Letter 73: I have given orders for ships to be ready at Cenchreae [a port town southwest of the Isthmus of Corinth].
To Maximinus.
I have given orders for ships to be ready at Cenchreae [a port town southwest of the Isthmus of Corinth]. You will learn the number from the governor of the Hellenes [the proconsul of Achaia at Corinth], but here is how you are to carry out your commission: without bribery, and without delay. I will personally see to it — with the gods' help — that you do not regret having done your duty as I have indicated.
Human translation - Tertullian Project
Latin / Greek Original
[Πρός: Μαξιμίνῳ]
Ναῦς ἐπέταξα γενέσθαι περὶ τὰς Κεγχρέας· τὸ μὲν οὖν ὅσας ὁ τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἡγούμενος φράσει, τὸ δὲ ὅπως χρὴ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἄκουε παρ’ ἡμῶν· ἀδωροδοκήτως καὶ ταχέως. ὅπως δὲ μὴ μεταμελήσει σοι τῆς τοιαύτης ὑπουργίας, αὐτὸς σὺν θεοῖς ἐπιμελήσομαι.
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