NOTES. THIS work of Cicero, one of the most important as a history of Roman eloquence, was written in the year 46 before the Christian era, 708 after the building of Rome, two years after the assassination of Pompey, two before that of Cæsar, and four after the death of Hortensius; it was made known the succeeding year, 45 a. C., 709 U. c. The following abbreviations are used in the course of these notes: Ol., Olympiad; a. C., before Christ; U. c., urbe condita, after the building of Rome; d., died; b., born; dict., dictator; cens., censor; cons., consul; pr., pretor; æd., edile; qu., questor; tr. pl., tribune of the people; leg., legate. C. 1. e Cilicia decedens; C. procons. of Cilicia, 51 a. C., 703 U. c., left the province 50 a. C., 704 U. c. ; on his return to Rome he reached Rhodes in Aug. 50 a. C., 704 U. c. Q. Hortensii; Q. Hortensius Ortalus was b. 114 a. C., 640 U. c.; pleaded the first cause when nineteen years old; cons. with Q. Cæcilius Metellus Creticus 69 a. C., 685 U. c., d. 50 a. C., 704 U. c. — cooptatum; C. was elected augur 53 a. C., 701 U. C. The filling of vacancies in the college of augurs was done by the nomination, on oath (juratus), of some one of the augurs, and, in earlier times, by the vote (coopta tio) of the college, but after the passage of the lex Domitia, 104 a. C., 650 U. c., qua potestas sacerdotum cooptandorum ad populum transfertur, by the vote of the people; the election was followed by the inauguration of the newly elected augur. -leviorum artium; poetry and the fine arts were, according to Roman estimation, of less importance than practical pursuits. Comp. 18, 70: haec minora. C. 2. patrocinium pacis; allusion to C.'s exertions to preserve peace between Cæsar and Pompey. See De Offic. I. 11.illi ipsi, Cæsar and Pompey. Cæsar still living, Cicero's remarks concerning him are less severe than in the works written after his assassination. C. 3. M. Brutus; M. Junius Brutus, one of the murderers of Cæsar, pr. 44 a. C., 710 U. c., conquered at Philippi 42 a. C., 712 U. c., fell by his own hand; nephew of Cato Uticensis, author of several works which are no longer extant, especially in the department of philosophy.-T. Pomponio; T. Pomponius, surnamed Atticus from his partiality for Athens, an intimate friend of Cicero. — venimus, perfect. post Cannensem illam calamitatem; the great defeat of the Romans at Cannæ, 216 a. C., 538 U. c., was, 215 a. C., 539 U. c., followed by the successful engagement of M. Claudius Marcellus with Hannibal, near Nola.· Nempe cum dicis; the liber annalis, an abridgment of Roman history, by Pomponius, not preserved; Corn. Nep. Attic. 18. C. 4. ex conditis; philosophical studies. — incommodo; sc. tuo. Ernesti considers incommodo an adverb. C. 5. nam hunc; sc. Pomponium. — de re publica libros, written 54 a. C., 700 U. c. ut possis, rogo. This can only mean, “I ask that you may be able,” that is, “I ask of you to make the effort that you may be able." It cannot mean, "as you can"; because that would be ut poteris.— si potuero, “if I shall succeed to prevail upon myself." The simple meaning, "if I shall be able," would require si potero, which reading Lambin, Ernesti, Schütz, and Wetzel adopt.-causam Deiotari, . . . defensam; at Nicea in Bithynia, 47 a. C., 707 U. c., before Cæsar. C. 6. quinque rebus; comp. c. 59 and 60. C. 7. nascentibus Athenis; Athens was founded by Cecrops 1559 a. C. - Pisistratum; P. possessed himself of the supreme power of Athens 561 a. C., Ol. 54, 4; d. 528 a. C., Ol. 63, 1. - Solonem; S. as archon organized the Athenian state 594 a. C., Ol. 46, 3. Clisthenem; C. modified the Themistocles, Athenian constitution 509 a. C., Ol. 67, 4. entered public life about 483 a. C., Ol. 74, 2; banished 471 a. C., O1. 77, 2. — Pericles, commenced his career 461 a. C., Ol. 79, 4; d. 429. a. C., Ol. 87, 4, the third year of the Peloponnesian war. - Cleonem; C. from 427 a. C., Ol. 88, 1 to 422 a. C., Ol. 89, 3, when he fell in battle. Alcibiades, from 420 a. C., Ol. 89, 4 to 407 a. C., Ol. 93, 2; d. 404 a. C., Ol. 94, 1.- Critias, one of the thirty tyrants of Athens 404 a. C., Ol. 94, 1.. Theramenes, a disciple of Socrates, and teacher of Isocrates; accused by Critias and executed, 404 a. C., Ol. 94, 1. - Thucydides; T., the great historian, about 424 a. C., Ol. 89, 1. C. 8. Leontinus Gorgias; G. from Leontini in Sicily, a distinguished rhetorician; a disciple of Tisias and Empedocles; he lived to a very great age, one hundred and five or eight years; the period of his greatest activity is somewhere between 496 a. C., Ol. 71, 1 and 400 a. C., Ol. 95, 1.— Thrasymachus Chalcedonius; T. from Chalcedon; a contemporary of the orator Lysias; b., according to Hermann, 456 a. C., Ol. 80, 4; moved to Athens 432 a. C., Ol. 87, 4.- Protagoras Abderites; P. from Abdera in Thrace, a sophist, lived between 480 a. C., Ol. 75, 1 and 410 a. C., Ol. 92, 3; the period of his greatest renown was about 444 a. C., Ol. 83, 4. Prodicus Ceus; P. from Ceos, a philosopher and rhetorician, teacher of Euripides; taking, in the earlier part of his life, a part in the affairs of his native country, he came on public business to Athens, where he seems afterwards to have remained. The time of his birth and death is not known; he was in Athens as late as 399 a. C., Ol. 95, 1. Hippias Eleus; H. from Elis, a sophist and contemporary of Prota |