The Life And Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Being a New Translation of the Letters Included in Mr. Watsons's Selection
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15 A.) FROM THE ELDER BALBUS AT ROME TO CICERO AT FORMIAE. About March 1, 705 A.v.c. (49 B.C.) Lucius Cornelius Balbus the elder, a. native of Gades, had received the gift of Roman citizenship from Pompeius, the validity of which was defended by Cicero in the extant speech ' Pro Balbo.' He had been much trusted by the triumvirs, and was now Caesar's financial agent at Rome. The adhesion of Cicero, diplomatically suggested under the guise of mediation, would at this period have been valuable, si...nce a course that he was known to take would 198 LETTERS OF CICERO. paet hi. probably be followed by nearly all the waverers. Balbus is referred to in Letters xxxiii. 2 ; xliv. 6 ; Ixxxv. 2. His nephew and namesake mentioned in the last sentence of the letter is spoken of also in lv. 4 ; Ixxxii. 1. Long, v. 30; Abeken, 293; Forsyth, 368; Froude, Caesar, 411; and compare Letter lx. My dear Cicero, I earnestly commend a charge to you — a scheme well worthy of your noble character, for bringing back Caesar and Pompeius, estranged as they have been by the machinations of others, to their former harmony.
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