his creditor? He had lately spoken twice for Saufeius, once against S. Clodius, and against Plancus--in each case opposing the view of Caesar, as far as Caesar had views on the matter. The sum borrowed on this occasion was 800,000 sesterces--between L6000 and L7000. A small additional sum of L100 is mentioned in one of the letters to Atticus, lib. v., 5., which is, however, spoken of by Cicero as forming one whole with the other. I can hardly think that Mommsen had this in view when he spoke of loans in the plural number. [75] M. C. Marcellus was Consul B.C. 51; his brother, C. Claudius Marcellus, was Consul B.C. 50, another C. Claudius Marcellus, a cousin, in B.C. 49. [76] Mommsen calls him a "respected Senator." M. De Guerle, in his preface to the oration Pro Marcello, claims for him the position of a delegate. He was probably both--though we may doubt whether he was "respected" after his flogging. [77] Ad Att., lib. v., 11: "Marcellus foede in Comensi;" and he goes on to say that even if the man had been no magistrate, and therefore not entitled to full Roman treatment, yet he was a Transalpine, and therefore not subject to the scourge. See Mr. Watson's note in his Select Letters. [78] Ad Div., lib. ii., 8. [79] Ad Att., lib. v., 13. [80] Ibid.: "Quaeso ut simus annui; ne intercaletur quidem." It might be that an intercalary month should be added, and cause delay. [81] Ad Div., lib. viii., 2: "Ut tibi curae sit quod ad pantheras attinet." [82] Ad Att., lib. v., 14. [83] Ad Div., lib. iii., 5. [84] Ad Att., lib. v., 15. [85] Ibid., 16. [86] Ad Att., lib. v., 17. [87] Ad Div., lib. iii., 6. [88] Ad Div., lib. xv., 1. [89] Ibid., iii., 8. [90] Ad Div., lib. viii., 8. [91] Ad Div., lib. viii., 10. [92] Ibid., ii., 10. [93] This mode of greeting a victorious general had no doubt become absurd in the time of Cicero, when any body of soldiers would be only too willing to curry favor with the officer over them by this acclamation. Cicero ridicules this; but is at the same time open to the seduction--as a man with us will laugh at the Sir Johns and Sir Thomases who are seated around him, but still, when his time comes, will be pleased that his wife shall be called "My Lady" like the rest of them. [94] Ad Div., lib. ii., 7. [95] Ad Att., lib. v., 2. [96] Ad Div., lib. xv., 4. [97] Ibid., xv., 10, and lib. xv., 13: "Ut quam honorificentissimum senatus consultum de meis rebus gestis faciendum cures." [98] Ad Div., lib. viii., 6. [99] Ibid., 7. [100] Ibid., iii., 7. [101] Ibid., 9. [102] The amount seems so incredible that I cannot but suspect an error in the MS. The sum named is two hundred Attic talents. The Attic talent, according to Smith's dictionary, was worth L243 13_s._ It may be that this large amount had been collected over a series of years. [103] Ad Att., lib. v., 21.