Letter 107

Pliny the YoungerPliny the Younger|c. 112 AD|pliny younger

Trajan to Pliny.

I have read the memorial which you sent to me from Publius Attius Aquila, a centurion of the sixth cohort of horse, and I have been moved by his entreaties to bestow upon his daughter the Roman citizenship. I am sending you a copy of the order, which you will please hand over to him.

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

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