Roman Letters

Letter 4019: You complain of both my delays and my silence.

Sidonius Apollinaris→Florentinus and others (multiple letters)|c. 467 AD|Sidonius Apollinaris|AI-assisted
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Sidonius to his friend Florentinus.

You complain of both my delays and my silence. Both can be excused: for here I am — and here I write. Farewell.

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Latin / Greek Original

EPISTULA XIX

Sidonius Florentino suo salutem.

1. Et moras nostras et silentium accusas. utrumque purgabile est; namque et venimus et scribimus. vale.

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    Initial corpus import from Original-language source text.

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