Letter 2003: Wanting to know how your family's business is going — that's the mark of a loyal and honorable concern.
Wanting to know how your family's business is going — that's the mark of a loyal and honorable concern. So I'm happy to answer your questions.
We reached Cora in heavy rain. We'll rest here three days to recover, then push on to Terracina first, and the next day to Formiae in one continuous stretch. Whether the local estate can feed us for two days remains to be seen.
In the meantime, finish whatever you set out to do in Rome, then start down the Appian Way with the gods' blessing — at a pace that keeps our tracks fresh ahead of yours. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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