Letter 6038: ...so you should know that these friends were hand-picked by the distinguished consul himself, and that you are the...
...since you know that, by the authority of that most exalted man, persons have been chosen from among his friends, and that to you, after the uncertainties of fortune, these first addresses of the divine emperor are delivered. As for your business, moreover, the matters you had wished to be handled through me before the venerable tribune, I take up not unwillingly. In the meantime press on with your journey to the shore of Formiae, so that, when the letter has been delivered to you, you may hasten the more quickly to Rome. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
20 cam scias, anctoritate praecelsi viri electas amicomm esse personas tibique haec prima
post dnbia fortunae divini principis adloquia deferri. in negotio autem tuo, quae per
me agi volueras apnd sancturo tribunum, non invitus ingredior. interea ad Formia-
num litus iter promove, nt cum ad te delatae litterae fuerint, Romam citius excur-
ras. vale.
25 XXXVU (XXXVffl).
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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