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Ad familiares

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In Cicero: Letters and poetry
…books; to his friends (Ad familiares) in 16 books; to Brutus (Ad Brutum); and, in 3 books, to his brother (Ad Quintum fratrem). The letters constitute a primary historical source such as exists for no other part of the ancient world. They often enable events to be dated with…
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influence of Servius Sulpicius Rufus

In Servius Sulpicius Rufus
…Cicero that are preserved (Cicero, Ad familiares, iv, 5 and 12), the former is the famous letter of consolation on the death of the great orator’s daughter Tullia.
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