Note 338 — LIFE OF ANTONIUS.
George Long translation
This expression of Cicero occurs in his Second Philippic, c. 22: “ut Helena Trojanis, sic iste huic reipublicæ causa belli, causa pestis atque exitii fuit.” Plutarch’s remark on Cicero’s extravagant expression is just.
As to the events mentioned in this chapter, compare the Life of Cæsar, c. 34, &c.