Letter 6018: To our friend Castor, who is returning to Campania, I've entrusted more verbal instructions about household matters...
To our friend Castor, who is returning to Campania, I've entrusted more verbal instructions about household matters than written ones. You'll learn more from his account than from any letter. Most of these details [Text breaks off in source.]
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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Our Senate's delegates have returned after handling everything successfully.
While you are busy relieving the hardships of the provincials, a heavier blow has fallen on the Apulians.
I've already used up my writing time with the servant heading back to Campania, but I didn't want your saintly and...
...so that we may hear good news of your health and your affairs, and pass this short time we plan to spend in...
If you know my heart at all, you can't doubt that poor health was the only thing keeping me from writing.