[107] pestifera, 13 Phil. § 19.
[108] Cicero, 3 Phil. §§ 19-27; 5 Phil. § 23; 13 Phil. § 19; App., b. c. iii. 45.
[109] Cic., ad Att. xvi. 11.
[110] Id. xvi. 14.
[111] Id. xvi. 15. It seems from Appian (b. c. iii. 31) that Octavian was not a candidate, but he was generally supposed to wish it, and that therefore many were going to vote for him. He ostensibly supported another candidate—Flaminius. Antony stopped the election on the ground that there was no need to fill up a vacancy so late in the year. This settled the question. But it is doubtful whether this does not refer to an earlier occasion.
[112] Cicero, ad Att. xvi. 15, 3.
[113] Id., ad Fam. xi. 6; 3 Phil. §§ 37-39.
[114] The passages are Cicero, 5 Phil. §§ 45-47; 11 Phil. § 20; 13 Phil. § 39; Monum. Ancyr. § 3; Livy, Ep. 118; C. I. L. x. 8375; Suet., Aug. 10, 26. Dio (40, 29) says that he was in the Senate ἐν τοῖς τεταμιευκόσι—inter quæstorios. This may be a misunderstanding of Cicero’s proposal that for purposes of election he was to count as having been quæstor. The rank of proprætor was necessary for his command in the army, not for his entrance into the Senate.
[115] Pollio in Bætica, Lepidus in Gallia Narbonensis and Hispania Citerior, and Plancus in Northern Gaul.
[116] Laudandum, ornandum, tollendum (Cic., ad Fam. xi. 20, 21). This epigram seems to have been inspired by the exultant hopes roused by the news of the battle of Forum Gallorum.