1Gavius Bassus has written to me too that the number of soldiers which I laid down in my instructions to be given to him was not enough for him. 1So that you may know what I wrote back to him, I have ordered it to be appended to this letter. 1It makes a great difference whether the situation demands it or whether he wishes to use them more widely on this pretext. 2For us, however, usefulness alone must be considered, and, as far as possible, care must be taken that soldiers are not away from the standards.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.22
Trajan on Bassus' soldiers
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