1You did excellently, my dearest Secundus, in remitting to the Byzantines those twelve thousand which were being spent on an envoy to pay respects to me. 1They will fulfil this duty even if only the decree is sent through you. 1The governor of Moesia too will forgive them if they honour him less expensively.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.44
Trajan approves the savings
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