Emperor Theodosius I & Quintus Aurelius Symmachus

The grain supply from Africa has been interrupted; I write to report the situation and to request the imperial...

The recommendation I make in this letter is made on the basis of genuine knowledge and genuine judgment, not merely...

The public games require animals from the provinces, and the provincial governors have been less cooperative than...

A legal question has arisen in the administration of the city that requires an imperial rescript to resolve; I set...

When I was surveying in writing the civil and military achievements of our lord Theodosius [Emperor Theodosius I, r.

...and you care for me, but I worry that you might take up some fight on my behalf while I'm away and draw hostility...

Although I know that modesty is kin to virtue, I nevertheless wished to find in the letters of your highness an...

The recommendation I make in this letter is made on the basis of genuine knowledge and genuine judgment, not merely...

The season at the villa has given me the leisure to reflect on what the office demands and what it gives in return;...

The events at Adrianople have changed the texture of Roman public life in ways that are not yet fully visible; I set...

The formal obligations of the season are behind me now, and I find myself with an unusual surplus of unobligated...

The grain supply from Africa has been interrupted; I write to report the situation and to request the imperial...