Letter 2001: This is the famous Paralius — whose own father, by accusing him, did him as much good as harm.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 365 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
imperial politics

This is the famous Paralius — whose own father, by accusing him, did him as much good as harm. After multiple investigations, and most importantly by the emperor's own pronouncement, Paralius was cleared. A senator can hardly hold a grudge against his father's malicious prosecution when it only made his innocence shine brighter.

If you want to judge him for yourself, read the emperor's verdict — and you'll see how lucky a man can be who's been put on trial, when he comes out acquitted like this. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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