1Since I know, my lord, that it contributes to the testimony and praise of my character to be honoured by the judgement of so good an emperor, I ask that you deign to add to the rank to which your indulgence has advanced me either an augurship or a place among the Septemviri, since both are vacant, so that by right of priesthood I may pray publicly for you to the gods to whom I now pray in private devotion.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.13
Pliny asks for a priesthood
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