Letters of Julian/Letter 73

by Julian

73. To Maximinus^[1]

I have given orders that there shall be ships at Cenchreae.^[2] The number of these you will learn from the governor of the Hellenes,^[3] but as to how you are to discharge your commission you may now hear from me. It must be without bribery and without delay. I will myself, with the help of the gods, see that you do not repent of having done your duty as I have indicated.

Footnotes

1. Nothing is known of Maximinus or the circumstances; if the letter is genuine, as is probable, it may refer to Julian's preparations for his march against Constantius in 361.
2. A coast town S.W. of the Isthmus of Corinth.
3. i.e. the proconsul of Achaia who resided at Corinth.