Letter 78
I am on the most intimate terms with Lucius Oppius, a man of equestrian rank. I commend him and his affairs to you with the greatest earnestness and ask you to protect him in every way. Whatever you do for him will be most welcome to me.
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Latin / Greek Original
LXXVIII. Scr. Romae ineunte anno u.c. 708. M. CICERO A. ALLIENO SAL.
Democritus Sicyonius non solum hospes meus est, sed etiam, quod non multis contigit, Graecis praesertim, valde familiaris; est enim in eo summa probitas, summa virtus, summa in hospites liberalitas et observantia, meque praeter ceteros et colit et observat et diligit: eum tu non modo suorum civium, verum paene Achaiae principem cognosces. Huic ego tantummodo aditum ad tuam cognitionem patefacio et munio: cognitum per te ipsum, quae tua natura est, dignum tua amicitia atque hospitio iudicabis. Peto igitur a te, ut his litteris lectis recipias eum in tuam fidem, polliceare omnia te facturum mea causa; de reliquo, si, id quod confido fore, dignum eum tua amicitia hospitioque cognoveris, peto, ut eum complectare, diligas, in tuis habeas: erit id mihi maiorem in modum gratum. Vale.
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