Purser — Cicero's Correspondence during his Proconsulate. 409 



suppose that the last ' renewal ' took place ahout February, 52 b.c. 

 Therefore sexennii must be -wrong. The difBculty is solved, by the 

 genius of Stemkopf. He reads hiennn (= viennii), comparing Livy 

 xlv. 15. 9 himetisus for VI. mensum (in cod. Vind.); Yell. ii. 31. 3 

 hiennium for sexennium (in Ed. Princeps et Amerbachii apographon) ; 

 Livy xxviii. 28. 4 sex lellium - Vihellium. We may add — Cic. Fam. 

 XV. 4. 8 sex for vi ] Phil. x. 15 duo (in cod. Bernensis) for ii; and cf. 

 Madvig, Opusc. Acad. 622 (ed. 2). 



The Salaminians were ready to pay two years' interest, though the 

 full two years had not run. since the last renewal was made. 



This is more satisfactory and elegant than Mommsen's addition : 

 <ientesimis sexennii <ternis praeterea quacl,riennii> ductis, &c. 



vi. 1.7. — Igitur meo decreto soluta res Scaptio statim : quam 

 id rectum sit tu iudicabis : ne ad Catonem quidem 

 provocabo. 



Madvig (Adv. Crit. iii. 176) simply alters statim to stat. This 

 would appear to mean ' by my decree, the money stands paid to 

 Scaptius,' or ' the payment to Scaptius is valid.' But there was no 

 payment, only an offer of payment ; a res solvenda not a res soluta. 

 Further, Cicero did not make a decree for the amount, but postponed 

 the case. But he was perfectly ready to make a decree at once if 

 Scaptius would only consent to take the money : cf. vi, 1 . 7 Elud 

 quidem fatelitur Scaptius me ius dicente sili omnem pecuniam ex edicto 

 meo auferendi potestatem esse. But Scaptius did not consent (cf. above, 

 p. 406). I think we should read Igitur meo decreto soluta res <esset> 

 Scaptio statim. ' The money might have been paid Scaptius by my 

 decree on the spot : the justice of that, I shall leave to you ; I shall 

 not appeal even to Cato.' 



vi. 1. 17. — De statua Africani . . . ain tu ? Scipio hie Metellus 

 proavum suum nescit censorem non fuisse ? Atqui 

 nihil habuit aliud inscriptum nisi cens ea statua 

 quae ad Opis per te posita in excelso est. In ilia 

 autem quae est ad UoXvKXiov; Herculem inscrip- 

 tum est cos : quam esse eiusdem status, amictus, 

 anulus, imago ipsa declarat. At mehercule ego cum 

 in turma inauratarum equestrium, quas hie Metellus 

 in Capitolis posuit, animadvertissem in Serapionis 

 subscriptione Africani imaginem, erratum fabrile 

 putavi, nunc video Metelli. avLo-rop-qa-iav turpem.' 



As the emendation and explanation of this passage, which were 



