1Those who take the toga of manhood or marry or enter upon a magistracy or dedicate a public work usually invite the whole council and even a considerable number from the common people, and give each two denarii or one. 1I ask you to write whether you think this should be practised, and to what extent. 2For my own part, while I think that this right of invitation should be allowed, especially on ceremonial occasions, I fear that those who invite a thousand people, and sometimes even more, may seem to exceed due measure and to fall into the category of a public dole.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.116
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