6 surviving letters between Marcus Tullius Cicero and Quintus Minucius Thermus, spanning 50 BC.
“I am very glad that my duty toward Rhodo, and the other services I have performed for you and yours, are pleasing to you, a man of great gratitude.”
“I have long been on the closest terms with Lucius Genucilius Curvus, an excellent man and an exceptionally grateful one.”
“Many things you have done because of my recommendations have pleased me, but especially your very generous treatment of …”
“When I spoke with you at Ephesus about the matter of Marcus Anneius, my legate, I thought I understood that you were alr…”
“Cluvius of Puteoli is very attentive to me and a close friend.”
“The more I learn each day from letters and messengers that there is a major war in Syria, the more earnestly I ask you, …”