Letter 8025: With the blessing of the divine powers, my son Symmachus will assume the fasces [the ceremonial rods symbolizing...
Praefato divinitatis favore urbanae praeturae fasces filius meus Symmachus ka-
lendis lanuariis sortietur. praesentia tua omari eius officium participata petitione de-
poscimus.
LXXII (LXXI) a. 400.
SIMILIS. 25
Divinitatis honore praemisso filius meus Symmachus kalendis lanuariis praeturae
urbanae accipiet magistratum. quaeso, ut praesentia tua festa nostra cohonestet.
LXXm (LXXH).
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