Letter 10113: It is impossible for me to draw up a general rule as to whether newly-made senators in every city in Bithynia ought...
L Trajan to Pliny.
It is impossible for me to draw up a general rule as to whether newly-made senators in every city in Bithynia ought or ought not to pay an honorarium as entrance money. I think that the laws of each city should be observed - which is always the safest course to adopt . . . *
(*) The end of this letter is missing.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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