Letter 6075: We've returned to our home and household gods, only to find a few unpleasant surprises.
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.
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Latin / Greek Original
Patriae ac Penatibus redditi quaedam, quibus offenderemur; invenimus: siquidem
Ostiense praedium nostrum ft^equens pulsat inpressio. sed si t^obis prospere optata
procedunt, praestate litteras, quarum laetitia nubem tergeat praesentis iniuriae. 10
Lxxin (Lxxmi).
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