1We have celebrated with due reverence the day on which the guardianship of the human race was transferred to you by a most happy succession, commending to the gods, the authors of your rule, both our public vows and our rejoicing.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.102
Celebrating Trajan's accession
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