DCCLXXVIII (A XVI, 16 f)
TO GAIUS CAPITO (IN EPIRUS)
(JULY)
I do not doubt that you are wondering and even
feeling annoyed at my frequently pressing you on
the same topic. Atticus—my most intimate
friend and in every respect most closely united
with me—has a very great interest at I
know how ready you are to serve your friends, and
bow ready your friends are to serve you. I know
the kindness of your heart. I know how charming
you are to your friends. Now no one can help us in
this business more than you. The thing itself also
is as certain as that ought to be which the
consuls have decided on the advice of their
assessors, after investigating it on the authority
of a law and a decree of the senate. Still we
regard everything as depending on the liberality
of your friend Plancus: whom indeed I consider
certain to confirm a consular decision, both as a
private duty and in loyalty to the
constitution, and also to do so cheerfully for my
sake. Give us your assistance, therefore, my dear
Capito: I earnestly and repeatedly beg you to do
so.
(JULY)
