Letter 2064: Many things commend my friend Cresconius to your affection.
Many things win your affection for my friend Cresconius. First, that he delivered the sacred dispatch [the imperial letter] in which the appointment to my consulship is contained; next, that his homeland Africa, no less dear to you than to me, commends him. Although I ought to have appraised his character in the first place, I preferred to reserve it for your own examination. Receive therefore, I beg you, a man well known in military service, who believes he will attain the very summit of good fortune, if the splendor of your patronage should shine upon him.
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Latin / Greek Original
Gresconio amico meo amorem tuum multa conciliant. primo quod sacras litteras,
quibus consulatus mei designatio tenetur, exhibuit; dehinc quod eum patria Africa 10
non minus tibi quam mihi cara commendat. cuius mores cum primo loco censere de-
buerim, malui tuo examini reservare. suscipe igitur, oro te, notum militiae virum,
qui se apicem felicitatis credit habiturum, si eum patrocinii tui splendor inluminet.
LXmi (LXm) a. 390.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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