam lega-
tionem orbam et debilitatam reliquit. Quod si cuiquam
Justus honos habitus est in morte legato, in nullo justior,
quam in Ser. Sulpicio, reperietur. Ceteri, qui in legatione
mortem obierunt, ad incertum vitae periculum sine ullo mor-

* Introd. 11. apud eum fuistis, nee ut consulares ;'

Sect. I. 1. Gratias ageremus'] whereas it does not appear that the

Mil. 35. n. 18. son had ever been consul. The Phi-

2. Legationem renuntiare'] Give an lippi were of the ' gens Marcia.'
account of. 4. L. Pisoni] Phil. i. 4. 6.

3. L. Philippo] The step-father of 5. causa] Among the various
Augustus, consul a. v. 697. Em. meanings of this word is that of ' busi-
contends that the son of that Philip is ness, commission, &c.' Thus, Ver.
meant ; and this might be more lea- v. 73. ' Halesinus ^Eneas, cui sena-
dily conceded, if Cic. did not say, tus dederat publice causam ut mihi
(Phil. viii. 10,) 'nee vos ut legati fratrique meo gratias ageret.'

P P



434 M. T. CICERONIS ORATIO

tis metu profecti sunt : Ser. Sulpicius cum aliqua perveniendi
ad M. Antonium 6 spe profectus est, nulla revertendi. Qui
quum ita affectus esset, ut, si ad gravem valetudinem labor"
accessisset, sibi ipse diffideret; non recusavit, quo minus
vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem reipublicae ferre posset,
experiretur. Itaque non ilium vis hiemis, non nives, non
longitudo itineris, non asperitas viarum, non morbus ingra-
vescens retardavit ; quumquejam adcongressum eolloquium-
que ejus pervenisset, ad quem erat missus, in ipsa cura et
meditatione obeundi sui muneris excessit e vita. Ut igitur
alia, sic hoc, C. Pansa, praeclare, quod nos ad honorandum
Ser. Sulpicium cohortatus es, et ipse multa copiose de illius
laude dixisti. Quibus a te dictis, nihil praeter sententiam
dicerem, nisi P. Servilio respondendum putarem, qui hunc
honorem statuae nemini tribuendum censuit, nisi ei, qui ferro
esset in legatione interfectus. Ego autem, Patres conscripti,
sic interpretor sensisse majores nostros, ut causam mortis
censuerint, non genus esse quaerendum. Etenim cui legatio
ipsa morti fuisset, ejus monumentum exstare voluerunt, ut in
bellis periculosis obirent homines legationis munus audacius.
Non igitur exempla majorum quaerenda, sed consilium est
eorum, a quo ipsa exempla nata sunt, explicandum.

II. Lar Tolumnius, 1 rex Veientium, quattuor legatos po-
puli Romani Fidenis interemit; quorum statute steterunt
usque ad meam memoriam in Rostris. Justus honos. lis
enim majores nostri, qui ob rempublicam mortem obierant,
pro brevi vita diuturnam memoriam reddiderunt. Cn. Oc-
tavii, 2 clari viri et magni, qui primus in earn familiam, quae
postea viris fortissimis floruit, attulit consulatum, statuam
videmus in Rostris. Nemo turn novitati invidebat ; nemo
virtutem non honorabat. At ea fuit legatio Octavii, in qua



6. Ad M.Anton.] Introd. 11. He Sect. II. 1. Tolumnius] Liv. iv.
was now at Mutina, the modern Mo- 17. Fidenae was a Roman colony
dena, lying between the Appenines which had revolted to Tolumnius.
and the Po. , The Fidenates, by his order, slew the

7. Labor] A\. labor via. ambassadors sent from Rome. Their

8. Ut alia ] Sc. ' fecisti,' sic hoc, names are given below. 'Lar' means
&c. * dominus, princeps.' It was coru-

9. C. Pansa] Now consul. mon to the Etiurian kings, as Belus

10. Sic interpretor] ' I understand in the east.

the opinion of our ancestors to have 2. Cn. Octavii] The ' Octavia

been this, that they decided, &c.' gens' was distinguished into two fa-






PHILIPPICA NONA, Cap. 2. 435

periculi suspicio non subesset. Nam, quum esset missus a
senatu ad animos regum perspiciendos liberornmque popu-
lorum, maximeque, ut nepotem Antiochi, regis ejus, qui cum
majoribus nostris bellum gesserat, classes habere, elephantos
alere prohiberet : Laodiceae 3 in gymnasio a quodam Leptine*
est interfectus. Reddita est ei turn a majoribus statua
pro vita, quae multos per annos progeniem ejus honestaret,
nunc ad tantae familiae memoriam sola restaret. Atqui et
huic, et Tullo Cluilio, et L. Roscio, et Sp. Antio, et C. Ful-
cinio, qui a Veientium rege caesi sunt, non sanguis, qui est
profusus in morte, sed ipsa mors ob rempublicam obita, ho-
nori fuit.

III. Itaque, Patres conscripti, si Ser. Sulpicio casus mor-
tem attulisset, dolerem quidem tanto reipublicae vulnere :
mortem vero ejus non monumento, sed luctu publico esse ho-
norandam putarem. Nunc autem quis dubitat, quin ei vitam
abstulerit ipsa legatio ? Secum enim ille mortem extulit ;
quam, si nobiscum remansisset, sua cura, optimi filii fidelis-
simaeque conjugis diligentia, vitare potuisset. At ille, quum
videret, si vestrae auctoritati non paruisset, dissimilem se futu-
rum sui ; si paruisset, munus sibi illud pro republica sus-
ceptum, vitae finem fore r 1 maluit in maximo reipublicae dis-
crimine emori, quam minus, quam potuisset, videri reipub-
licae profuisse. Multis illi in urbibus, iter qua faciebat, re-
ticiendi se et curandi potestas fuit. Aderat et hospitum
invitatio liberalis pro dignitate summi viri, et eorum horta-

milies ; one of which was early ad- 3,) contrary to the express words of

vanced to the senatorian dignity, and Cic. Phil.viii. 8,) attributes to this Cn.

subsequently reckoned among its sons the resolute act of C. Popilius Laenas ;

Cn. Rufus, who was of quaestorian who enclosed Antiochus in a circle

rank. His son was Cn. Octavius, the drawn by his rod, and insisted on an

first consul of the family, who, being answer before he crossed it. Of

sent ambassador with two others, to course, the Delph. follows Pliny,
settle the affairs of Syria, then dis- 3. Laodicea] A city of Phrygia

turbed by the death of Antiochus Major, on the river Lycus. It was

Kpiphanes, and accession of his son named from Laodice, the wife of An

Kupator, and confiding too much in the tiochus, its previous name being Dios-

majesty of the Roman name, was pro- polis. It was there Dolabella slew

ceeding to execute his commission by himself.

burning the fleets and maiming the 4. Leptines] Nothing is known of

elephants, when he met the fate him. Observe that the penult is short,
stated by Cic. Lysia, the guardian Sect. III. 1. Fore] Al. allatu-

of the young prince, was the supposed rum.
instigator of Leptines. Pliny (xxxiv.



436 M. T. CICERONIS ORATIO

t\6, qui una erant missi, ad requiescendum et sua? vitae con-
sulendum. At ille properans, festinans, 2 mandata nostra
conficere cupiens, in hac constantia, morbo adversante, perse-
veravit. Cujus quum adventu maxime perturbatus esset
Antonius, quod ea, quae sibi jussu vestro denunciarentur,
auctoritate erant et sententia Ser. Sulpicii constituta ; decla-
ravit, quam odisset senatum, quum auctorem senatus extinc-
tum laete, atque insolenter tulit. Non igitur magis Lep-
tines Octavium, nee Veientium rex eos, quos modo nomina-
vi, quam Ser. Sulpicium occidit Antonius. Is enim profecto
mortem attulit, qui causa mortis fuit. Quocirca etiam ad
posteritatis memoriam pertinere arbitror, exstare, quod fuerit
de hoc bello judicium senatus. Erit enim statua ipsa testis,
bellum tam grave fuisse, ut legati interitus honoris memo-
riam consecutus sit.

IV. Quod si excusationem Ser. Sulpicii, Patres con-
script], legationis obeundae recordari volueritis, nulla dubi-
tatio relinquetur, quin honore mortui, quam vivo injuriam
iecimus, sarciamus. Vos enim, Patres conscripti, (grave
dictu est, sed dicendum tamen,) vos inquam, Ser. Sulpicium
vita privastis : quem quum videretis re magis morbum, quam
oratione, excusantem, non vos quidem crudeles fuistis : (quid
enim minus in hunc ordinem convenit?) sed quum speraretis
nihil esse, quod non illius auctoritate et sapientia effici posset,
vehementius excusationi obstitistis ; atque eum, qui semper
vestrum consensum gravissimum judicavisset, de sententia
dejecistis. Ut vero Pansae consulis accessit cohortatio gra-
vior, quam aures Ser. Sulpicii ferre didicissent, turn vero de-
nique filium meque seduxit, atque ita locutus est, ut auctori-
tatem vestram vitae suae se diceret anteferre. Cujus nos
virtutem admirati, non ausi sumus adversari voluntati. Mo-
vebatur singulari pietate filius; non multum ejus perturba-
tioni meus dolor concedebat; sed uterque nostrum cedere
cogebatur magnitudini animi, orationisque gravitati ; quum
quidem ille, maxima laude et gratulatione omnium vestrum,
pollicitus est, se, quod velletis, esse facturum, neque ejus

2. Properans, festlnans] Non., v. cution of some one thing; 'festino,'

81, makes propero' refer to the to the abortive attempt to perform

mi nd ; ' festino,' to the body ; but several things at once. But neither

Fest., propero' to the speedy exe- distinction is always observed. Forcel.



PHILIPPICA NONA, Cap. 5. 437

sententia? periculum vitaturum, cujus ipse auctor misset;
quern exsequi mandata vestra properantem mane postridie
prosecuti sumus. Qui quidem discedens mecum ita locutus
est, ut ejus oratio omen fati videretur.

V. Reddite igitur, Patres conscripti, ei vitam, cui ademis-
tis. Vita enim mortuorum in memoria vivorum est posita.
Perficite, ut is, quern ad mortem vos inseii misistis, immor-
talitatem habeat a vobis. Cui si statuam in Rostris decreto
vestro statueritis, nulla ejus legationem posteritatis obscura-
bit oblivio. Nam reliqua Ser. Sulpicii vita multis erit prae-
clarisque monumentis ad omnem memoriam commendata.
Semper illius gravitatem, constantiam, fidem, praestantem in
republica tuenda curam atque prudentiam omnium morta-
lium fama celebrabit. Nee vero silebitur admirabilis quae-
dam et incredibilis, ac pene divina ejus in legibus interpre-
tandis, aequitate explicanda, scientia. Omnes ex omni aetate,
qui in hac civitate intelligentiam juris habuerunt, si unum in
locum conferantur, cum Ser. Sulpicio non sunt comparandi.
Nee enim ille magis juris consultus, quam justitiae 1 fuit.
Ita ea, quae proficiscebantur a legibus, et ab jure civili, 2 sem-
per ad facilitatem 3 aequitatemque referebat ; neque instituere
litium actiones malebat, quam controversias tollere. Ergo hoc
statuae monumento non eget : habet ilia majora. 4 Haec enim
statua mortis honestae testis erit: ilia, memoria vitae glo-
riosae ; ut hoc magis monumentum grati senatus, quam clari
viri futurum sit. Multum etiam valuisse ad patris honorem
pietas filii videbitur ; qui, quamquam afflictus luctu non
adest, tamen sic animati esse debetis, ut si ille adesset. Est
autem ita affectus, ut nemo unquam unici filii mortem ma-
gis doluerit, quam ille maeret patris. Equidem etiam ad
famam Ser. Sulpicii filii arbitror pertinere, ut videatur hono-
rem debitum patri praestitisse. Quamquam nullum monu-
mentum clarius Ser. Sulpicius relinquere potuit, quam effi-
giem morum suorum, virtutis, constantiae, pietatis, ingenii,



Sect. V. 1. Juris con.justiti<z] From statute and civil law.
When these words are contrasted as 3. Facilitatem'] This, according to

here, 'jus' is strict right ; 'justitia,' Cicero's manner, is explained by

equity ; as he explains the latter ' aequitatem' following.
Partit. 22, ' in moderatione animad- 4. Habet ilia majora] Al. alia

vertendi lenitas.' majora.

2. A legibus ab jure civili] i. e.



438 M. T. CICERONIS ORATIO

filium ; cujus luctus aut hoc honore vestro, ant nullo solatio
levari potest.

VI. Mihi autem recordanti Ser. Sulpicii multos in nostra
familiaritate sermones, gratior illi videtur, si quis est sensus
in morte, aenea statua futura, et ea pedestris, quam inaurata
equestris, qualis est L. Sullae 1 primum statuta est. Mirifice
enim Servius majorum continentiam diligebat; hujus seculi
insolentiam 2 vituperabat. Ut igitur, si ipsum consulam, quid
velit, sic pedestrem ex aere statuam, tanquam ex ejus aucto-
ritate et voluntate, decerno : quae quidem magnum civium
dolorem et desiderium honore monumenti minuet et leniet.
Atque hanc meam sententiam, Patres conscripti, P. Servilii j
sententia comprobari necesse est : qui sepulchrum publice
decernendum Ser. Sulpicio censuit, statuam non censuit.
Nam si mors legati sine caede atque ferro nullum honorem
desiderat : cur decernit honorem sepulturae, qui maximus ha-
beri potest mortuo ? Sin id tribuit 4 Ser. Sulpicio, quod non
est datum Cn. Octavio : cur, quod illi datum est, huic 5 dan-
dum esse non censet ? Majores quidem nostri statuas multis
decreverunt: sepulchra paucis. Sed statuae intereunt tem-
pestate, vi, vetustate : sepulchrorum autem sanctitas in ipso
solo est, quod nulla vi moveri, neque deleri potest ; atque,
ut cetera extinguuntur, sic sepulchra sanctiora fiunt vetustate.
Augeatur igitur isto etiam honore is vir, cui nullus honor
tribui non debitus potest ; grati simus in ejus morte deco-
randa, cui nullam jam aliam gratiam referre possumus.
Notetur etiam M. Antonii, nefarium bellum gerentis, scele-
rata audacia. His enim honoribus habitis Ser. Sulpicio,
repudiatae rejectaeque legationis ab Antonio manebit testifica-
tio sempiterna.



Sect. VI. 1. L. Sull<e] The die- party of Antony against Cicero, Fam.

tator ; qualis refers to aenea pedes- x. 120. ' Hunc quemadmodum fre-

tiis.' Plin. xxxiv. gerim,' says Cic. ' ex aliorum te litte-

2. Insolentiam'] Sumptus nimios. ras malo cognoscere.'

Mania. Fam. ix. 20. Phil. ii. 26. n. 4. Sin id tribuit] As if some-

14. thing more honourable than what

3. P. Servilii] The son of Vatia had been bestowed on Cn. Octa-
Isauricus, the colleague of Caesar, vius.

a. u. 705. He was praetor in Pom- 5. Illi huic] Refer to the ' lat-

pey's second consulship, and Cicero's ter,' and * former.' This often oc-

colleague in the augurship. There is curs,
a full account of his espousing the



PHILLIPPICA NONA, Cap. 7. 439

VII. Quas ob res ita censeo : Quum Ser. Sulpicius, Q. F.
Lemonia, 1 Rufus, difficillimo reipublicae tempore, gravi peri-
culosoque morbo affectus, auctoritatem senatus salutemque
reipublicae vita? suae praeposuerit, contraque vim gravitatem-
que morbi contenderit, ut in castra Antonii, quo senatus eum
miserat, perveniret ; isque, quum jam prope castra venisset,
vi morbi oppressus, vitam amiserit in maximo reipublicae mu-
nere ; ejusque mors consentanea vitae fuerit sanctissime ho-
nestissimeque actae, in qua saepe magno usui reipublicae Ser.
Sulpicius et privatus, et in magistratibus, fuerit ; quum talis
vir ob rempublicam in legatione mortem obierit : Senatui pla-
cere, Ser. Sulpicio statuam pedestrem aeneam in Rostris etf'
hujus ordinis sententia statui, circumque earn statuam lo-
cum ludis gladiatoribusque, liberos posterosque ejus quo-
quo versus pedes quinque habere, quod is ob rempubli-
cam mortem obierit eamque causam in basi inscribi; uti-
que C. Pansa, A. Hirtius, consules, alter, ambove, si eis
videatur, quaestoribus urbis imperent, ut earn basim statu-
amque faciendam et in Rostris statuendam locent f quanti-
que locaverint, tantam pecuniam redemptori 3 attribuendam
solvendamque curent ; quumque antea senatus auctorita-
tem suam in virorum fortium funeribus ornamentisque os-
tenderit, placere, eum quum amplissime supremo suo die
efferri. Et quum Ser. Sulpicius, Q. F. Lemonia, Rufus
ita de republica meritus sit, ut iis ornamentis decorari de-
beat : Senatum censere atque e republica existimare, aedi-
les curules edictum, quod de funeribus habeant, Ser. Sul-
picii, Q. F. Lemonia, Run, funeri remittere ;* utique locum
sepulchro in campo Esquilino C. Pansa consul, seu quo alio
in loco videbitur, pedes triginta quoquo versus assignet, 5 quo



Scot. VII. 1. Lemonia] i. e. 72. ' Festinat calidus mulis gerulis-
' Ex Lem. tribu.' All Roman citizens que redemptor.' Fest. ' antiquitus ewe-
were censed in some tribe, which in re pro accipere ponebatur.' Hence the
public formularies and inscriptions me ming of undertaker, or contractor,
was generally added to the name. Manil. 7. n. 10.
Sex. Pomp, derives Lemonia, ' a Le- 4. Remittere] Remit the strictness
monio pago a posta Capena, via La- of, in the case of Ser. Sulpicius.
Una.' Al. mittere, i. e. * proponere/ but with

2. Locent] Contract. Cat. iii. 9. no clear sense.

n-21. 5. Assignet] Phil. ii. 7. n. 9.

:3. Redemptori] Hor. Epist. ii. 2.



440 M. T. CICERONIS ORATIO.

Ser. Sulpicius inferatur; quod sepulchrum ipsius, liberorum
posterorumque ejus esset, uti quod 6 optimo jure publice
sepulchrum datum esset.



6. Utiquod] Sc.utpote. 'As being the public expense, and by the best
a sepulchre which has been given at right.'



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