Letter 6055: We need to renew our petition for the emperor's visit.
Adventus domini et principis nostri denuo postulandns est. Theodorus enim vir
inlnstris Mediolanensium legatione snscepta eniti dicitur, ut senatus petitionibns pro-
vinciale desiderium praeferatur. praefectus urbi huic negotio sanctitatem tuam optat
12 noeUe eaip P
27 ti om. (r)
168 SYMMACUI EPISTVLAE
P adhiberi, quem puto super hoe litteras ad vos esse missurum. hortor igitur, ut scripto
eius evocatus digneris adcurrere ante senatum, qui idibus luniis erit. ipso enim die
legatos arbitror eligendos. multa sunt domus vestrae negotia, quae a te coram sub
occasione causae publicae terminentur; praeterea votiva legatio est, quae apud aures
evocandorum amabilis futura credatur. quaeso ne differas, ut reconciliationem prae- 6
teritae gratiae consequaris. vale.
Lin (Um) a. 398?
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