Late June 43 BCE: To Lucius Munatius Plancus (at Cularo) from Cicero (at Rome)
Cicero tries to bribe Plancus with honour and glory (again)
All hope is in you and your colleague,1 gods willing. The agreement between you, which you both disclosed to the Senate in a letter, is extraordinary, and delighted both the Senate and the whole state.
You wrote to me about the agrarian situation:2 if the Senate had been consulted, it would have agreed with the proposal of whoever honoured you the most—which in fact would have been me. But because the proposal came so late and things were delayed, when the debate did not reach an end, your brother Plancus and I thought it advantageous to employ a senatorial decree. I think you will have found out from your brother Plancus’ letter who exactly it was that got in the way of it being drafted the way we wanted.
But if you need something, either in the senatorial decree or in some other matter, trust in this—all loyal men have such strong affection for you that there can be no kind of honourable position which is not ready and waiting for you. I eagerly await a letter from you, and especially the sort of letter that I most wish for.
Goodbye.
Latin text of ad Familiares 10.22 | Glossary | Historia Civilis video overview of 44-43 BCE
i.e. Decimus Brutus.
Plancus wanted land to be distributed to his troops to reward them for siding with the Republic.