Letter 10089: I acknowledge your prayer, my dear Pliny, that I may celebrate many happy birthdays, and that our Empire may...
Trajan to Pliny.
I acknowledge your prayer, my dear Pliny, that I may celebrate many happy birthdays, and that our Empire may continue to prosper.
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Latin / Greek Original
TRAIANUS PLINIO
Agnosco vota tua, mi Secunde carissime, quibus precaris, ut plurimos et felicissimos natales florente statu rei publicae nostrae agam.
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