Letter 6037: When the imperial letter was delivered to me -- summoning us to attend the distinguished consul's ceremony -- I...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 384 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
imperial politicstravel mobility

When the imperial letter was delivered to me -- summoning us to attend the distinguished consul's ceremony -- I noticed another dispatch addressed to you with the same honorific invitation. The consul's own letter was also handed over by the same courier. I strongly advise you to get your journey underway promptly. The Spaniard won't be joining your party. There's another reason to be encouraged: my distinguished brother Neoterius, a great admirer of our brother, is involved [Text breaks off in source.]

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Latin / Greek Original

Cam mihi sacrae litterae redderentur, quibus ad ofiicium praecelsi viri consulis
15 evocamur, vidi alias aeque ad tuum nomen emissaS; quibus te honorificentia imperia-
lis accivit. consulis quoque scripta idem agens in rebus exhibuit. suadeo igitur, ut
mature iter instmas, cui non cohaerebit Hispanus. aliud quoque accessit, qnod te
possit hortari: nam vir inlustris frater meus Neoterius domni fratris mei admirator

Revision history

  1. 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import

    Initial corpus import from Seeck edition OCR from Internet Archive.

    Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://archive.org/details/qaureliisymmach00seecgoog

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