Roman Letters: A Digital Corpus of Late Antique Correspondence

Vettius Agorius Praetextatus

Senator, priest, urban prefect, consul designate|320-384 AD|Rome

Vettius Agorius Praetextatus (c. AD 320-384) was a Roman senator, priest, urban prefect, and close aristocratic correspondent of Symmachus.

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I'm doing something that suits both your character and my own inclinations: introducing the finest people to your...

You've made up for your long silence with a double delivery.

It's an old saying that talent is nourished by honor.

You deserve to hear about things that have recently done me credit, given your devoted interest in my affairs.

Shortly afterward, I had promised to support the son of my friend Trygetius as a candidate for the praetorship...

I was overjoyed to hear that your health has been restored — your well-being is always my highest wish.

You ask — like a good citizen born for the common welfare — what reliable reports say about the current crisis.

We'd planned to linger in the countryside a while longer, but news of the homeland's troubles changed our plans.

My friend Acutianus could have obtained what he's asking for on his own — he's no less familiar to you than to me.