Letter 7015: ...I entered Milan on the day before the Kalends of March [February 28], after a long and winding detour.
...on the very Kalends of March [March 1st] I entered Milan, having been carried around by many a winding detour, and having paid my respects to our lord and emperor, whose divine discourse made up for the labor of my journey, I now bring before the presence of the most exalted gentleman, the count, all the matters that must be transacted; and the assurance of messengers confirms that, with God's help, he will soon be at hand. Now let it be your concern, our ornament, to console the cares of my travels by the diligence of your pen.
TO ATTALUS.
[Letter] XV, year 397?
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Latin / Greek Original
tam kalendas Martias Mediolanmm multo anfracto circumvectus intraverim venera- i5
tusque dominum et principem nostrum, cuius sermo divinus itineris mei conpensavit
laborem, in praesentiam viri cuncta praecelsi comitis agenda produco; quem mox
deo iuvante adfore nuntiorum confirmat adsertio. nunc tuae curae sit, decus nostrum,
peregrinationis meae curas stili adsiduitate solari.
AD ATTALVM. 20
XV a. 397 ?
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern symmachus retranslated v1.
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