Pliny consults Trajan about the punishment of Christians in Bithynia.
C. Plīnius Traiānō Imperātōrī Proximō annō, Domine, gravissimā valētūdine usque ad perīculum vītae vexātus iatralipten assūmpsī; cuius sollicitūdinī et studiō tuae tantum indulgentiae beneficiō referre grātiam parem possum.
C. PLINY TO THE EMPEROR TRAJAN. Last year, Sir, I was afflicted with a very severe illness; and though your goodness to me is always a subject of gratitude, I then more sensibly experienced it from the benefit I received from your kind expression of solicitude concerning my health.
Quārē rogō dēs eī cīvitātem Rōmānam. Est enim peregrīnae condiciōnis manūmissus ā peregrīnā. Vocātur ipse Arpocrās, patrōnam habuit Thermuthin Theōnis, quae iam prīdem dēfūncta est. Item rogō dēs iūs Quirītium lībertīs Antōniae Maximillae, ōrnātissimae fēminae, Hediae et Antōniae Harmeridī; quod ā tē petente patrōnā petō.
Therefore I request you would grant him the freedom of the city of Rome. He is of the class of foreigners, and such is his modest behaviour, that he is deserving of the favour I ask for him.