Letter 1

Question 1

date

Answer 1

summer 62BC

Question 2

From

Answer 2

Cicero

Question 3

To

Answer 3

Pompey

Question 4

Purpose of Letter

Answer 4

to form an alliance with Pompey, to become political allies

Question 5

Major events before

Answer 5

Pompey about to come back from the east after winning unprecedented victories

Question 6

Scipio Africanus

Answer 6

captured Carthage, from a prestigious family, compares Pompey to him

Question 7

Laelius

Answer 7

Scipio’s adviser

Question 8

Congratulates Pompey

Answer 8

Like everybody else I was delighted with your official dispatch

Question 9

He has always supported him

Answer 9

I rely on you so completely

Question 10

REminds him of his support for him

Answer 10

My unremitting efforts on your behalf

Question 11

His move against the Catiline conspirators was the best option

Answer 11

“what I did to save our country has been universally favorable”

“What I did was brave, as well as wise”

Question 12

Suggests a partnership

Answer 12

“Let me join you as a political ally as well as a friend”

Question 13

Flatters Pompey

Answer 13

“you being so much greater than Scipio Aemilianus, and myself not much inferior to Laelius!”