Letter 6008: Your letter was delivered while I was at the seventh milestone along the Via Ostiensis, and I immediately arranged...
Your letter was delivered to us while we were staying at the seventh milestone of the Ostian Way, and at once, through the distinguished gentleman the vicar, at our request, the issuing of the records went forward. But your slave departed from the city without consulting us and without our knowledge, as is the way with the wickedness familiar to slaves. It is in your hands whether you allow this to go unpunished. Meanwhile, the renewed illness has not kept silent in tormenting my daughter. The wound of this news has cut deep into my breast, nor will the fear be wiped away unless I receive assurance of her recovery by a letter in return. Therefore make it so, I beg you, that the reassurance reported back without delay may transform my dread. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Redditae sunt nobis litterae vestrae, cum in Ostiensis viae septimo degeremus,
et ilico per inlustrem virum vicarium petitu meo actorum processit editio. sed puer
vester inconsultis atque ignorantibus nobis urbe discessit, ut est servis familiaris in-
probitas. vestra m manu est, utrum hoc inultum esse patiamini. interea filiam meam
10 iactari instaurato ianguore non siluit. cuius nuntii vulnus alte incidit pectori meo,
nec abolebitur metus, nisi mutua scriptione fidem sanitatis eius accepero. facite igi-
tur, oro vos, ut formidinem meam securitas protinus reportata commutet. vale.
vim.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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