Letter 6034: Whatever we were hoping for from Sicily is still uncertain.
Whatever we were hoping for from Sicily is still uncertain. Euscius wrote that the circus drivers and some stage performers had already set sail and were heading to Campania on my orders -- but even now there's no word of their actual arrival. So I've decided to send an agent to scour the coastline everywhere and report back what he finds.
The pressure around the games has only grown, since the people have been demanding -- at every recent show -- a formal petition about the amphitheater, and the presiding magistrate has already given his approval. God willing, the emperor's authority will ratify this as well. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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