Letter 6053: I'm perfectly willing to write, but I'd rather save the news for my dear son Sibidius to relay in person at his leisure.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 390 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
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I'm perfectly willing to write, but I'd rather save the news for my dear son Sibidius to relay in person at his leisure. So this page serves only as a greeting -- its brevity will satisfy the respect due to you without stealing his thunder. Farewell.

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Latin / Greek Original

Scribere non recuso, sed malni domno filio meo Sibidio narranda coram per otiam
20 reservare. sola igitur salutatione fungetur haec pagina, cuius brevitas et vestro ho-
nori satisfaciet nec illi referenda decerpet. vale.

LI (LH) a. 397.

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