Letter 7053: It is a pious and traditional custom for quaestorian candidates [young officials sponsoring public games] to send...
It is a pious and traditional custom for quaestorian candidates [young officials sponsoring public games] to send formal gifts to their most distinguished and dearest friends -- and you rightly belong to that number. So on behalf of my son, I present you with an ivory diptych [a hinged writing tablet, the standard commemorative gift] and a small silver basket weighing two pounds. I earnestly hope you'll be pleased to accept this mark of honor. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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