Letter 2060: I was living at my suburban estate, which lies beside the Appian Way, when your letter was delivered to me by a...
Suburbanum praedium, quod viae Appiae adiacet, incolebam, cum mihi litteras
tuas in hoc missus exhibuit. nosd rura, quae loquimur, ubi magnas aedes in an-
5 gustis finibus conlocavi. hie dulce otium — si quid afc^que te dulce est — paulisper
exe^mus. nunc Vestalis festi gratia domum repeto incertus, maneamne cum civibus,
an rursus in vicina concedam. tu quid agere decemas — nam certe iusto diutius 2
afuisti — , debeo cognoscere. vocat enim te in curiam nostram diis auctoribus quam-
primum candidati mei designatio, cui supra omnes omamento eris, qui nos vel ad-
10 finitatis vel amicitiae officiis prosequentur.
LX (LVIIII) ante a. 395.
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