[209] Ad Att., lib. xvi., 14.
[210] Philippics, lib. vi., 1.
[211] "Populum Romanum servire fas non est, quem dii immortales omnibus gentibus imperare voluerunt."
[212] Ad Div., lib. xi., 8.
[213] Ad Div., lib. x., 3.
[214] Ad Brutum, lib. ii., 6.
[215] Appian. De Bell. Civ., lib. iii., ca. 26.
[216] Vell. Pat., lib. ii., 62: "Quæ omnia senatus decretis comprensa et comprobata sunt."
[217] Ad Div., lib. xii., 7. This is in a letter to Cassius, in which he says, "Promisi enim et prope confirmavi, te non expectasse nec expectaturum decreta nostra, sed te ipsum tuo more rempublicam defensurum."
[218] Appian, lib. iii., ca. 50. The historian of the civil wars declares that Piso spoke up for Antony, saying that he should not be damnified by loose statements, but should be openly accused. Feelings ran very high, but Cicero seems to have held his own.