Letter 2077: Your love for Domitius is well known and firmly established, which spares me the labor of commending him.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 398 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
friendship

Your love for Domitius is well known and firmly established, which spares me the labor of commending him. And yet, even where affection already exists, a friend's written word adds something. Consider this letter not as an introduction -- you hardly need one -- but as a reminder that Domitius continues to deserve every kindness you have shown him, and that your generosity toward him brings me joy. He carries with him some particular business that I ask you to support with your usual diligence.

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Latin / Greek Original

Amor tuus in Domitium notus et validus ademit mihi commendandi eius laborem,
pro quo hoc tantum dixisse suffecerit, mihi quoque eundem prisca familiaritate con-
iungi. qnae res illi incrementum patrocinii tui, ut spero, praestabit. probabiliorem

15 quippe eum tibi faciet conmiunis similitudo iudicii. interea nos ursis saepe promissis 2
et diu speratis sub ipso articulo muneris indigemus. vix enim paucos catulos mace-
ratos inedia et labore snscepimus. et de leonibus fama conticuit, quorum adventus
posset efficere, ut ursorum defectum congressio Libyca repensaret. nnciam panis ma- 3
litiose et temere restitutam spontanea voluntas populi redegit in copiam conditomm.

20 tuta igitur omnia atque secura sunt, quae animum tuum iure mordebant. atque uti-
nam soIIicitudinQS quaestorias par successuum felicitas mitigasset! vale.^

LXXVn (LXXVI) a. 393.

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