Astura

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 12.9 §1 this solitude

  Cicero is writing from his seaside retreat at Astura, on an islet at the mouth of the river Astura south of Antium, where he withdrew to grieve after Tullia's death in 45 BC. The villa, shore, and sea-view he praises here are Astura's.

• Ad Atticum 12.40 §2 From you I set off for Astura

  Astura was a small coastal estate on an island at the mouth of the river Astura in Latium, to which Cicero withdrew to grieve after Tullia's death in 45 BC. Its seclusion made it his refuge from the visitors he could not face at Rome.

• Ad Atticum 12.45 §1 at Astura

  Astura was a small island and villa at the mouth of the river of the same name on the Latian coast, where Cicero withdrew in near-total seclusion after Tullia's death in February 45 BC. He found its emptiness more endurable than company, even as it left him alone with his grief.

• Ad Atticum 13.26 §2 at Astura

  Cicero's secluded coastal villa on a small island at the mouth of the river Astura in Latium, where he withdrew to grieve for Tullia in 45 BC.

• Ad Atticum 13.34 §1 I reached Astura

  Astura was a small island and villa at the mouth of the river of the same name on the Latian coast, Cicero's favourite retreat for solitude after Tullia's death. He uses it through 45 BC to escape both the heat and company.

• Ad Atticum 13.38 §2 To Astura

  A small island-villa at the mouth of the Astura river on the Latian coast, where Cicero often went to be alone, especially after his daughter Tullia's death; he weighs it as a place to avoid an awkward meeting.