Roman Letters

Letter 10101: I have been glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, that the troops and the provincials in joyful unison have...

Trajan→Pliny the Younger|c. 112 AD|Pliny the Younger|Human translated
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Trajan to Pliny.

I have been glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, that the troops and the provincials in joyful unison have paid the vows they made for my safety, reciting the formula after you, and that they have undertaken new vows for the future.

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Latin / Greek Original

TRAIANUS PLINIO

Solvisse vota dis immortalibus te praeeunte pro mea incolumitate commilitones cum provincialibus laetissimo consensu et in futurum nuncupasse libenter, mi Secunde carissime, cognovi litteris tuis.

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  1. 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import

    Initial corpus import from Attalus.org.

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