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Letter LXXXVIII · C. R. Haines (1919) · Loeb Classical Library

Letter LXXXVIII: Marcus Cornelius Fronto to Marcus Aurelius

I have slept late. I have sent you a theme: the case is a serious one. A consul of the Roman people, laying aside his robes, has donned a coat of mail and among the young men at the feast of Minerva1 has slain a lion in the sight of the Roman people. He is denounced before the Censors. Put into shape and develop. Farewell, most sweet Lord. Greet your Lady.

145–147 A.D.

Answer.

1 The word Quinquatrus means 'falling on the fifth day' (i.e. after the ides of March, viz. March 19), but the feast also lasted five days. A lesser festival of the same name fell on June 13. Suetonius (Domit. 4) says that Domitian celebrated the feast yearly at his villa at Albanum.
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