Letter 273
To Julius the Foederatus. [A barbarian soldier serving Rome under treaty.]
The outcome of eating beyond what is needful, it is plain, often bestows chastisement upon the body, and frequently disease as well.
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Latin / Greek Original
Τῆς ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον σιτήσεως τὸ πέρας, δῆλον ὅτι
κόλασιν πολλάκις δὲ καὶ νόσον τῷ σώματι δω-
ρεῖται.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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