Letter 6037: When the imperial letter was delivered to me -- summoning us to attend the distinguished consul's ceremony -- I...
When the sacred letters were being delivered to me, by which we are summoned to the office of that most exalted man, the consul, I saw others likewise issued in your name, by which the imperial graciousness has called you to attend. An agens in rebus [an imperial courier-official] presented the consul's letters as well, performing the same duty. I therefore advise that you set out on your journey in good time, on which Hispanus will not be your companion. Something else has come up as well, which may encourage you: for that distinguished man, my brother Neoterius, an admirer of my lord brother [...]
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Latin / Greek Original
Cam mihi sacrae litterae redderentur, quibus ad ofiicium praecelsi viri consulis
15 evocamur, vidi alias aeque ad tuum nomen emissaS; quibus te honorificentia imperia-
lis accivit. consulis quoque scripta idem agens in rebus exhibuit. suadeo igitur, ut
mature iter instmas, cui non cohaerebit Hispanus. aliud quoque accessit, qnod te
possit hortari: nam vir inlustris frater meus Neoterius domni fratris mei admirator
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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