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Cicero, Q. fr. 2.4.1
Sestius: unanimity, gratitude and the attack on Vatinius塞斯提乌斯：全票、报恩与攻击瓦提尼乌斯
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This is the opening paragraph of the letter: there is no preceding paragraph within it. For the earlier accusation, compare Q. fr. 2.3.5 separately. Cicero writes to his brother after defending a political ally involved in his recall from exile.这是该信首段，信内没有前一段。此前指控另见 Q. fr. 2.3.5，不能当成本信连续上文。西塞罗在为参与促成自己回归的政治盟友辩护后致信弟弟。
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2.4.1Sestius noster absolutus est a. d. v Idus Martias et, quod vehementer interfuit rei publicae nullam videri in eius modi causa dissensionem esse, omnibus sententiis absolutus est. illud quod tibi curae saepe esse intellexeram ne cui iniquo relinqueremus vituperandi locum qui nos ingratos esse diceret nisi illius perversitatem quibusdam in rebus quam humanissime ferremus, scito hoc nos in eo iudicio consecutos esse ut omnium gratissimi iudicaremur ; nam defendendo moroso homini cumulatissime satis fecimus et, id quod ille maxime cupiebat, Vatinium a quo palam oppugnabatur arbitratu nostro concidimus dis hominibusque plaudentibus. quin etiam Paulus noster, cum testis productus esset in Sestium, confirmavit se nomen Vatini delaturum si Macer Licinius cunctaretur, et Macer ab Sesti subselliis surrexit ac se illi non defuturum adfirmavit. quid quaeris? homo petulans et audax ⟦Vatinius⟧ valde perturbatus debilitatusque discessit.Source unit XML · 来源单元Editorial summary编辑摘要
Cicero reports a unanimous acquittal and stresses how important the appearance of agreement was for the commonwealth in a case of this kind. The same paragraph then boasts of satisfying a difficult client and defeating Vatinius in cross-examination.西塞罗报告全票开释，强调共和国需要在此类案件中呈现一致。同一段随即夸说自己使难以应付的当事人满意，并在诘问中击败瓦提尼乌斯。
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The letter moves from public unanimity to Cicero’s own obligations and performance, then in 2.4.2 to Quintus’ education, building work and Tullia’s engagement. Read with this continuation, the political news sits among Cicero’s personal and family concerns.信先论公共一致，继而谈西塞罗自己的义务与表现，2.4.2 又转入侄儿教育、营建与图利娅婚约。连同后文读，此信的政治消息与私事、家事并列。
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2.4.2Quintus ⟦filius⟧ tuus, puer optimus, eruditur egregie. hoc nunc magis animum adverto quod Tyrannio docet apud me. domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue. redemptori tuo dimidium pecuniae curavi. spero nos ante hiemem contubernalis fore. de nostra Tullia tui me hercule amantissima spero cum Crassipede nos confecisse. dies erant duo qui post is Latinas habentur religiosi ; †cetero confectum erat Latiar erat†.Source unit XML · 来源单元The verdict and its unanimity are a participant’s report; the jurors’ reasons, and whether they adopted a general legal principle, are not recorded. The editions differ on the day, counted inclusively back from the Ides (15 March): Purser’s text, printed here, reads a. d. v Idus Martias, 11 March; Shackleton Bailey’s (Cicero: Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem et M. Brutum, Cambridge 1980) reads a. d. ii Id. Mart., 14 March, and records v in one manuscript.判决及全票出自参与者报告，未载陪审者的理由，也未载其是否采纳一般法律原则。日期各版不同（自3月15日 Idus 倒数，首尾皆计）：此处所印 Purser 本作 a. d. v Idus Martias，即3月11日；Shackleton Bailey 本（Cicero: Epistulae ad Quintum fratrem et M. Brutum，剑桥，1980年）作 a. d. ii Id. Mart.，即3月14日，并记一抄本作 v。
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Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University; Cicero. Ciceronis, M. Tullius. Epistulae, Vol. III. Purser, Louis Claude, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901.
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P. Sestius塞斯提乌斯 · P. Vatinius瓦提尼乌斯 · L. Aemilius Paullus保卢斯 · C. Licinius Calvus卡尔武斯
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