Letter 7033: Neither the departure of our distinguished brother Proelianus allowed me to stay silent, nor would my own affection...
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus→Atticum|c. 382 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
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Neque fratris nostri v. c. Proeliani profectio passa est, ut silerem, neque nostra
sivit adfectio, ut officiis temperarem. cape igitur debitum munus adloquii, et ut me
& facias promptiorem, inpertiendae salutationis operam frequenter usurpa.
AD ATTICVM.
XXX a. 396.
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Neque fratris nostri v. c. Proeliani profectio passa est, ut silerem, neque nostra
sivit adfectio, ut officiis temperarem. cape igitur debitum munus adloquii, et ut me
& facias promptiorem, inpertiendae salutationis operam frequenter usurpa.
AD ATTICVM.
XXX a. 396.
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