Letter 5034: I've given this letter to the carrier of the official dispatches, paying my respects with a greeting and at the same...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 382 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
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I've given this letter to the carrier of the official dispatches, paying my respects with a greeting and at the same time mentioning that a matter concerning my child needs to be rescued from the clutches of his guardian, as the formal report will explain.

I'm not worried about the cause of justice itself — that's your chief concern — but I do dare ask that the imperial response come quickly, to give force to the rulings already made.

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Latin / Greek Original

Vectori iudicialium litterarum reddendam tibi paginam dedi, amidtiae deferens lo
cnltum salutationis simulque suggerens, ad rem mei pignoris pertinere, quod relatio
docebit de tutoris faucibus extrahendnm. nec laboro pro adsertione iustitiae, cnins
tibi cura praecipua est, sed hoc tantum audeo postulare, nt quamprimum responsa
caelestia robur adferant indicatis.

Lin (LI) a. 393? i5

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