Letter 11028: Formula: Concerning the Commentariensis [Prison Warden/Record Keeper].

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Formula: Concerning the Commentariensis [Prison Warden/Record Keeper].

It is a pleasure to answer the hopes of the well-deserving with reciprocal rewards, so that a man may serve with a more devoted heart once he has earned advancement. Let Heliodorus therefore enjoy the office of commentariensis. We rightly entrust to his integrity those things we have judged must be kept safe.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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