Letter 10053: I am glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, with what devotion and joy the troops and the provincials have...
Trajan to Pliny.
I am glad to learn from your letter, my dear Pliny, with what devotion and joy the troops and the provincials have celebrated the anniversary of my coming to the throne, repeating the formula at your dictation.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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