Note 15 — CIVIL WAR BETWEEN CÆSAR AND POMPEY.
Havilland Le Mesurier Chepmell translation
The same friendly affection Cicero had shown also to Virgil, of whom he is said to have used the expression, Magnæ spes altera Romæ: Virgil, at the death of Cicero, was twenty-six years old. (Donat. vit. Virgil. XI.)