Roman Letters

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

Pliny the Younger→Trajan|c. 112 AD|Pliny the Younger|Human translated
imperial politics
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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 translation - Attalus.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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