Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → destinatário desconhecido
Tradução moderna em inglês
You have finally broken your long silence -- though, by Hercules, only after being prodded by my repeated letters. Still, my delight is no less than if you had written of your own accord. I rejoice at my brother's appointment to the vicariate [the office of vicarius, a deputy governor] as if the honor had been bestowed on me. I am equally pleased by the goodwill you have shown him, as though you had contributed something to it yourself. Together with him, we have reliable evidence that the distinguished Syagrius [probably the younger Syagrius, a notable Gallo-Roman aristocrat] has exerted himself in a service of real value. I thought it worth writing this to you so that you, as a faithful advocate, might carry forward our gratitude.
Texto latino / grego
Diutnmitatem silentii aliquando rupisti, sed mehercule frequentibus inpulsns of- 30 ficiis; ego tamen non minore adficior gratulatione, quani si litteras sponte tribuisses. germani mei vicaria potestate gaudeo, tamquam mihi decus honoris accesserit. vestro commentato PF, ^ommento Mommaen 18 sed] si F 19 rebus] negotiis F negotium omnem P, omnem negotium F 21 obliuio irasci me] Haupi, obliuio trans crimen P/V>, obliuionis crimen F 22 aut qui P 2 m. 23 remunerandum F 24 soUicitudini F exaerere P, exeroere F 26 exora- beris P 1 m. 27 duco Utteras tuas F ihoeano?) hausium esae, vel ea re apparetj quod Jureiua ipae non inieUexii, h. l. de CeUini TUiani vieariatu Afriearko aermonem e$$e, aed voeem germani pro fumine proprio aecepii, uice P qaoque in eum favore delector, tainquam aliquid ipse praestiterit. eum quo in- P lastrem virum Syagrium fides certa est operam bonae frugis adnisum. quod eo a^i te scribendum putavi, ut gratiam nostram adsertor sedulus exsequaris. XX.