Letter 10102: We have celebrated with all due religious observance the lucky day upon which you succeeded to the throne and the...

Pliny the YoungerTrajan|c. 112 AD|Pliny the Younger|Human translated
imperial politics

To Trajan.

We have celebrated with all due religious observance the lucky day upon which you succeeded to the throne and the care of the human race was placed in your keeping, * and have commended our public vows and thanksgivings to the gods who set you to rule over us.

[Note: 28th January.]

Human translationAttalus.org

Latin / Greek Original

C. PLINIUS TRAIANO IMPERATORI

Diem, quo in te tutela generis humani felicissima successione translata est, debita religione celebravimus, commendantes dis imperii tui auctoribus et vota publica et gaudia.

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