M. CORNELIUS FRONTO
services, assured of the reality of our love . . . . With a friend I would wish all joys and sorrows shared . . . . . . . . . . . . it came to this that he was not only my dearest friend, but almost the single one who . . . .
? 162 A.D.
Fronto to Claudius Julianus, greeting.
I know not how it comes to pass . . . . all the provincials say; to do many things also more laboriously than the case itself requires: memoranda of the trials, lastly all letters which relate to the province. They will assist you . . . .[† 1] that you should diligently perform all your duties . . . .[† 2] treat the provincials with respect, that the saying of the classic ancients may be verified, that the same man can be both sportive and strenuous. Valerianus[1] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[† 3] ; nor was our friend Valerianus able to see me. I desire not to be loved by our Lords the Emperors[2] on any other terms than that you too the partner of my body and mind should be included in their love: and such is their good nature I feel sure that this will be so.
While writing to you, I feel a little better. I am still indeed at this time after my most protracted ill-health, which in spite of care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . roughly handled, I delivered in the Senate . . . .[† 4] was asked to repeat it. Be sure, my Naucellius, to take care of your health, that you may be strong when you come to us. Please God
- ↑ Possibly the master of the emperor Pertinax (see Capit. Vit. Pert. 12).
- ↑ Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus (161–169).
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