Letter 10027: Maximus, Sir, your freedman and procurator, assures me that he absolutely requires some soldiers in addition to the...
L To Trajan.
Maximus, Sir, your freedman and procurator, assures me that he absolutely requires some soldiers in addition to the ten privileged soldiers whom you ordered me to pass over to that worthy man Gemellinus. I thought it better to leave some of these in attendance upon him as I found them so engaged, especially as he was going into Paphlagonia to collect stores of corn. I also added two horsemen for additional security at his urgent request. I beg of yon to write and let me know what arrangements you would like for the future.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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