Buthrotum

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 14.10 §3 The Buthrotian business

  The long-running affair of Buthrotum in Epirus, where Atticus had estates threatened by Caesar's planned veteran colony; Cicero promises to keep it in hand, as he must for his friend's sake.

• Ad Atticum 14.11 §2 Buthrotians

  The people of Buthrotum in Epirus, near Atticus's estate; their town faced confiscation for back taxes, and Cicero spent much of 44 BC trying to protect them on Atticus's behalf.

• Ad Atticum 14.14 §6 the people of Buthrotum

  Buthrotum in Epirus, where Atticus held large estates; the town faced confiscation under a Caesarian colony scheme, and Cicero promises to push a favourable Senate decree on its behalf.

• Ad Atticum 14.17 §2 the Buthrotian business

  Buthrotum (modern Butrint, Epirus) was the seat of Atticus's estates; its townsmen faced confiscation of land to settle Caesar's veterans, and Cicero spent much of 44 BC lobbying Antony to spare them. The "Buthrotian business" is this recurring effort.

• Ad Atticum 14.20 §2 your Buthrotum

  Buthrotum was a town in Epirus where Atticus held large estates; Caesar had assigned its territory to veteran colonists, and clearing that settlement ("the Buthrotum business") to protect Atticus's interests is a running thread of these post-Ides letters.

• Ad Atticum 15.2 §1 far too much about Buthrotum

  Buthrotum, a Roman colony in Epirus (modern Albania) where Atticus held large estates; Caesar's plan to settle veterans on its land threatened Atticus's interests, and securing an exemption is the running anxiety of these letters.

• Ad Atticum 15.12 §1 Good news, by Hercules, about Buthrotum

  Buthrotum, a Roman colony in Epirus (modern Butrint, Albania) where Atticus held large estates; the threatened settlement of Caesar's veterans on its land is the running "Buthrotian affair" that Cicero keeps pressing with Dolabella through book 15.

• Ad Atticum 15.14 §2 your exceptional and remarkable goodwill in the Buthrotian case

  The long-running dispute over Buthrotum in Epirus, where Atticus's lands were threatened with confiscation for Caesar's veteran colonists; Dolabella as consul had ruled in the city's favour, which Cicero is anxious to see made permanent.

• Ad Atticum 15.14 §3 the Buthrotian cause and city

  Cicero asks Dolabella to take Buthrotum formally "into his good faith" (in fidem) so that its exemption stands in perpetuity, relieving Atticus and himself of further anxiety over the colonists' claims.

• Ad Atticum 15.18 §2 both by the Buthrotian business

  Buthrotum, a Roman colony in Epirus where Atticus held estates; the long-running affair concerned settlers being planted on land Atticus's interests opposed, and consumed much of his attention in 44 BC.

• Ad Atticum 15.19 §1 What further is to be done about the Buthrotians?

  The settlers and landholders of Buthrotum in Epirus, the subject of a protracted dispute over Caesar's planned colony there, in which Atticus had a heavy financial stake and was wearing himself out.

• Ad Atticum 16.1 §2 the land-seekers at Buthrotum have been cut to pieces

  Buthrotum in Epirus was a town whose territory had been earmarked for Caesarian veteran settlers; Atticus, with property there, had long lobbied to block the settlement, and Cicero follows the violent struggle over the land closely.

• Ad Atticum 16.4 §3 About the Buthrotians

  Buthrotum, a town in Epirus near Atticus's estates; Caesar had planned to settle veteran colonists there, and the locals' fight to prevent it is a recurring concern Cicero pursues on Atticus's behalf.