Letter 3037: My son Caecilianus, a distinguished man currently managing the grain supply of our common fatherland, has learned...
Filins mens Gaecilianns vir clarissimns, qni nnnc commnnis patriae gnbernat
annonam, certo cognoylt indicio, adyersarinm snnm Piratam nomine vel eins procnra-
torem spem tni favoris hansisse. negavi solere te recipere in tnam cnram pecuniarias s
actiones. ille tamen, nt est hominum supervacua plernmque trepidatio, consentaneas
sanctis moribns tuis de me litteras postulavit. non abnui operam meam facilia et
insta poscenti. snmma est igitur inpositi mihi muneris : contra absentem civem simnl-
qne districtum publicis curis non sinas quidqnam de iustitia tua sperare praesidinm.
snnt leges, sunt tribnnalia, sunt magistratus, qnibus litigator utatnr salva conscientia lo
tna. vale.
XXXVn ante a. 398.
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