Archive - e-pistulae

27 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero would like some love and sympathy, please!

Jun 27

17 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)

'Can I forget what I once was, or fail to understand what I am now?'

Jun 17

13 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero tells Atticus why he told his brother not to visit him in exile

Jun 13

13 June 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Quintus (returning to Rome)

Cicero is a breathing corpse

Jun 13

May 2025

29 May 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thessalonica) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero worries for his brother Quintus

May 29

April 2025

29 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Brundisium) to his family (in Rome)

Cicero writes to his wife

Apr 29

29 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Brundisium) to Atticus (in Rome)

'This is the greatest and most miserable of all my miseries'

Apr 29

17 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (near Tarentum) to Atticus (in Rome)

The Vast Volume of Cicero's Misfortunes

Apr 17

6 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Thurii) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero lives, but in utter misery

Apr 6

3 April 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Vibo?) to Atticus (in Rome)

The 400 Mile Cicero Exclusion Zone

Apr 3

March 2025

27 March 58 BCE: From Cicero (at Nares Lucanae) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero, in exile, worries he is in danger from a man he kind of helped to exile

Mar 27

Around 24 March 58 BCE: From Cicero (en route) to Atticus (in Rome)

Cicero wishes he wasn't alive

Mar 24

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