Date
May 56Bc
From
Cicero
To
Atticus
Previous events
his recall in August, Conference at Luca
Feels everything is unjust and corrupt
“every course of action that is fair, straightforward, or honest, we must say goodbye”
unhappy with the optimates
“persist with their jealous attitude”
mentions the letter he wrote to Julius Caesar
I have been moderate in my deification
His plans for success in the future
I must make sure the powerful are [my friends]
Why he must support the Triumvirate
“be friends with myself and my own interests”