[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.