[sect. 2]
Tenediorum: the people of Tenedos petitioned the senate for home rule, but were refused.
securi Tenedia: tradition states that Tenes, the first king of Tenedos, among other severe regulations, established one punishing adultery with immediate death by the ax, so that securis Tenedia was a proverbial expression for an immediate and severe sentence. In this case of course the phrase effects a word-play with Tenediorum.
Bibulum: cf. Ep. VII. 2.
Calidium: M. Calidius as praetor in 57 B.C.
had worked for Cicero's recall.
Favonium: cf. Ep. XV.7n.