Ep. 10.56.1Summās, domine, grātiās agō, quod inter maximās occupātiōnēs in iīs, dē quibus tē cōnsuluī, mē quoque regere dignātus es;I give you the greatest thanks, sir, because amid your very great concerns you have deigned to guide me too in the matters on which I consulted you; Ep. 10.56.1quod nunc quoque faciās rogō.and I ask you to do so now as well. Ep. 10.56.2Adiit enim mē quīdam indicāvitque adversāriōs suōs ā Servīliō Calvō, clārissimō virō, in triennium relēgātōs in prōvinciā morārī: illī contrā ab eōdem sē restitūtōs affirmāvērunt ēdictumque recitāvērunt.For a certain man approached me and reported that his opponents, who had been banished for three years by Servilius Calvus, a most distinguished man, were staying on in the province: they in turn asserted that they had been restored by the same man, and read out his edict. Ep. 10.56.2Quā causā necessārium crēdidī rem integram ad tē referre.For this reason I believed it necessary to refer the matter to you undecided. Ep. 10.56.3Nam, sīcut mandātīs tuīs cautum est, nē restituam ab aliō aut ā mē relēgātōs, ita dē iīs, quōs alius et relēgāverit et restituerit, nihil comprehēnsum est.For while it is laid down in your instructions that I am not to restore those banished by another or by myself, nothing is included about those whom another has both banished and restored.
Ep. 10.56.3Ideō tū, domine, cōnsulendus fuistī, quid observāre mē vellēs, tam herculē quam dē iīs quī in perpetuum relēgātī nec restitūtī in prōvinciā dēprehenduntur.Therefore, sir, I had to consult you on what you wished me to observe, and indeed just as much about those who have been banished for life and, without being restored, are caught in the province. Ep. 10.56.4Nam haec quoque speciēs incidit in cognitiōnem meam.For a case of this kind too has come before my court. Ep. 10.56.4Est enim adductus ad mē in perpetuum relēgātus ā Iūliō Bassō prōcōnsule.A man was brought before me who had been banished for life by Julius Bassus as proconsul. Ep. 10.56.4Ego, quia sciēbam ācta Bassī rescissa datumque ā senātū iūs omnibus, dē quibus ille aliquid cōnstituisset, ex integrō agendī, dumtaxat per biennium, interrogāvī hunc, quem relēgāverat, an adīsset docuissetque prōcōnsulem.Since I knew that the acts of Bassus had been annulled, and that the senate had given all those about whom he had made any decision the right to plead their case afresh, though only within two years, I asked this man whom he had banished whether he had approached the proconsul and laid his case before him.
Ep. 10.56.4Negāvit.He said no. Ep. 10.56.5Per quod effectum est, ut tē cōnsulerem, reddendum eum poenae suae an gravius aliquid et quid potissimum cōnstituendum putārēs et in hunc et in eōs, sī quī forte in similī condiciōne invenīrentur.This led me to consult you whether you thought he should be returned to his sentence or whether something more severe should be decided, and what in particular, both against him and against any others who might be found in a similar position. Ep. 10.56.5Dēcrētum Calvī et ēdictum, item dēcrētum Bassī hīs litterīs subiēcī.I have appended to this letter the decree and the edict of Calvus, and likewise the decree of Bassus.