Letter 10005: A legal question has arisen in the administration of the city that requires an imperial rescript to resolve; I set...

I wrote to you before urging you not to dishonor your homeland, and I urge the same now: admire Rome, but live in...

I admired Gerontius's character and made him my friend, and now I do whatever I can for him in return.

If this man arriving from Cyprus had not stood in your way, surely another would have come from Euboea or Scyros.

1. I knew that the charge which had lately sprung up against the loquacious Apollinarius would sound strange in the ears of your excellency. I did not know myself, till now, that he was accused; at the present time, however, the Sebastenes, after search in some quarter or another, have brought these things forward, and they are carrying about a ...

Gold is changed and transformed into various forms at various times, being fashioned into many ornaments, and used by art for many purposes; yet it remains what it is — gold; and it is not the substance but the form which admits of change. So also, believing that your kindness will remain unchanged for your friends, although you are ever climbin...