Letter 11024: Formula: Concerning the Secretary of Military Affairs.
Formula: Concerning the Secretary of Military Affairs.
The integrity of one's conduct fittingly produces an increase in honor, and promotion should not be delayed for a man who has frequently been proved effective. For this reason, we decree that Lucinus shall serve as Secretary of Military Affairs — a man who will render the service he knows he has justly been assigned.
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Latin / Greek Original
XXIIII.
DE SCRINIARIO CURAE MILITARIS.
[1] Convenienter honoris praestat augmentum probitas actionis nec decet differri, quem frequenter efficacem contigit approbari. hinc est quod Lucinum scriniarium curae militaris esse praecipimus: exhibiturus obsequium cui se merito non dubitat attributum.
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