Letter 2090: A short while ago I sent a letter, but I do not begrudge doubling the greeting that is owed to you.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusVirius Nicomachus Flavianus|c. 400 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|From Rome|To Rome|AI-assisted
friendship

A little earlier I had sent you a letter, but it does not irk me to repeat the greeting I owe you. For affection in performing such services observes no limit. Besides, my acquaintance with these travelers has demanded that an added page may further their recommendation. I do not ask for a reply, secure as I am in your distinguished spirit, which promises me unprompted conversation without any reminder.

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.

Latin / Greek Original

Panlo ante litteras dederam, sed debitam tibi salutationem geminare non pignit.
namqne amor ofGciomm modum non tenet. praeterea notitia commeantium postulavit,
5 ut commendationi eorum pagina adiecta proficiat. responsa non postulo securus prae-
clari animi tui, qui mihi sine admonitione sermonem voluntarium polliceatur.

LXXXX (LXXXVnn) ante a. 395.

Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.

    Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://archive.org/details/qaureliisymmach00seecgoog

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