Letter 10102: We have celebrated with all due religious observance the lucky day upon which you succeeded to the throne and the...
L To Trajan.
We have celebrated with all due religious observance the lucky day upon which you succeeded to the throne and the care of the human race was placed in your keeping, * and have commended our public vows and thanksgivings to the gods who set you to rule over us.
(*) 28th January.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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