Letter 717: Even if you do not write to me, I still feast on your letters.
Ἰουλιανῷ. (362)
Ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ μὴ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπιστέλλεις, ἡμεῖς γε τοῖς
σοῖς ἑστιώμεθα γράμμασιν. ὅταν γὰρ ὅτι τις ἔλαβε μάθοvεν,
εὐθὺς ἡμεῖς πλησίον καὶ ἢ πείσαντες ἢ κρατήσαντερ ἀκόντων
ἀνέγνωμεν.
τὸ μὲν οὖν κέρδος οὐχ ἧττον ἢ ᾿ κείνων,
τὸ τετιμῆσθαι δὲ παρ’ ἐκείνοις μόνοις ἐρῶμεν δὲ καὶ αὐτοὶ
τιμῆς, ἐπειδὴ καὶ φίλτρου τοῦ παρὰ σοί. δῆλον γὰρ ὡς, εἴ τι
τιμήσεις, οὐκ ἄνευ γε τοῦ φιλεῖν τοῦτο ποιήσεις.
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If justice were done, you would have held that office long ago, and by now you would hold one even greater.
The good Salutius has restored us to the honor from which the boorish Elpidius had driven us.
I delight in the regular frequency of your letters and draw abundant joy from this gift.
We tried to keep the crocodiles -- the ones displayed at the theater show -- alive for your visit.
Brachinus is a veteran of that campaign through which you accomplished so many great things in our region.