Consolation · lost
Consolatio
Headnote
Consolatio, written at Astura in the spring of 45 BC, in the first grief after the death of Tullia — a consolation that Cicero, against all custom, addressed to himself. The work is lost; the page that follows is an editorial note, not a translation. The complete “Consolatio” printed under Cicero’s name since the sixteenth century is a forgery and is not used here.
What's known
Self-consolation written after the death of his daughter Tullia in February 45 BC; survives only in fragments. Status "lost": no continuous text survives; the only complete "Consolatio" in circulation is the 16th-c. Sigonio forgery, which must NOT be used. The english_file is an editorial note, not a translation.