Ep. 10.40.1Quid oporteat fierī circā theātrum, quod incohātum apud Nīcaeēnsēs est, in rē praesentī optimē dēlīberābis et cōnstituēs.What ought to be done about the theatre that has been begun at Nicaea you will best decide and settle on the spot. Ep. 10.40.1Mihi sufficiet indicārī, cui sententiae accesserīs: Tunc autem ā prīuātīs exige opera, cum theātrum, propter quod illa prōmissa sunt, factum erit.It will be enough for me to be told which view you have adopted: but exact the works from the private persons only when the theatre, on account of which they were promised, has been completed. Ep. 10.40.2Gymnasiīs indulgent Graeculī;These little Greeks dote on gymnasia; Ep. 10.40.2ideō forsitan Nīcaeēnsēs maiōre animō cōnstrūctiōnem eius aggressī sunt: sed oportet illōs eō contentōs esse, quod possit illīs sufficere.perhaps that is why the people of Nicaea undertook its construction too ambitiously: but they ought to be content with what can suffice for them. Ep. 10.40.3Quid Claudiopolītānīs circā balineum quod parum, ut scrībis, idōneō locō incohāuērunt suādendum sit, tū cōnstituēs.What advice should be given to the people of Claudiopolis about the bath which, as you write, they have begun in an unsuitable place, you will decide.
Ep. 10.40.3Architectī tibi dēesse nōn possunt.You cannot lack architects. Ep. 10.40.3Nūlla prōuincia nōn et perītōs et ingeniōsōs hominēs habet;There is no province that does not have both skilled and talented men; Ep. 10.40.3modo nē exīstimēs breuius esse ab urbe mittī, cum ex Graeciā etiam ad nōs uenīre solitī sint.only do not suppose that it is quicker for them to be sent from Rome, since they usually come to us even from Greece.