Praeterea tribus tricliniis accepti οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν valde copiose. Libertis minus lautis servisque nihil defuit: nam lautiores eleganter accepti. Quid multa? homines visi sumus. Hospes tamen non is, cui diceres: ‘amabo te, eodem ad me, cum revertere’: semel {20} satis est. Σπουδαῖον οὐδὲν in sermone, φιλόλογα multa. Quid quaeris? delectatus est et libenter fuit. Puteolis se aiebat unum diem fore, alterum ad Baias. Habes hospitium sive ἐπισταθμείαν, odiosam mihi, dixi, non molestam. {25} CICERO, _Ep. ad Att._ xiii. 52. +Subject.+ We here catch a glimpse of Caesar as he really was. He had spent a night near Puteoli (where Cicero also had a villa) with Philippus, the step-father of Octavianus. The Dictator proposed a visit, and Cicero in this memorable letter describes to Atticus what happened. [Linenotes: 1. +O hospitem ...+ ἀμεταμέλητον! = _Oh, what a formidable guest to have had, and yet I have had no reason to repent of it_ (ἀμεταμέλητον). 10. +rationes+ (sc. _conferebat_) ... +Balbo+ = _he was settling accounts with Balbus, I suppose_. L. Cornelius Balbus, a native of Gades (Cadiz), was Caesar’s confidential secretary and faithful friend. He was the first enfranchised foreigner who attained to the highest magistracy (Consul 40 B.C.). 14-15. ‘Though the cook was good, ’Twas Attic salt (+sermone bono+) that flavoured most the food.’ --Jeans. 18-19. +homines visi sumus+ = _I showed myself a man of taste_, i.e. as host. 21. Σπουδαῖον οὐδὲν = lit. _nothing serious_, i.e. _nothing political_. φιλόλογα = _literary chat_. 24-25. ἐπισταθμείαν = _billeting_, as Caesar’s offer to dine with Cicero was equivalent to a command. +odiosam ... molestam+ = _unwelcome, though not disagreeable_.] B65 GAIUS IULIUS CAESAR. (6) _The Death of Caesar, 44 B.C._ Assidentem conspirati specie officii circumsteterunt; ilicoque Cimber Tillius, qui primas partes susceperat, quasi aliquid rogaturus propius accessit, renuentique et gestu in aliud tempus differenti ab utroque umero togam apprehendit; deinde clamantem: {5} _Ista quidem vis est_, alter e Cascis aversum vulnerat, paulum infra iugulum. Caesar Cascae brachium arreptum graphio traiecit, conatusque prosilire alio vulnere tardatus est; utque animadvertit undique se strictis pugionibus peti, toga caput {10} obvolvit, simul sinistra manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit, quo honestius caderet etiam inferiore corporis parte velata. Atque ita tribus et viginti plagis confossus est, uno modo ad primum ictum gemitu sine voce edito; etsi tradiderunt quidam {15} Marco Bruto irruenti dixisse: Καὶ σὺ τέκνον; Exanimis, diffugientibus cunctis, aliquamdiu iacuit, donec lecticae impositum, dependente brachio, tres servoli domum rettulerunt. Nec in tot vulneribus, ut Antistius medicus existimabat, letale ullum {20} repertum est, nisi quod secundo loco in pectore acceperat. SUETONIUS, _Divus Iulius_, 82.