In May 54, Cicero wrote to his younger friend Trebatius Testa, then serving as legal tribune under Caesar in Gaul, with a sharply critical exhortation (7.6.1): “tu modo ineptias istas et desideria urbis et urbanitatis depone et, quo consilio profectus es, id adsiduitate et virtute consequere” (“Just you lay aside these bumblings and cravings for the city and citification, and follow up with manliness and persistence that resolution in which you set forth”). Given that Cicero had recommended Trebatius highly for the appointment and had a great personal stake in its diplomatic value, he was indignant at Trebatius’s complaints. Did he not see the paradox, five years later, when he himself wrote from Cilicia to Caelius Rufus in similar words but with the situation reversed (2.11.1): “mirum me desiderium tenet urbis” (“A wondrous craving for the city has hold of me”)? Cicero’s reluctance to go to Cilicia, his many expressions of discontent, and his persistent protests against prorogation are well known. For these attitudes, letters are the primary source.2 But as Michèle Lowrie

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西塞罗的西里西亚书信：空间和 Auctoritas

54 年 5 月，西塞罗写信给他的年轻朋友特雷巴蒂乌斯·特斯塔（Trebatius Testa），当时他在高卢担任凯撒政府的法律辩护人，并提出了尖锐的批评性劝告（7.6.1）：“tu modo ineptias isstas et desideria urbis et Urbanitatis depone et, quo consilio profectus es, id adsiduitate et virtute consequere”（“只要你把这些对城市和城市化的浮躁和渴望放在一边，并以男子气概和坚持不懈地坚持你提出的决议”）。鉴于西塞罗高度推荐特雷巴蒂乌斯担任这一任命，并且其外交价值与个人利益息息相关，因此他对特雷巴蒂乌斯的抱怨感到愤慨。五年后，当他自己从奇里乞亚写信给凯利乌斯·鲁弗斯时，他没有看到悖论，但情况相反（2.11.1）：“mirum me desiderium tenet urbis”（“对这座城市的奇妙渴望抓住了我”）？西塞罗不愿去西里西亚，他多次表达不满，以及他对休会的持续抗议是众所周知的。对于这些态度，信件是主要来源。 2 但正如 Michèle Lowrie