Marcus Cornelius Fronto→Lucius Verus|c. 166 AD|Marcus Cornelius Fronto|From Rome (career hub)|To Rome (career hub)|AI-assisted
To my Lord Verus Augustus.
Although it has long since wearied and disgusted me to go on living for so long with this ill health of mine, yet once I have seen you returned home with such great glory, won through your valor, I shall neither have lived to no purpose nor live on unwillingly, for however much of life is granted me.
Farewell, my Lord, whom I miss most of all. Give my greetings to your father-in-law and to your children.
To my Lord Verus Augustus. Although for a long while past with this ill-health of mine it has been pain and grief for me to live on, yet when I see you return with such great glory gained by your valour, I shall not have lived in vain, nor shall I be loth to live, whatever span of life remains for me. Farewell, my Lord, whom I miss so much. Greet your mother-in-law and your children.
ad Verum Imp. 1.3 [109 Hout; 2.236 Haines]
Domino meo Vero Augusto.
Quamquam me diu cum ista valetudine vivere jam pridem pigeat taedeatque, tamen ubi te tanta gloria per virtutem parta reducem videro, neque in cassum vixero neque invitus, quantum vitae dabitur vivam.
Vale, domine desiderantissime. Socerum et liberos vestros saluta.
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To my Lord Verus Augustus.
Although it has long since wearied and disgusted me to go on living for so long with this ill health of mine, yet once I have seen you returned home with such great glory, won through your valor, I shall neither have lived to no purpose nor live on unwillingly, for however much of life is granted me.
Farewell, my Lord, whom I miss most of all. Give my greetings to your father-in-law and to your children.
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Latin / Greek Original
ad Verum Imp. 1.3 [109 Hout; 2.236 Haines] Domino meo Vero Augusto. Quamquam me diu cum ista valetudine vivere jam pridem pigeat taedeatque, tamen ubi te tanta gloria per virtutem parta reducem videro, neque in cassum vixero neque invitus, quantum vitae dabitur vivam. Vale, domine desiderantissime. Socerum et liberos vestros saluta.