1You rightly fear that an invitation may fall into the category of a public dole when it both exceeds due measure in numbers and brings people together for the ceremonial handouts as it were by whole bodies, and not individually as personal acquaintances. 1But I chose your prudence precisely so that you yourself might regulate the shaping of the manners of that province and lay down those things which would contribute to the lasting peace of the province.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.117
Trajan on mass invitations
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