1Care must be taken that water is brought to the city of Nicomedia. 1I truly believe that you will undertake this work with the diligence you ought. 1But, heaven knows, it belongs to that same diligence of yours to inquire through whose fault the people of Nicomedia have wasted so much money up to this time, lest, while doing one another favours, they have both begun and abandoned aqueducts. 1So bring to my notice whatever you find out.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.38
Trajan orders an inquiry
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