Letter 10042: A legal question has arisen in the administration of the city that requires an imperial rescript to resolve; I set...

The season at the villa has given me the leisure to reflect on what the office demands and what it gives in return;...

You're trying to lure me out of Campania's embrace with praises of your Tiburtine estate.

I wrote yesterday through my own man, struck with fear after you reported the bitter news about my daughter's health.

Castrutius, a blind man of Pannonia, had set out for Bethlehem to visit Jerome. However, on reaching Cissa (whether that in Thrace or that on the Adriatic is uncertain) he was induced by his friends to turn back. Jerome writes to thank him for his intention and to console him for his inability to carry it out.

Damasus addresses five questions to Jerome with a request for information concerning them. They are: 1. What is the meaning of the words Whosoever slays Cain vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold?