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LETTERS

OF

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO

TO

SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS.

BOOK THIRTEENTH-CONTINUED.

LETTER XI.

[A. U. 710.]

ASINIUS POLLIO* TO CICERO.

You must not wonder that you have heard nothing from me, in relation to public affairs, since

* Asinius Pollio was, in every respect, one of the most accomplished persons among his contemporaries. His extensive genius was equal to all the nobler branches of polite literature, and he gave the most applauded proofs of his talents as a poet, an orator, and an historian. He united the most lively and pleasing vein of wit and pleasantry, with all