Letter 10105: Your early solicitation of my favour for those who have been placed under your patronage by Valerius Paulinus does...
Trajan to Pliny.
Your early solicitation of my favour for those who have been placed under your patronage by Valerius Paulinus does you so much credit that I have in the meantime given orders for a note to be entered in my archives to the effect that I have bestowed the full Roman citizenship on those for whom you have asked it, and I will do the same for the others upon your making application.
Human translation — Attalus.org
Latin / Greek Original
TRAIANUS PLINIO
Cum honestissime iis, qui apud fidem tuam a Valerio Paulino depositi sunt, consultum velis mature per me, iis interim, quibus nunc petisti, dedisse me ius Quiritium referri in commentarios meos iussi idem facturus in ceteris, pro quibus petieris.
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