Letter 10104: Valerius Paulinus, Sir, has left me the right of patronage over all his Latin freedmen * to the exclusion of his son...
Pliny the Younger→Trajan|c. 112 AD|Pliny the Younger|Human translated
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To Trajan.
Valerius Paulinus, Sir, has left me the right of patronage over all his Latin freedmen * to the exclusion of his son Paulinus, and I beg of you in the meantime to grant the full Roman rights to three of them. I am afraid it would seem too much to request your indulgence for all alike, and I ought to be the more modest in asking your indulgence as it is granted to me so fully. But those for whom I beg this favour are Caius Valerius Astraeus, Caius Valerius Dionysius, and Caius Valerius Aper.
[Note: Freedmen who had only limited rights, under the terms of the Lex Aelia Sentia.]
L To Trajan.
Valerius Paulinus, Sir, has left me the right of patronage over all his Latin freedmen * to the exclusion of his son Paulinus, and I beg of you in the meantime to grant the full Roman rights to three of them. I am afraid it would seem too much to request your indulgence for all alike, and I ought to be the more modest in asking your indulgence as it is granted to me so fully. But those for whom I beg this favour are Caius Valerius Astraeus, Caius Valerius Dionysius, and Caius Valerius Aper.
(*) Freedmen who had only limited rights, under the terms of the Lex Aelia Sentia.
C. PLINIUS TRAIANO IMPERATORI
Valerius, domine, Paulinus excepto Paulino ius Latinorum suorum mihi reliquit; ex quibus rogo tribus interim ius Quiritium des. Vereor enim, ne sit immodicum pro omnibus pariter invocare indulgentiam tuam, qua debeo tanto modestius uti, quanto pleniorem experior. Sunt autem pro quibus peto: C. Valerius Astraeus, C. Valerius Dionysius, C. Valerius Aper.
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To Trajan.
Valerius Paulinus, Sir, has left me the right of patronage over all his Latin freedmen * to the exclusion of his son Paulinus, and I beg of you in the meantime to grant the full Roman rights to three of them. I am afraid it would seem too much to request your indulgence for all alike, and I ought to be the more modest in asking your indulgence as it is granted to me so fully. But those for whom I beg this favour are Caius Valerius Astraeus, Caius Valerius Dionysius, and Caius Valerius Aper.
[Note: Freedmen who had only limited rights, under the terms of the Lex Aelia Sentia.]
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C. PLINIUS TRAIANO IMPERATORI
Valerius, domine, Paulinus excepto Paulino ius Latinorum suorum mihi reliquit; ex quibus rogo tribus interim ius Quiritium des. Vereor enim, ne sit immodicum pro omnibus pariter invocare indulgentiam tuam, qua debeo tanto modestius uti, quanto pleniorem experior. Sunt autem pro quibus peto: C. Valerius Astraeus, C. Valerius Dionysius, C. Valerius Aper.