CCXXXII (F XIII, 61)
TO P. SILIUS NERVA (PROPRAETOR OF BITHYNIA
AND PONTUS)
CILICIA
I think you know that I was very intimate with
T. Pinnius. This fact he testified by his will,
for he appointed me both a guardian
and an heir in the second degree. To his son, who
is attached to me and is a man of learning and
good character, the people of Nicaea owe a large
sum of money, amounting to eight million sesterces
(about £64,000), and, as I am informed,
they are especially anxious to pay him. I shall be
much obliged therefore—for not only the
other guardians, who know how highly you value me,
but the boy himself also are convinced that you
will do anything for me—if you will take
the trouble to see, as far as your honour and
position will allow, that as large a part of the
money as possible is paid to Pinnius on account of
the people of Nicaea.
CILICIA
