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Để mức độ nào đã làm tinh thần của lợi nhuận và doanh nghiệp chiếm ưu thế hơn các giá trị truyền thống của thành phố Rome? Và những gì vai trò kinh tế đã làm những nhà tài chính chơi? Làm thế nào chúng ta nên so sánh vai trò của các đối tác của họ vào cuối | The financial activities of the elite ig there were many such charges d affaires although very few of them are known to us. Did they receive remuneration There must certainly have been some agreement whereby they were rewarded for such time-consuming work which could well prove harmful to their own interests. But in the cases known to us there is no suggestion of any regular payment such as for example a percentage of the sums handled by them. Atticus and Cicero were very close friends to be sure but the patrimonial interests of the two men were never confused. Besides men of this rank not only were responsible for their wives and children but were also the heads of large households full of slaves and freedmen and they possessed numerous estates. They needed to keep a tight grip on the situation. We know from Cornelius Nepos that Atticus was extremely frugal in his daily life.38 Despite all this there is no indication that he presented any lists of expenses to Marcus or Quintus Cicero Cornelius Nepos explains that he had chosen to negotia procurare to take charge of the affairs of others in order to prove that even if he was not entrusted with the affairs of the State this was not because he was lazy but because he had made a deliberate choice. Charges d affaires such as he contributed indirectly to the smooth running of the State by assisting those who held magistracies. So it was that Atticus took charge of the interests of the two Ciceros of Cato of Hortensius of Aulus Torquatus and of a fair number of Roman knights.39 Even if Atticus did benefit from the responsibilities that he discharged and it seems virtually certain that he did at least indirectly his attitude should be understood in the context of a whole series of overall choices made in accordance with the lifestyle to which he was accustomed. It cannot be reduced to a quest for profit at all costs. Atticus way of life was not that of his uncle the fenerator Q Caecilius nor was it that of the great .
