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Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 1 of 3

Chapter 261: CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS.[231]
By Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A collection of personal letters written over several years by a prominent public figure to a close friend, offering near-contemporary accounts of political campaigning, legal and administrative duties, anxieties about elections, enforced exile and return, and a reluctant assignment abroad. The correspondence blends detailed reports of public affairs with private concerns about friendships, reading and scholarly projects, and pauses in which no letters survive. Its tone moves between candid self-examination and tactical calculation, and it repeatedly registers early signs of widening conflict among competing political leaders.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE LETTERS.[231]

I.
5 November, 68[232]
 
6 November or December, 68
 
7 February, 67
 
8 February, 67
 
9 February, 67
 
10 Before July, 67
 
11 July or August, 67
 
3 Late in 67
 
4 Early in 66
 
1 July, 65
 
2 July, 65
 
12 January 1, 61
 
13 January 25, 61
 
14 February 13, 61
 
15 March 15, 61
 
16 June, 61
 
17 December 5, 61
 
18 January 20, 60
 
19 March 15, 60
 
20 May, 60
II.
1 June, 60
 
2 December, 60
 
3 December, 60
 
10 March 29, 59
 
4 April, 59
 
5 April, 59
 
6 April, 59
 
7 April, 59
 
8 April, 59
 
9 April, 59
 
12 April 18, 59
 
11 April, 59
 
13 April 23, 59
 
14 April, 59
 
15 April, 59
 
16 May, 59
 
17 May, 59
 
18 June or July, 59
 
19 July-October, 59
 
20 July-October, 59
 
21 July-October, 59
 
22 July-October, 59
 
23 July-October, 59
 
24 Before October 18, 59
 
25 Before November 1, 59
III.
3 April 5(?),58
 
2 April 8, 58
 
5 April 10 (?), 58
 
4 April 13, 58
 
1 April, 58
 
6 April 17, 58
 
7 April 29, 58
 
8 May 29, 58
 
9 June 13, 58
 
10 June 17, 58
 
11 June 27, 58
 
12 July 17, 58
 
14 July 21, 58
 
13 August 5, 58
 
15 August 17, 58
 
16 August 19, 58
 
17 September 4, 58
 
18 September, 58
 
19 September 15, 58
 
20 October 4, 58
 
21 October 28, 58
 
22 November 25, 58
 
23 November 29, 58
 
24 December 10, 58
 
25 December, 58
 
26 January, 57
 
27 January, 57
IV.
1 September, 57
 
2 October, 57
 
3 November 23, 57
 
4 January 28, 56
 
4a April or May, 56
 
5 April or May, 56
 
6 April or May, 56
 
7 April or May, 56
 
8 April or May, 56
 
8a Autumn, 56
 
10 April 22, 55
 
9 April 27, 55
 
11 May, 55
 
12 May, 55
 
13 November 14, 55
 
14 May 10, 54
 
16 June or July, 54
 
15 July 27, 54
 
17 October 1, 54
 
18 October, 54
 
19 November, 54
V.
1 May 5 or 6, 51
 
2 May 10, 51
 
3 May 11, 51
 
4 May 12, 51
 
5 May 15, 51
 
6 May 19, 51
 
7 May 20, 51
 
8 June 2 or 3, 51
 
9 June 14, 51
 
10 June 29 or July 1, 51
 
11 July 6, 51
 
12 July, 51
 
13 July 26, 51
 
14 July 27, 51
 
15 August 3, 51
 
16 August, 51
 
17 August, 51
 
18 September 20, 51
 
19 September 20, 51
 
20 December, 51
 
21 February 13, 50
VI.
1 February 24, 50
 
2 May, 50
 
3 June, 50
 
4 June, 50
 
5 June 26, 50
 
7 July, 50
 
6 August, 10 (?) 50
 
8 October 1, 50
 
9 October 15, 50

231. In many cases the dates and order are only approximate and authorities differ about them. I have generally accepted the dates given in the Teubner edition.

232. Some date this letter early in 67, and the next towards the end of January, 67.