Letter 1113: Alexander, a most honorable man who has been assigned a provincial governorship, believes his position would be...
Alexander, a most honorable man who has been assigned a provincial governorship, believes his position would be greatly enhanced by winning your friendship. He's enlisted me as his advocate, knowing that my letters carry enough weight with you to make this recommendation equivalent to the highest testimony. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Alexander vir bmatissimus sortitus provinciam praesidalem putat honori suo in-
crementa praestari, si tuo amore potiatur. quare desiderii sui me adscivit inter-
pretem, sciens apud te tantum loci esse litteris meis, ut haec commendatio maximi
testimonii instar habeatur. vale. i&
Revision history
- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.
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