Letter of Octavian to Plarasa/Aphrodisias
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source date: Inscription: Second to third centuries CE Document : 39/38 BCE.
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Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ θεοῦ Ἰουλίου υἱός, ὕπατος ἀποδεδειγμένος τὸ β καὶ τὸ γ, τριῶν ἀνδρῶν τῆς τῶν δημοσίων πραγμάτων διατάξεως, Πλαρασέων καὶ Ἀφροδεισιέων ἄρχουσιν βουλῇ, δήμῳ χαίρειν εἰ ἔρρωσθε εὖ ἂν ἔχοι, ὑγιαίνω δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς μετὰ τοῦ στρατεύματος. Σόλων Δημητρίου, ὑμέτερος πρεσβευτής, ἐπιμελέστατα πεφροντικὼς τῶν τῆς πόλεως ὑμῶν πραγμάτων, οὐ μόνον ἠρκέσθη ἐπὶ τοῖς γεγονόσιν οἰκονομήμασιν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμᾶς παρεκάλεσεν εἰς τὸ τοῦ γεγονότος ὑμεῖν ἐπικρίματος καὶ δόγματος καὶ ὁρκίου καὶ νόμου ἀντιπεφωνημένα ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων δέλτων ἐξαποστεῖλαι ὑμεῖν τὰ ἀντίγραφα · ἐφ' οἷς ἐπαινέσας τὸν Σόλωνα μᾶλλον ἀπεδεξάμην ἔσχον τε ἐν τοῖς ὑπ' ἐμοῦ γεινωσκομένοις ᾧ καὶ τὰ καθήκοντα ἀπεμέρισα φιλάνθρωπα ἄξιον ἡγησάμενος τὸν ἄνδρα τῆς ἡμῶν τειμῆς, ὑμεῖν τε συνήδομαι ἐπὶ τῷ ἔχειν τοιοῦτον πολείτην· ἔστιν δὲ ἀντίγραφα τῶν γεγονότων ὑμεῖν φιλανθρώπων τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα ἃ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις τοῖς παρ’ ὑμειν γράμμασιν ἐντάξαι. γράμματα Καίσαρος .

[? lmperator Caesar, son of divus Iulius, designated consul] for the second and [the third] time, (one) of the Tresviri Reipublicae Constituendae, to the Magistrates, Council and People of the Plarasans and Aphrodisians, greetings.

If you are well it would be good; I too am in good health, together with the army. Solon, son of Demetrios, your ambassador, who has taken the greatest care over the business of your city, has not only been satisfied by the administrative arrangements that have been made but has also urged us to send you from the public records these copies of the edict, the senatus consultum, the treaty and the law that relate to you. For this I praised him, approved him the more, held him as one of my acquaintances and gave him the appropriate privileges, thinking him deserving of honour from us; and I congratulate you on the possession of such a citizen. The copies of the privileges that relate to you are these that are subjoined; I wish you to register them among your public records.

Marc-Antoine empereur, élu consul pour la seconde et la troisième fois, aux triumvirs chargés des affaires publiques, aux magistrats des Plaraséens et des Aphrodisiens, au sénat et au peuple, salut. Si vous êtes en bonne santé, je m'en réjouis; moi aussi je me porte bien, ainsi que l'armée. Solon fils de Démétrius, notre envoyé, qui s'occupa des affaires de votre ville avec le plus grand soin, non-seulement a approuvé les arrangements que vous avez pris concernant l'administration de votre ville, mais encore nous a prié instamment de vous envoyer les copies de notre approbation, de notre décret, des traités et de la loi, discutés et affirmés par serment. Ces copies sont extraites des registres publics. D'après cela ayant loué Solon de sa demande, je l'ai estimé davantage, et je le place au nombre de mes amis les plus intimes. J'ai pensé qu'il était digne de recevoir des marques de notre estime. Je vous félicite d'avoir parmi vous un tel concitoyen. Vous trouverez ci-dessus les copies des actes que j'ai faits en votre faveur, et je veux qu'ils soient enregistrés dans vos registres publics.

[...] 38-39, with further corrections; [...], a fragment, 72.487

[...] 150-151, whence [...] 52-53; [...] 2737.a, whence [...] 5, [...] 453-454, [...] 29, [...] 43, [...] 1950.32 ; [...] 297.A-B, [...] 28A; [...] 6 , whence [...] 32.1097 , [...] 1983.368 , [...] 1984.860 , [...] 38 , [...] 8.25.