Letter 5051: The hunt for wild animals testifies to your full and robust health -- no weakling could manage such exertions.
The hunt for wild animals testifies to your full and robust health -- no weakling could manage such exertions. I am therefore reassured about your condition and grateful for your efforts on behalf of our games. The beasts you are collecting will add greatly to the spectacle. Keep up the good work, and know that your contribution will not be forgotten. The people of Rome will owe a debt to your stamina as well as your generosity.
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Latin / Greek Original
Snppetere vobis plenam roboris valetudinem feramm indago testatur. haec igitur
mihi prima de vobis gaudii causa est, quod rusticis voluptatibus sanitatem iuvatis:
secundus laetitiae meae gradus est venatu capta meruisse. nam ut honori numinum
datur comua sacrare cervomm et aprugnos dentes liminibus adfigere, ita amicomm cul-
2 tui dedicantur libamenta silvamm. interea recuso sententiam, quae rem venaticam 10
servile ducit officium. statuerit hoc scriptor stilo tantum probandus — nam momm eius
damna non sinunt, ut ab illo agundae vitae petatur auctoritas — ; vos malo cnm Atilio
msticari et ludum virium sequi quam bonis verbis deduci ad institut^i desidiae. certe
aetatibus vestris hic labor convenit. distinguenda est lectio iuvenum non alveolo aut
pila nec trocho Attico et Graecis palaestris sed alacri fatigatione et innocentis auda- 15
3 ciae gaudiis. ad haec etiam meum Symmachum, cum subcreverit, quamquam unicum
cohortabor. erit olim tempus, quo renuntiare annis graves hnic operi debeatis. tunc
servile mnnus iure habebitur cura venandi. famulatus est enim qnidam, si cedentibns
viribus recusemus uti labomm vacatione, quam nobis praestat senectus.
LXVmi (LXVII) a. 397/ 20
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