Letter 6031: After we sent the boy off, a persistent rumor spread that you are to be summoned by an imperial letter.
After we sent the boy off, a persistent rumor spread that you are to be summoned by an imperial letter. The name of a certain Gratianus, who is said to be carrying such a document, is already on everyone's lips. Although this still seems uncertain to me, I didn't think I should keep it quiet. It will be for the supreme divinity to determine your future and to confirm a course of favorable outcomes. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Postquam dimisimus puerum , multus i-umor increbruit, sanctitatem tuam sacris
litteris evocandam, ita ut etiam nomen Gratiani cuiusdam, qui huiusmodi scripta per-
laturus adseritur, in publico ore versetur. hoc etsi adhuc mihi incertum videtur, ta-
cendum tamen esse non credidi. erit summae divinitatis statuere circa vos et con-
»0 firmare ordinem prosperorum.
XXXI (XXXU).
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