Letter 10069: It would be very hard on the provincials to lay upon them the necessity of approaching the pontifical college...
L Trajan to Pliny.
It would be very hard on the provincials to lay upon them the necessity of approaching the pontifical college whenever they desired for some sufficient reason to remove the ashes of their ancestors from one place to another. You should therefore follow the precedents set by those who have governed the province before you, and either give or withhold permission on the merits of each case.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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