1I ask you, my lord, to write and free me from uncertainty whether you wish travel permits whose date has passed to be honoured at all, and for how long. 1For I fear that, slipping through ignorance in one direction or the other, I may either confirm what is unlawful or hinder what is necessary.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.45
Expired travel permits
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