Letter of Quintus Oppius
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source date: Document: 85 BCE; inscription second century CE
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Κόϊντος Ὄππιος Κοΐντου υἱὸς ἀνθύπατος Ῥωμαίων στρατηγὸς Πλαρασέων καὶ ἄρχουσιν βουλῇ δήμῳ χαίρειν

[...]εδο[...] [...] Ἀντίπατρος Ἀδράστου Περείτας Ἀπολλωνίου Ἀρτεμίδωρος Μύωνος, Διονύσιος Μήνιδος Τειμοκλῆς Ζήνωνος πρεσβευταὶ ὑμέτεροι, ἄνδρες καλοὶ καὶ ἀγαθοί, συνέτυχόν μοι ἐν Κῷ καὶ συνεχάρησαν, τό τε ψήφισμα ἀπέδωκαν ἐν ᾧ διεσαφεῖτο χαίρειν ὑμᾶς μεγάλως ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ παρουσίᾳ, ὅπερ ἐγὼ ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑμετέρας θελήσεως εἴς με τά τε δημόσια πράγματα ἡμέτερα ἀσφαλῶς πιστεύω· καθ’ ὃν γὰρ καιρὸν ἐκ Λαοδικήας πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔπεμψα γράμματα ὅπως στρατιώτας πρός με ἀποστείλητε, ἐν πρώτοις ἀπεστείλατε, τοῦτο δὲ ἐποιήσατε καθὼς ἐπέβαλλεν συμμάχοις ἀγαθοῖς καὶ φίλοις δήμου Ῥωμαίων ποιῆσαι, τῶν τε ἀποσταλέντων πρεσβευτῶν ἐργασίᾳ καλῇ καὶ πλείστῃ ἐχρησάμην δι’ ἃς αἰτίας‚

πᾶσαν ποιήσομαι φροντίδα καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ καὶ ἰδιωτης ὣν ὅπερ ἂν σωζομένης τῆς ἐμῆς πίστεως ποιῆσαι ὑμεῖν δύνωμαι τοῖς τε δημοσίοις πράγμασιν ὑμετέροις εὐχρηστῆσαι καὶ ἀεί τινος ἀγαθοῦ παραίτιος γενέσθαι· ὅπως τε τῇ συνκλήτῳ τῷ τε δήμῳ τὰ ἀφ’ ὑμῶν πεπραγμένα ἐστίν ὅταν εἰς Ῥώμην παραγένωμαι διασαφήσω· οἱ αὐτοὶ πρεσβεῖς παρεκάλεσαν ὅπως ἐξῇ τῇ ἐμῇ πατρωνήᾳ καὶ ὑμεῖν χρῆσθαι τούτους ἐγὼ ἀνεδεξάμην καταλογῆς ἕνεκεν τῆς ὑμετέρας πόλεως, ἐμὲ τοῦ δήμου τοῦ ὑμετέρου πάτρωνα ἔσεσθαι

[^a1: at 24-25: ἀποσ[τέ]/λητε | ἀποσ[τεί]/λητε]

[^a2: at 33-36: δι’ ἃς αἰτίας‚ φροντίζω [καὶ ἐν ἀρ]χῇ καὶ ἰδιώ β̣[ιῳ? ?vac ?ὅ]/περ | [πᾶσαν ποιήσομαι?] φροντίδ̣[α καὶ ἐν ἀρ]χῇ καὶ ἰδιωτ̣[ης ὣν ὅ]/περ]

Quintus Oppius, son of Quintus, proconsul of the Romans, praetor, sends greetings to the Magistrates, Council and People of Plarasa/Aphrodisias.

...], Antipatros son of [? Adra]stos, Pereitas son of Apollo[nios], Artemidoros son of Myon, Dionysios son of Menis, Timokles son of Zenon, your ambassadors, fine and good men, met me in Kos, congratulated me and gave me the decree in which it was reported that you are very much pleased at my presence - as I certainly believe, in view of your good intentions towards myself and our public affairs; for on the occasion when I wrote to you from Laodicea that you should send me soldiers, you were among the first to send them and your conduct was exactly what was due from good allies and friends of the Roman people; and I made use of the fine and unstinted activity of the ambassadors whom you sent. For these reasons I am taking care, both as a magistrate and in a private capacity (?), to do whatever I can, while preserving my good faith, to help you and your public affairs, and always to procure your advantage; and shall see to it that whenever I am in Rome I make clear to the Senate and People the things (which) have been done on your part. The same ambassadors begged that you too should be allowed to enjoy my patronage. I accepted them because of my regard for your city and undertook the position of patron of your People.

[...] 67.549 and 67.550

[...] 3 , whence [...] 32.1097 , [...] 1983.364 , [...] 1984.859 , [...] 51 whence [...] 34.1043 , [...] 264, whence [...] 35.1081 ; from all of these [...] 63 ; [...] 8.2, [...] 3