[Footnote 226: Where the road from Antium joins the Appia. Cicero seems to be on his way to Formiæ, where he had intended to arrive on the 21st. He must be going very leisurely.] [Footnote 227: Δικαίαρχος and ἀδικαίαρχοι, a pun on a name not reproducible in English: "just-rulers" and "unjust-rulers."] XXXVII (A II, 10) TO ATTICUS (AT ROME) APPII FORUM,[228] APRIL [Sidenote: B.C. 59, ÆT. 47] Please admire my consistency. I am determined not to be at the games at Antium: for it is somewhat of a solecism to wish to avoid all suspicion of frivolity, and yet suddenly to be shewn up as travelling for mere amusement, and that of a foolish kind. Wherefore I shall wait for you till the 7th of May at Formiæ. So now let me know what day we shall see you. From Appii Forum, ten o'clock. I sent another a short time ago from Three Taverns. [Footnote 228: On the _via Appia_. Cicero halts at Appii Forum and at once despatches a short note, probably by some one he finds there going to Rome, to announce a change of plan. He had meant to get back to Antium on 6th May, because Tullia wanted to see the games. See Letter XXXIV, p. 96.] XXXVIII (A II, 11) TO ATTICUS (AT ROME) FORMIÆ, APRIL [Sidenote: B.C. 59, ÆT. 47] I tell you what it is: I feel myself a downright exile since arriving at Formiæ. For at Antium there was never a day that I didn't know what was going on at Rome better than those who were there. For your letters used to shew me not only what was doing at Rome, but the actual political situation also--and not only that, but also what was likely to happen. Now, unless I snatch a bit of news from some passing traveller, I can learn nothing at all. Wherefore, though I am expecting you in person, yet pray give this boy, whom I have ordered to hurry back to me at once, a bulky letter, crammed not only with all occurrences, but with what you think about them; and be careful to let me know the day you are going to leave Rome. I intend staying at Formiæ till the 6th of May. If you don't come there by that day, I shall perhaps see you at Rome. For why should I invite you to Arpinum? "A rugged soil, yet nurse of hardy sons: No dearer land can e'er my eyes behold."[229] So much for this. Take care of your health. [Footnote 229: Homer, _Odyss._ ix. 27.] XXXIX (A II, 13) TO ATTICUS (AT ROME) FORMIÆ, APRIL [Sidenote: B.C. 59, ÆT. 47]