ished to prove his injustice or carelessness.]

[Footnote 291: The governor of a province would stand in such a matter
in the place of the praetor in Rome, _i.e._, he would decide on questions
of law, not of fact, as, whether a debt was due or not. However, Quintus
perhaps only erred in the form of his injunction. He might forbid the
deceased's estate being touched till the question of Fundanius's debt
was decided; but in his letter he assumed (as he had no right to do)
that the claim was good. Substantially it seems to me that Quintus was
right, and certainly in his appeal to him Cicero does not follow his own
injunction to disregard personal feelings.]

[Footnote 292: [Greek: orthan tan naun]. Quintus had written, it seems,
defiantly about the slanders afloat against him, and had quoted two
Greek proverbial sayings. The first is found in Stobaeus, 108 (extract
from Teles): "It was a fine saying of the pilot, 'At least, Poseidon, a
ship well trimmed,'" _i.e._, if you sink my ship, she shall at least go
down with honour. Quintus means, "Whatever my enemies may do afterwards,
I will keep my province in a sound state as long as I am here."]

[Footnote 293: [Greek: hapax thanein], perhaps "Better to die once for
all than give in to every unjust demand." The editors quote AEschylus,
_Pr. V._ 769:

[Greek: kreisson gar eisapax thanein
e thas hapasas hemeras paschein kakos.]

But I don't feel sure that this is the passage alluded to.]

[Footnote 294: Reading _queruntur_ for _quae sunt_.]

[Footnote 295: Gaius Cato, tribune B.C. 56.]

[Footnote 296: L. Domitius Ahenobarbus, who as praetor threatened Caesar
with impeachment, and as consul (B.C. 54) tried to get him recalled. He
was, in 50-49, appointed Caesar's successor in Gaul, defended Marseilles
against him, and eventually fell in the battle of Pharsalia. P. Nigidius
Figulus supported Cicero during the Catiline conspiracy. Gaius Memmius,
aedile B.C. 60 (see p. 51). Lucretius dedicated his poem to him. L.
Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul B.C. 49, accused Clodius in B.C. 61,
murdered in Africa after Pompey, B.C. 48.]

LIII (F XIII, 42)

TO L. CULLEOLUS (IN ILLYRICUM)

ROME[297]

[Sidenote: B.C. 59, AET. 47]

My friend L. Lucceius,[298] the most delightful fellow in the world, has
expressed in my presence amazingly warm thanks to you, saying that you
have given most complete and liberal promises to his agents. Since your
words have roused