Letter 5073: We have reached the shore at Formiae.
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus→Unknown|c. 397 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
grief death
From: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
To: [Unnamed correspondent]
Date: ~397 AD
Context: A brief travel note from the coast at Formiae, announcing plans to continue to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli).
We have reached the shore at Formiae. From here we will soon proceed to Puteoli [modern Pozzuoli]. It is hard to endure this heat without the comforts of the city, but the sea air has its compensations. A brief letter from a brief stop -- more will follow when we arrive.
Formianum litus accessimus. hinc Puteolos mox petemus. grave est enim sub
auribus iudicis Baiarum adpetentiam confiteri. habes ordinem propositi mei. ipse
memento promissi, quo te ob causas publicas peregrinationis meae fore solacium spo-
pondisti. vale.
10 LXXXXim (LXXXXII) a. 402.
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From: Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
To: [Unnamed correspondent]
Date: ~397 AD
Context: A brief travel note from the coast at Formiae, announcing plans to continue to Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli).
We have reached the shore at Formiae. From here we will soon proceed to Puteoli [modern Pozzuoli]. It is hard to endure this heat without the comforts of the city, but the sea air has its compensations. A brief letter from a brief stop -- more will follow when we arrive.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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