Letter 6075: We've returned to our home and household gods, only to find a few unpleasant surprises.

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 398 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
illnessproperty economics

We've returned to our home and household gods, only to find a few unpleasant surprises. Our estate at Ostia is being hit by repeated encroachments. But if things are going well for you, send me a letter -- its good cheer will clear away the cloud of my present troubles.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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