[sect. 2]
C. Mati: cf. Ep. XCI., introd. note, and XCII.
suavissimi: Ep. XCII. affords excellent proof of the correctness of this characterization.
doctissimi: Matius not only wrote a book upon gastronomy, but Cicero found the impulse to some of his best philosophical work in the lively sympathy of Matius. Cf. φιλοσοφούμενα, Ep. XCI.5n.
familiaritatem: the friendship formed between Matius and Trebatius in Gaul continued unshaken through all the vicissitudes of the Civil War. Cf. Ep. XCI. I, Att. 9.15A .
mihi crede: cf. Ep. XXVII.1n.