Letter 7057: Both my devotion to you and my duty to the distinguished Eusebius -- a man who has earned the respect of the best...

Quintus Aurelius SymmachusUnknown|c. 391 AD|Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
friendship

Both my devotion to you and my duty to the distinguished Eusebius -- a man who has earned the respect of the best people -- required this letter. I ask your generous nature to reward him. Every honorable man seeks only one payment for his integrity and decency: admission into the intimate friendship of good men like you. Farewell.

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

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