Ep. 10.74.1Appulēius, domine, mīles quī est in statiōne Nīcomēdēnsī, scrīpsit mihi quendam nōmine Callidromum, cum dētinērētur ā Maximō et Dionȳsiō pistōribus, quibus operās suās locāverat, cōnfūgisse ad tuam statuam perductumque ad magistrātūs indicāsse, servīsse aliquandō Laberiō Maximō, captumque ā Susagō in Moesiā et ā Decibalō mūnerī missum Pacorō Parthiae rēgī, plūribusque annīs in ministeriō eius fuisse, deinde fūgisse, atque ita in Nīcomēdīam pervēnisse.Appuleius, sir, a soldier who is at the post at Nicomedia, has written to me that a certain man named Callidromus, when he was being detained by Maximus and Dionysius, bakers to whom he had hired out his labour, took refuge at your statue, and, when brought before the magistrates, declared that he had once been the slave of Laberius Maximus, had been captured by Susagus in Moesia and sent by Decebalus as a gift to Pacorus, king of Parthia, had been in his service for many years, had then escaped, and so had come to Nicomedia. Ep. 10.74.2Quem ego perductum ad mē, cum eadem narrāsset, mittendum ad tē putāvī;When he was brought before me and had told the same story, I thought he should be sent to you; Ep. 10.74.2quod paulō tardius fēcī, dum requīrō gemmam, quam sibi habentem imāginem Pacorī et quibus ōrnātus fuisset subtractam indicābat.I have done this a little late, while I was searching for a gem bearing the likeness of Pacorus and the regalia in which he was adorned, which he declared had been stolen from him.
Ep. 10.74.3Voluī enim hanc quoque, sī invenīrī potuisset, simul mittere, sīcut glēbulam mīsī, quam sē ex Parthicō metallō attulisse dīcēbat.For I wanted to send this too at the same time, if it could have been found, just as I have sent a small nugget which he said he had brought from a Parthian mine. Ep. 10.74.3Signāta est ānulōmeō cuius, est aposphragisma quadrīga quadriga.It has been sealed with my ring, whose device is a four-horse chariot.