Letter 2015: I took Aurelianus — my protege, who now commands the urban cohorts — into my circle of friends at your suggestion.
Anrelianum filinm meum, qni nnnc cohortes urbanas gnbemat, in amicitiam te
iubente suscepi. unde factnm est , ut ei commendationem , quam prius de te memit,
s non negarem. neque enim tibi videtnr oneri fore, quod ipse fecisti. petitio autem
pudentissimi iuvenis de infortunio soceri sui nata est, cuius iste non factum tuetur,
sed lapsum desiderat sublevari. facito, quod soles, rogantis intuitu, et si quid negotio
iustitiae deest, remitte pietati. . vale.
XV ante a. 395.
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