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 man of such sanctity among the Christians as both to cure those who are possessed by demons and easily heal all other diseases. Having imperative need of him we have sent Valerius and Bassianus representatives of our officials for sacred things, to bring the man to us with all reverence and honour. Accordingly we bid you with your usual firmness to persuade him to come to us with all speed, and you know that this, too, will gain for you no little praise from us. Farewell.

? 174 A.D.

1. The Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Germanicus Parthicus Sarmaticus to the People of the Romans and the Sacred Senate, greeting:

I made known to you the greatness of my enterprize, and what things I did in Germany after the critical occasion of my being hemmed in on the frontier, in dire distress and suffering, when I was 301