Letter 10091: Make a careful survey, my dear Pliny, as you have begun to do, to see whether the place which looks dangerous can...
Trajan to Pliny.
Make a careful survey, my dear Pliny, as you have begun to do, to see whether the place which looks dangerous can support the weight of an aqueduct. I do not think we ought to hesitate about bringing a proper water-supply to the colony of Sinope, provided that it can bear the expense alone, since the improvement would contribute both to its health and to its charms as a place of residence.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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