Letter 2063: After I gave your assistant Gaudentius a letter reporting on my completed journey, an imperial agent brought me...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 393 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
travel mobility
From: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
To: [Unnamed correspondent]
Date: ~393 AD
Context: Symmachus reports that he has received imperial letters of hope after sending a travel report through the recipient's official.

After I gave your assistant Gaudentius a letter reporting on my completed journey, an imperial agent brought me sacred letters matching our hopes and desires. The news they contained was encouraging, and I hasten to share it with you. May the gods continue to favor our endeavors. I look forward to your reply and to hearing that you have received the good news with the same joy that I felt upon reading it.

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

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