1Since certain people were asking me to allow them, following the precedent of the proconsuls, to move the remains of their relatives elsewhere, either because of damage from age or because of the encroachment of a river or for other reasons like these, and since I knew that in our city the college of pontiffs is usually approached in a case of this kind, I thought I should consult you, sir, as chief pontiff, on what you wish me to observe.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.68
Moving the remains of the dead
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