Letter 2058: I had resolved to be away from home for a long while and was enjoying a pleasant period of leisure with our friends...
Diu domo abesse decreveram, iucundwiwque otium cum familiaribus nostris in sub-
urbano, cui Arabianae nomen est, exigebam. sed quia fors versat humana nec sem- 20
per ex voto destinata succedunt, praefecti litterae ruperunt otium meum, quae bonae
spei soUicita miscebant. SQe£idtim praesentiam meam per ambiguum poposcerunt.
2 non difiFero expectationem tuam. fcoactu in tractatu senatum commoneri sed et ob-
lationem faciendam scriptis secretioribus indicavit. nihil publicatum, nihil lectum est.
quantitas postulatae rei excessit opulentiam. re cognita vastum silentium cunctis stu- 25
3 por subitus imperavit. quo longius prodeunte placuit in^ tempus aliud deliberanda
produci, ne omitterentur absentcs. quamvis ipse dixerim, Romae aut in proximis
positos vel evocari debere vel consuli, quorum non debet ob eam cautionem futuram
ut statutis ordinis polliceantur adsensum. habes omnem rem, de qua quid sentiam,
satis nosti. tibi etiamsi causa communis est, procul tamen abesse ad solacium proficit. 30
LVm (LVH) ante a. 395.
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