Letter 401.17

Fronto to Claudius Julianus, greeting. You have had, then, at home [...] you give to be taken care of. He writes back to me; he says that he has received no letter, and certainly does not know [...] you wish that we be clothed in this same way, and not [...] eat this [...] in what way I should speak to you [...] that I should be mindful of you, that you should long for me [...]. You surely remember that we established our friendship on such terms that we might disregard these conventional courtesies, and so, content with true affection, I would look for everything else to be at hand, just as before [...]. Would that you would [...] commend these things to the test of my experience.

to Claudius Julianus, greeting. You have had then at home, my Naucellius, . . . . Our friendship has been on such a footing that we could dispense with these conventional services, assured of the reality of our love . . . . With a friend I would wish all joys and sorrows shared . . . . . . . . . . . . it came to this that he was not only my dearest friend, but almost the single one who . . . .

ad amicos 1.17 [181 Hout; 2.90 Haines] Fronto Claudio Juliano salutem Habuisti igitur domi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . das curare. Rescribit mihi litteras se nullas accepisse ait certe nescire vis hoc idem nos vestiri neque hoc edere quone nobis loquar tui meminerim te desideres, meministi certe ita nos amicitiam instituisse, ut haec officia vulagta beglegeremus, ita contenti amore vero expectem cetera sicut ante adfore, utinam haec subice proba meae peritiae