Letter 4025: If I may say so, we no longer lack a supply of chariot horses for the games — but the delay in the praetorship spurs...
If I may say so, we no longer lack a supply of chariot horses for the games — but the delay in the praetorship spurs our desire for still greater numbers. If, as usual, the execution of my request brings you pleasure, I ask that you select four horses from the herd and send them to me.
I know I am not the easiest of friends to satisfy when it comes to the spectacles, but you have always shown the most generous patience with my demands. The praetorian games [public games given by the praetor, a major Roman magistrate] must do credit to our family's name, and your help in this is indispensable. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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