Letter 10053: I am glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, with what devotion and joy the troops and the provincials have...
Trajan to Pliny.
I am glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, with what devotion and joy the troops and the provincials have celebrated the anniversary of my coming to the throne, repeating the formula at your dictation.
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Latin / Greek Original
TRAIANUS PLINIO
Quanta religione et laetitia commilitones cum provincialibus te praeeunte diem imperii mei celebraverint, libenter, mi Secunde carissime, agnovi litteris tuis.
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