integra re, before anything had been done (i.e. before peace was broken). cum capitis mei periculo: it is said that after Pompey's defeat the command was urged upon Cicero by Cato; and on his refusal to conduct the war, Sextus Pompey would have stabbed him unless Cato had interfered. statim censuerit: Cicero was welcomed and kindly treated by Caesar on his return to Italy, B.C. 47. The war was not finished till the next year, hence incertus exitus, etc. victor, when victorious (opposed to incertus, etc.).
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