Cumae

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 12.36 §2 because he would not be at the Cumanum

  The Cumanum was Cicero's villa at Cumae on the Bay of Naples, a favourite writing-retreat; he is annoyed that Brutus declined to meet him there. The exchange shows Brutus among the friends consoling Cicero in his grief.

• Ad Atticum 13.27 §2 from the Cumanum

  Cicero's villa in the territory of Cumae on the Bay of Naples; a messenger from there brought word that Atticus's daughter Attica was in good health.

• Ad Familiares 7.4 §1 Cumaean estate

  Cicero's villa near Cumae on the Bay of Naples, in the fashionable coastal belt where Marius too had a house; the neighbourhood that makes the two men neighbours and the Marius letters possible.

• Ad Familiares 9.5 §3 the Cumanum

  Cicero's villa near Cumae on the Bay of Naples, one of his several country houses; the Tusculan villa near Tusculum (south-east of Rome) was another. The casual mention of having the bath made ready reflects the easy intimacy of the Varro correspondence.

• Ad Familiares 9.23 §1 my house at Cumae

  Cumae, the old Greek colony on the bay of Naples, was the site of one of Cicero's seaside villas, much used as a writing retreat. In 46 BC he is there, within easy reach of Paetus, who lived nearby on the bay.

• Ad Familiares 12.20 §1 at the Cumanum and the Pompeianum

  Cicero's seaside villas near Cumae and at Pompeii, two of the several country properties on the Bay of Naples where he wrote and entertained; he jokingly demands that Cornificius leave a memorial of a visit there to placate the snubbed Sinuessan lodge.

• Ad Familiares 16.10 §1 to reach Cumae

  Cumae, on the bay of Naples, where Tiro was convalescing; Cicero has a villa nearby.

• On the Ends of Good and Evil §1.14 my place near Cumae

  Cumae, on the Bay of Naples, was the setting of one of Cicero's seaside villas. The dramatic scene of De Finibus Book 1 is set there during a visit by Torquatus and Triarius.