Faberius

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 12.21 §2 If indeed something also comes loose from Faberius

  Faberius was Caesar's secretary (scriba); a debt owed by or through him --- the so-called nomen Faberianum --- was the chief sum Cicero hoped to call in to fund the purchase of gardens for the shrine.

• Ad Atticum 12.25 §1 settle in full from Faberius or from someone who owes Faberius

  Faberius was Caesar's secretary (scriba); a large debt owed by or through him --- the recurring 'nomen Faberianum' of these letters --- is the fund Cicero hopes will finally pay for Tullia's shrine. Repraesentatio means paying the whole price down at once rather than by instalments.

• Ad Atticum 12.29 §2 if that Faberian business is cleared up

  The nomen Faberianum: a large sum owed to Cicero by Faberius, one of Caesar's secretaries. Cicero hopes to liquidate this asset to pay cash down for the gardens, which is why Oppius and Balbus, as Caesarian financiers, must be enlisted.

• Ad Atticum 12.31 §2 if I could sell the Faberian asset

  The nomen Faberianum again: the debt owed to Cicero by Caesar's secretary Faberius, which Cicero treats as the fund for buying the gardens outright. Liquidating it would let him pay cash and close the deal.

• Ad Atticum 12.40 §4 Let only the Faberius business be sure

  Faberius was Caesar's scriba (secretary) who owed Cicero a large sum; collecting this debt (the nomen Faberianum) was Cicero's intended means of financing the gardens purchase. The whole shrine scheme hinges on the money coming through.

• Ad Atticum 12.47 §1 the Faberian bond has to be looked into

  The "Faberian bond" (nomen Faberianum) was a debt owed to Cicero by Faberius, one of Caesar's secretaries; Cicero meant to call it in to fund the purchase of the gardens for Tullia's shrine. Until the bond was made good he could neither pay for a property nor dare to commit to one, hence his repeated anxiety to have it "looked into."

• Ad Atticum 12.51 §3 until we know how things stand with Meto and with Faberius

  Faberius was Caesar's secretary, whose large debt to Cicero (the nomen Faberianum) Cicero hoped to call in to finance the purchase of gardens for Tullia's shrine. Meto, joined here with Faberius, is an otherwise unidentified party to the same financial settlement.

• Ad Atticum 13.27 §2 the Faberius business

  Faberius, Caesar's secretary, owed Cicero a large sum (the nomen Faberianum); recovering it was to finance the purchase of the gardens. Cicero presses Atticus to concentrate on collecting the debt.

• Ad Atticum 13.28 §1 About Faberius

  Faberius, Caesar's secretary, whose large debt to Cicero (the nomen Faberianum) was meant to fund the purchase of the gardens. Cicero awaits his arrival to settle the account.

• Ad Atticum 13.29 §1 if Faberius clears that debt for us

  Faberius was Caesar's secretary; a large debt he owed Cicero (the "nomen Faberianum") was the asset Cicero meant to call in to finance the purchase of the gardens. The whole transaction hangs on whether Faberius will settle.

• Ad Atticum 14.18 §1 Faberius's pen

  Faberius was Caesar's secretary (scriba); the phrase means Dolabella cleared his huge debts by means of a payment-order written up in Faberius's hand out of Caesar's papers and the public funds.