Letter 10084: As the people of Nicaea declare that Augustus conferred upon them the right to enjoy the property of those citizens...
L Trajan to Pliny.
As the people of Nicaea declare that Augustus conferred upon them the right to enjoy the property of those citizens who die intestate, you must inquire into the matter, and summon before you all who are concerned in the question, including Virdius Gemellinus and Epimachus, my freedman, who are procurators, and then, after giving due weight to the arguments on the other side, come to the decision you think best.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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