1Maximus, your freedman and procurator, sir, I have found throughout the whole time we have been together to be honest, hard-working and diligent, and, as he is most devoted to your interests, so he is most firmly attached to discipline; I gladly support him with my testimony before you, with the good faith I owe you.
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Pliny · Epistulae X
Pliny, Letter 10.85
Commending the freedman Maximus
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