1I know, my lord, that my requests stay fixed in your memory, which is most retentive when it comes to doing good. 1Since, however, you have indulged me in this too, I remind you and at the same time earnestly ask that you deign to honour Attius Sura with a praetorship, since a place is vacant. 2Though he is otherwise most unambitious, he is encouraged to this hope by the distinction of his birth, by the greatest integrity in poverty, and above all by the happiness of the times, which calls forth and raises up the good conscience of your citizens to make use of your indulgence.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.12
A praetorship for Attius Sura
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