Letter 10080: I agree with the construction you place on the law, my dear Pliny, and I think that the Lex Pompeia is superseded by...
L Trajan to Pliny.
I agree with the construction you place on the law, my dear Pliny, and I think that the Lex Pompeia is superseded by the edict of Augustus to the extent that persons not less than twenty-two years of age are eligible for office, and that, having held it, they necessarily become senators in all the free cities. But if they have not held office, I do not think that those who are under thirty can be appointed senators in any place, simply because they might hold office if they chose.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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