Letter 11019: Formula: Concerning the Cornicularius [Chief Clerk] Who Is Advanced.
Formula: Concerning the Cornicularius [Chief Clerk] Who Is Advanced.
Let Optatus, arriving at what he has longed for, obtain the fulfillment that his very name [meaning "desired"] promises. We therefore decree that this man, proven by his constant labors, shall assume the office of cornicularius, so that he may rightly stand among the senior staff — a man who served his time on watch duty among the recruits without reproach.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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