Letter 6045: I recently received a letter from Euscius reporting that our charioteers and some stage performers have been put...
I recently received a letter from Euscius reporting that our charioteers and some stage performers have been put aboard ship and sent to Campania, as I instructed. Please have your most reliable men go all the way to the coast at Salernum [modern Salerno] to meet them and escort them on to Naples -- or at least to track down some news of their arrival.
I also want our mutual friend Felix notified: if they've landed safely in Campania, they should be supplied with provisions and sent on to me by the next available sailing. We need them well in advance of the games -- both to train them with the horses and to build public excitement for the newcomers. So here is the sum of my request: please have your people handle the search and transport with all possible speed. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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