[610] Cicero, Epist. ad Quintum, II. 2.—Dio Cassius, XXXIX. 18.
[611] Dio Cassius, XXXIX. 18, 19.
[612] Cicero, Epist. ad Quintum, II. 3.
[613] Dio Cassius, XXXIX. 20.
[614] Cicero, Epist. ad Quintum, II. 3.
[615] Cicero, Epist. ad Quintum, II. 3.
[616] Cicero, Epist. ad Quintum, II. 3.—We look upon this word as giving the explanation of the quarrel then existing between the two triumvirs. Egypt was so rich a prey, that it was calculated to cause division between them.
[617] “Clodius is cast down from the tribune, and I steal away, for fear of accident.” (Cicero, Ep. ad Quint., II. 3.)
[618] Cicero, Ep. ad Quint., II. 3.
[619] Dio Cassius, XXXIX. 22.