Letter 6.15
Marcus Tullius Cicero→Lucius Minucius Basilus|c. 48 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome|Human translated
I congratulate you; I rejoice for myself. I love you; I protect your interests. I wish to be loved by you and to be informed of what you are doing and what is happening.
DCXCVI (Fam. VI, 15) TO L. MINUCIUS BASILUS (?ON THE CAPITOL) ROME (15 MARCH, B.C. 44) I congratulate you! For myself I am rejoiced! I love you: I watch over your interests: I desire to be loved by you and to be informed of how you are, and what is being done.
XV. Scr. paullo post Idus Martias a.u.c. 710. CICERO BASILO SAL
Tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo; te amo, tua tueor; a te amari et, quid agas quidque agatur, certior fieri volo.
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I congratulate you; I rejoice for myself. I love you; I protect your interests. I wish to be loved by you and to be informed of what you are doing and what is happening.
Human translation - ToposText / Shuckburgh
Latin / Greek Original
XV. Scr. paullo post Idus Martias a.u.c. 710. CICERO BASILO SAL
Tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo; te amo, tua tueor; a te amari et, quid agas quidque agatur, certior fieri volo.
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