Letter 5041: I was unable to attend the Senate on the day when the son of Thalassius was released from the obligations of our...
I was indeed unable to attend the senate on the day when the son of Thalassius was released from the burdens of our rank, but I had secured the hope of future action on his behalf by no slight recommendation among our friends. Yet I do not claim for myself the credit of the favor obtained: the justice of the request and your own intervention advanced what was desired. My health, long buffeted, has at last withdrawn into calm; and I write this so that, gladdened by the news of my recovery, you may bring me an equal pleasure concerning your own prosperity.
Letter LVI (LVII), year 393.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ego quidem senatui interesse non potui, quo die Thalassi filius dignitatis nostrae 20
muneribus exemptus est, sed spem futurae pro eo actionis non levi apud amicos com-
mendatione solidaveram. nec tamen impetrationis gratiam mihi vindico: iustitia po-
stulati et interventus tui desiderata promot;it. mea valetudo diu iactata tandem se
in tranquillum recepit; qnod eo scribo, ut auctus laetitia salutis meae parem volup-
tatem mihi de prosperis tuis referas. 25
LVim (LVII) a. 393.
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