Letter 5073: We have reached the shore at Formiae.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 397 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
grief death

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.

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Latin / Greek Original

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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