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LI. hospitiis : see § 15. hospites, viz. those of his father. copiose alluding to the number of such patroni pro magnitudine . . . proque eo quod . . . , in consideration of the greatness . . . and of the fact that . . . summa res publica tentatur, the State is attackcd in its highest point, i.e. in its most vital interests. nunc: see § 115,note.
rationem, the department, the matter of : cf. de Off. 1.76, haec quidem res non solum ex domestica est ratione attingit etiam bellicam. M. Messalla : Introd. § 7. sua causa cupere ac debere, that I wished and was bound to oblige him, lit. that I desired and owed for his sake. Cf. ad Fam. 13.75, cuius (hominis) causa omnia cum cupio, tum etiam debeo, whom it is alike my wish and my duty to oblige in all things. assiduitate praesentia in iudicio ; cf. pro Sest. 7, assiduis officiis Probably Messalla had often appeared with Sex. Roscius at the preliminary investigation (cf. § 77) before the praetor auctoritate, the weight of his name. haec acta res est, this movement (i.e. Sulla's revolution) took place. restituerentur ; referring to the nobles banished by Marius and Cinna. et res publica . . . laborarent, they would be a cause of less trouble to the State, and would themselves be less troubled by unpopularity.
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