[sect. 2]
Laterensem: M. Juventius Laterensis, a firm adherent of the constitutional party, who a few weeks later committed suicide in consequence of his failure to keep Lepidus loyal to the senatorial cause (Vell. Paterc. 2.63; Planc. Fam. 10.23.4).
provincia sua: Antony did enter Gallia Narbonensis. Cf. introd. note.
ab equitatu firmus: cf. ab amicis, Ep. 1.2 n.
decem: Schelle conjectures sescenti with probability.