6-7 nullas meas . . . viderat = had never received demands (litteras) from me, never seen a man billeted on them. The hospites = soldiers or public officials.
8 fuerat in hoc quaestu = had been devoted to gain in the following fashion.—Tyrrell.
9 ne in hiberna milites reciperent: Mommsen says ‘A town suffered nearly to the same extent when a Roman army took up winter quarters in it as when an enemy took it by storm.’
15 τέθριππα = statues in chariots drawn by four horses.
20-21 mihi optanda fuerit: i.e. because it gave him the opportunity of showing the effect of his personal influence.—T.
23 compresserant = had stowed away; lit. kept back, rare.
Cicero as Governor. His administration seems to have been just, considerate and popular.
For Cicero’s Ideal of a Roman Governor, see Ep. ad Q. F. i. 1 (Q. Cicero governed Asia as Propraetor 62-58 B.C.)