Letter 5065: The management of our estates demands constant attention -- a truth that every landowner learns through hard experience.
The management of our estates demands constant attention -- a truth that every landowner learns through hard experience. I write to you on this subject because your judgment in such matters has always proven sound. The details are familiar to you, and I trust your advice will be as practical as it is welcome.
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Latin / Greek Original
sUbitF(r) 11 cnltoris P 1 m. 12 nostrae nostrae Vi 13 niro P i m. 14 occnpatio V
obrepere V^ tnis om. F 15 ociomm V^
aut fnturus V^ 21 solnit P 1 m.
gratia mea PVF
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148 SYMMACHI EPI8TVLAE
LXXXI (LXXVmi).
PF^W SYMMACHVS HELPIDIO.
Cum saepe occasionibus ad scribeDdum utar iucognitis, committi in amicitiam puto,
si doraesticis videar abstinere. libens igitur A^rio bonestissimo viro cnltori tuo nuntiam .
sospitatis meae paginam dedi, cui honorificentiam salutationis adiungo; quae sola, et ^
cum dicitur, et cum vicissim refertur, munia familiaris explet officii.
LXXXII (LXXX) a. 399.
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