[sect. 2]
quid quaeris: cf. Ep. V.4n. and Intr. 98.
id [gap in text] nescio: i.e. I do not know of what value this protection is which the friendship of such men as Hirtius and Dolabella gives me.
in acie non fui: see Intr. 31 (end).
Pompeius: see Intr. 31.
Lentulus: on his death, cf. Ep. XXXV.23n.
Scipio: Metellus Scipio, while attempting to escape after the battle of Thapsus, fell into the hands of the Caesarians, and was put to death or took his own life (cf. Belt Afr. 96).
Afranius: after escaping from the battle of Thapsus, he was captured by a detachment of Caesar's troops, and was murdered during an uprising of the soldiers (cf. Bell. Afr. 95). See also Intr. 33. For an account of Cato's death, see Bell. Afr. 88.
hoc primum: pointing back to munio tempora, above.