M. Tullius Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 65

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[65] laudabam equidem incredibilem diligentiam Cn. Pompei, sed dicam, ut sentio, iudices. nimis multa audire¹ coguntur neque aliter facere possunt ei² quibus commissa tota res publica est³. quin etiam fuit audiendus⁴ popa Licinius nescio qui de circo maximo, servos Milonis apud se ebrios factos sibi confessos se⁵ de interficiendo Cn.⁶ Pompeio coniurasse, dein⁷ postea se gladio percussum esse ab uno de illis ne indicaret. Pompeio nuntiatur in hortos⁸; arcessor in primis; de amicorum sententia rem defert ad senatum. non poteram in illius mei patriaeque custodis tanta suspicione non metu exanimari, sed mirabar tamen credi popae, confessionem servorum audiri, volnus in latere quod acu punctum videretur pro ictu gladiatoris probari⁹.

Pro T. Annio Milone. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1918.

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Pro T. Annio Milone (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Vol. 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918.)

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Pro T. Annio Milone

1. cog. audire E

2. ii k: i Σ: hi cett.

3. comm. tota res p. est (rei p.) ΣH: tota comm. est res. p. cett.

4. fuit aud. Baiter: fuerit aud. ΣHET: aud. sit δ: aud. fuit k, Angelius

5. se ΣH, ut voluit Heumann: esse cett.

6. Cn. ΣH: om. ET δ

7. dein ΣHE: deinde T δ

8. nuntiatur in hortos H: in hortos nuntiavit cett.

9. probari ΣHE: putari T δ

Commentary

Commentary on Defense of Milo (Select Orations of Cicero (Allen and Greenough's Edition). Greenough, James Bradstreet; Kittredge, George Lyman, editors. Boston, London: Ginn & Company, 1897.) focus

laudabam , imperf. because it indicates Cicero's state of mind at the time. 197.6

sed dicam , etc.: the whole context implies that in this matter Pompey went too far, and for this Cicero excuses him in what follows. 197.8

fuit audiendus , he had to listen to (not cont. to fact). 197.9

popa , an inferior priest who slew the sacrifices — hardly more than a butcher: such a person usually (as here) kept apopina, or restaurant and grog-shop; hence apud se ebrios.

Circo maximo : the district near the Circus Maximus, the building for the great games, between the Palatine and Aventine hills. 197.12

in hortos : § 428 , 1, N. (259, g); H. 418 (380, i); wealthy Romans had large grounds ( horti) attached to their city houses. Pompey was at this time staying at home to avoid Milo, as was alleged. 197.16

credi popae : § 372 (230); B. 187, ii, b; G. 346, R.1; H. 426, 3 (384, ii, 5); H.-B. 364, 2.

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