Letter 7044: You've been free of public duties for some time -- you should have returned in person rather than soothing your...
You've been free of public duties for some time -- you should have returned in person rather than soothing your friends' longing with letters. If your health is fine, what reason is left for lingering in Campania? Are you deliberately depriving those who love you most of your company?
Think of the city and think of us. While summer's good weather lasts, get moving and let your long-awaited return make up for the damage of this absence. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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