Letter 5057: ...so that I might discharge my obligation to you according to the ancient custom.
[...] so that I might discharge for you the observance of ancient custom. For by old institution this practice has grown common here, that those who have set out upon a journey offer beforehand the first-fruits of a written word. Therefore, invited by the auspicious token of a friendly courtesy, bear witness by constant correspondence to that brotherly devotion which you always show me in your heart.
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Latin / Greek Original
25 ut te observantia prisci moris absolverem. nam vetere instituto hic usus increbruit,
ut ingressi iter praelibent primitias scriptionis. quare familiaris officii invitatus au-
spicio fratemam religionem, quam mihi semper mente exhibes, adsiduo sermone testare.
LXXmi (LXXII) a. 387?
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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