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Envoy from Laodicea

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24 August 2022
Cicero
Cicero

Once upon a time, an envoy from Laodicea came to Rome. He was to ask Julius Caesar himself for freedom for his country. Before that, however, he met Cicero. He was supposed to say to him:

“By the way, put in a good word for us”1.

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Footnotes
  1. Own translation from Polish.
Sources
  • Macrobius, Saturnalia II.3.12

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