Letter 1050: Shortly afterward, I had promised to support the son of my friend Trygetius as a candidate for the praetorship...
dulgentia {F) 31 patior V tibi feoisse VM
qnendi apud collegas adtulit dies', egit pater seDatui gratiam ea facundiae gravitate, VMII
qna notas est. kalendae tanc erant, qaibus annas aperitar. brevi interyallo cam 2
familiaris mei Trygeti filio praetorio candidato operam spopondissem , animam religio
eonyenit, at occasione destinati officii obirem manas adhac a me patri debitam sed,
b at dixi , ab illo senatai iam solatam. ergo a. d. qaintam Idas lanaarias verba fed
in amplissimo ordine ; qaae abi in manns taas venerint, ex tao animo conicies iadicia
ceteroram. ego sab^incerto examinis tai alioram sententias occalendas patavi, ne te
praeiadicio tanti ordinis viderer argaere.
XXXXV (XXXVini) ante a. 385.
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