Letter 6071: Although I hope, God willing, that we'll be seeing each other face to face very soon, I still couldn't let any time...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 396 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus|AI-assisted
friendshipillnessimperial politics

Although I hope, God willing, that we'll be seeing each other face to face very soon, I still couldn't let any time pass without the proper courtesies between family. So accept this advance greeting, which I'm still committing to the page as a token of good omen -- but which I'll deliver in person before long. Farewell.

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Latin / Greek Original

Qaamquam sperem praefata d§i venia mox in conspectnm matnum nos esse ven-
turos, tamen litteris abstinere non debni, ne qaod tempas familiaribas careret ofGciis.
5 same igitar praelibatam salatationem , qaam tibi boni aaspicii gratia adhac stilo in-
pendimas, sed voce proxime deferemas. yale.

Lxvnn (Lxx).

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