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Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero [1909] The Online Library of Liberty A Project Of Liberty Fund, Inc. Marcus Tullius Cicero, Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero [1909] The Online Library Of Liberty This E-Book (PDF format) is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a private, non-profit, educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. 2010 was the 50th anniversary year of the founding of Liberty Fund. It is part of the Online Library of Liberty web site http://oll.libertyfund.org, which was established in 2004 in order to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. To find out more about the author or title, to use the site's powerful search engine, to see other titles in other formats (HTML, facsimile PDF), or to make use of the hundreds of essays, educational aids, and study guides, please visit the OLL web site. This title is also part of the Portable Library of Liberty DVD which contains over 1,000 books and quotes about liberty and power, and is available free of charge upon request. The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and web sites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, in present day Iraq. To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc., or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at [email protected]. LIBERTY FUND, INC. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Edition Used: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero: with his Treatises on Friendship and Old Age, trans. E.S. Shuckburgh. And Letters of Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, trans. William Melmoth, revised by F.C.T. Bosanquet (New York: P.F. Collier, 1909). Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero Translator: Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh Author: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny) Translator: William Melmoth About This Title: A collection of letters by Cicero along with his work on Old Age and On Friendship as well as some letters by Pliny. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 2 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero About Liberty Fund: Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Copyright Information: The text is in the public domain. Fair Use Statement: This material is put online to further the educational goals of Liberty Fund, Inc. Unless otherwise stated in the Copyright Information section above, this material may be used freely for educational and academic purposes. It may not be used in any way for profit. PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 3 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Table Of Contents Introductory Note On Friendship On Old Age Letters of Cicero Introductory Note Letters I: To Atticus (at Athens) Rome, July II: To Atticus (at Athens) Rome, July III: To Cn. Pompeius Magnus Rome Iv (a I, 17): to Atticus (in Epirus) Rome, 5 December V: To Terentia, Tulliola, and Young Cicero (at Rome) Brundisium, 29 April VI: To His Brother Quintus (on His Way to Rome) Thessalonica, 15 June VII: To Atticus (in Epirus) Rome (september) VIII: To His Brother Quintus (in Sardinia) Rome, 12 February IX: To Atticus (returning From Epirus) Antium (april) X: To L. Lucceius Arpinum (april) XI: To M. Fadius Gallus Rome (may) XII: To M. Marius (at Cumæ) Rome (october?) XIII: To His Brother Quintus (in the Country) Rome (february) XIV: To His Brother Quintus (in Britain) Arpinum and Rome, 28 September XV: To P. Lentulus Spinther (in Cilicia) Rome (october) XVI: To C. Trebatius Testa (in Gaul) Rome (november) XVII: To Atticus (at Rome) Minturnæ, May XVIII: To M. Porcius Cato (at Rome) Cilicia (january) XIX: To Atticus (in Epirus) Laodicea, 22 February XX: M. Porcius Cato to Cicero (in Cilicia) Rome (june) XXI: To M. Porcius Cato (at Rome) ( Asia, September ) XXII: To Tiro (at Patræ) Brundisium, 26 November XXIII: To L. Papirius Pætus (at Naples) Tusculum (july) XXIV: To L. Papirius Pætus (at Naples) Tusculum (july) XXV: To L. Papirius Pætus (at Naples) Rome (august) XXVI: To Aulus Cæcina (in Exile) Rome (september) XXVII: Servius Sulpicius to Cicero (at Astura) Athens (march) XXVIII: To Servius Sulpicius Rufus (in Achaia) Ficulea (april) XXIX: To Atticus (at Rome) Puteoli, 21 December XXX: To Atticus (at Rome) Matius’s Suburban Villa, 7 April XXXI: To Atticus (at Rome) Astura, 11 June XXXII: To Atticus (at Rome) Astura, 13 June XXXIII: To C. Trebatius Testa (at Rome) Tusculum (june) XXXIV: M. Cicero (the Younger) to Tiro Athens (august) XXXV: Quintus Cicero to Tiro ( Time and Place Uncertain ) XXXVI: To M. Iunius Brutus (in Macedonia) Rome (middle of July) Letters of Pliny Introductory Note PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 4 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Letters I: To Septitius II: To Arrianus III: To Voconius Romanus IV: To Cornelius Tacitus V: To Pompeius Saturninus VI: To Atrius Clemens VII: To Fabius Justus VIII: To Calestrius Tiro IX: To Socius Senecio X: To Junius Mauricus XI: To Septitius Clarus XII: To Suetonius Tranquillus XIII: To Romanus Firmus XIV: To Cornelius Tacitus XV: To Paternus XVI: To Catilius Severus 1 XVII: To Voconius Romanus XVIII: To Nepos XIX: To Avitus XX: To Macrinus XXI: To Priscus XXII: To Maximus XXIII: To Gallus XXIV: To Cerealis XXV: To Calvisius XXVI: To Calvisius XXVII: To Baebius Macer XXVIII: To Annius Severus XXIX: To Caninius Rufus XXX: To Spurinna and Cottia 1 XXXI: To Julius Genitor XXXII: To Catilius Severus XXXIII: To Acilius XXXIV: To Nepos XXXV: To Severus XXXVI: To Calvisius Rufus XXXVII: To Cornelius Priscus XXXVIII: To Fabatus (his Wife’s Grandfather) XXXIX: To Attius Clemens Xl: to Catius Lepidus Xli: to Maturus Arrianus Xlii: to Statius Sabinus Xliii: to Cornelius Minicianus Xliv: to Valerius Paulinus Xlv: to Asinius Xlvi: to Hispulla Xlvii: to Romatius Firmus PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 5 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Xlviii: to Licinius Sura Xlix: to Annius Severus L: to Titius Aristo Li: to Nonius Maximus Lii: to Domitius Apollinaris Liii: to Calvisius Liv: to Marcellinus Lv: to Spurinna Lvi: to Paulinus Lvii: to Rufus Lviii: to Arrianus Lix: to Calpurnia 1 Lx: to Calpurnia Lxi: to Priscus Lxii: to Albinus Lxiii: to Maximus Lxiv: to Romanus Lxv: to Tacitus Lxvi: to Cornelius Tacitus Lxvii: to Macer Lxviii: to Servianus Lxix: to Severus Lxx: to Fabatus Lxxi: to Cornelianus Lxxii: to Maximus Lxxiii: to Restitutus Lxxiv: to Calpurnia 1 Lxxv: to Macrinus Lxxvi: to Tuscus Lxxvii: to Fabatus (his Wife’s Grandfather) Lxxviii: to Corellia Lxxix: to Celer Lxxx: to Priscus Lxxxi: to Geminius Lxxxii: to Maximus Lxxxiii: to Sura Lxxxiv: to Septitius Lxxxv: to Tacitus Lxxxvi: to Septitius Lxxxvii: to Calvisius Lxxxviii: to Romanus Lxxxix: to Aristo XC: To Paternus XCI: To Macrinus XCII: To Rufinus XCIII: To Gallus XCIV: To Arrianus XCV: To Maximus PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 6 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero XCVI: To Paulinus XCVII: To Calvisius XCVIII: To Romanus XCIX: To Geminus C: To Junior CI: To Quadratus CII: To Genitor CIII: To Sabinianus CIV: To Maximus CV: To Sabinianus CVI: To Lupercus CVII: To Caninius CVIII: To Fuscus CIX: To Paulinus CX: To Fuscus Correspondence With the Emperor Trajan I 1: To the Emperor Trajan II: To the Emperor Trajan III: To the Emperor Trajan IV: To the Emperor Trajan V: Trajan to Pliny VI: To the Emperor Trajan VII: To the Emperor Trajan VIII: Trajan to Pliny IX: To the Emperor Trajan X: To the Emperor Trajan XI: To the Emperor Trajan XII: Trajan to Pliny XIII: To the Emperor Trajan XIV: To the Emperor Trajan XV: Trajan to Pliny XVI: To the Emperor Trajan XVII: Trajan to Pliny XVIII: To the Emperor Trajan XIX: To the Emperor Trajan XX: To the Emperor Trajan XXI: To the Emperor Trajan XXII: To the Emperor Trajan XXIII: To the Emperor Trajan XXIV: To the Emperor Trajan XXV: To the Emperor Trajan XXVI: To the Emperor Trajan XXVII: To the Emperor Trajan XXVIII: To the Emperor Trajan XXIX: To the Emperor Trajan XXX: To the Emperor Trajan XXXI: Trajan to Pliny XXXII: To the Emperor Trajan PLL v6.0 (generated September, 2011) 7 http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/541 Online Library of Liberty: Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero XXXIII: Trajan to Pliny XXXIV: To the Emperor Trajan XXXV: Trajan to Pliny XXXVI: To the Emperor Trajan XXXVII: Trajan to Pliny XXXVIII: To the Emperor Trajan XXXIX: Trajan to Pliny Xl: to the Emperor Trajan Xli: Trajan to Pliny Xlii: to the Emperor Trajan Xliii: Trajan to Pliny Xliv: to the Emperor Trajan Xlv: Trajan to Pliny Xlvi: to the Emperor Trajan Xlvii: Trajan to Pliny Xlviii: to the Emperor Trajan Xlix: Trajan to Pliny L: to the Emperor Trajan Li: Trajan to Pliny Lii: to the Emperor Trajan Liii: Trajan to Pliny Liv: to the Emperor Trajan Lv: Trajan to Pliny Lvi: to the Emperor Trajan Lvii: Trajan to Pliny Lviii: to the Emperor Trajan Lix: Trajan to Pliny Lx: to the Emperor Trajan Lxi: Trajan to Pliny Lxii: to the Emperor Trajan Lxiii: Trajan to Pliny Lxiv: to the Emperor Trajan Lxv: Trajan to Pliny Lxvi: to the Emperor Trajan Domitian’s Letter to Terentius Maximus From the Same to L.
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