Letter 2082: Our son Symmachus, having completed his games as a candidate for office, presents to you the customary quaestorian...
Our son Symmachus, having completed his games as a candidate for office, presents to you the customary quaestorian gifts. We hope they please you as tokens of our respect and of the young man's promising future. The games went well -- the people were entertained, the obligation was fulfilled, and the family name was honored. What more could a father ask? I know your goodwill toward the boy and trust you will receive these modest offerings in the spirit of friendship in which they are sent.
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Latin / Greek Original
Filius noster Symmacbus peracto munere candidato offert tibi dona quaestoria et
ceteras necessitudines nostras pari bonore participat. quaeso igitur, ut eius nomine
diptycha et apophoreta suscipere dignemini , qui apparatui eius plura et praeclara ss
2 tribuistis. pra^erea domino et principi nostro ad referendam largitati eius sedulam
magis quam parem gratiam, auro circumdatum diptychum misi. ceteros quosque ami-
cos ebumeis pugillaribus et canistellis argenteis bonoravi. tuae igitur potestati tuo-
que arbitrio committo, ut oportune singulis, quae missa sunt, offerantnr.
raque F morborum F
largiUtit P 27 dypticum P
LIBEB II. 67
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LXXXn (LXXXI) ante a. 395.
Revision history
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