THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY EDITED BY T. E. PAGE, M.A., AND W. H. D. ROUSE, LITT. D. This second volume of Cicero's _Letters to Atticus_ embraces one of the most important epochs in Roman history, the fall of the Republic in the struggle between Pompey and Caesar. The storm which had long been brewing broke just as Cicero returned from Cilicia over the question of Caesar's resignation of office. By the agreement made in 56 B.C. Caesar's governorship of Gaul was renewed for five years and he was then to be re-elected to the consulship in 48 B.C. As the renewal dated from March 1, 54 B.C., his term of office would naturally expire on March 1, 49 B.C.: but according to the rule in vogue at the …
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