Letter 38

Marcus Tullius CiceroUnknown|c. -50 AD|Cicero|AI-assisted

I am on the most intimate terms with Lucius Livineius Regulus, and I commend him to you most warmly. I ask you to treat him with the generosity that befits your character and to protect his interests in your province. Whatever you do for him will be most welcome to me.

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Latin / Greek Original

XXXVIII. Scr. Romae a.u.c. 708. CICERO ACILIO PROCONSULI SAL.

L. Bruttius, eques Romanus, adolescens omnibus rebus ornatus, in meis familiarissimis est meque observat diligentissime, cuius cum patre magna mihi fuit amicitia iam inde a quaestura mea Siciliensi. Omnino nunc ipse Bruttius Romae mecum est; sed tamen domum eius et rem familiarem et procuratores tibi sic commendo, ut maiore studio commendare non possim. Gratissimum mihi feceris, si curaris, ut intelligat Bruttius, id quod ei rerepi, hanc meam commendationem sibi magno adiumento fuisse.

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  1. 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import

    Initial corpus import from AI-assisted translation from original text.

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