Letter of proconsul Fl(avius) A[o]dius A[r]cadius
Flege[t]ius to Smyrna, forgiving Smyrna because of protestations
of Ephesos; 5m; found at Ephesos: Grégoire, Rec. 100 Grégoire,
Anat. Studies Ramsay 154-158; AnnEpig 1924, 139; *IEph 1352.
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IEph 1352
| 1 | ☩ Φλ(άουιος) Ἀ[ώ]ϊος Ἀ[ρ]κάδιος |
| Φλεγέ[θ]ιος ὁ μεγαλοπρ(επέστατος) | |
| κόμ(ης) τῶν καθ(ωσιωμένων) δομεστικῶ(ν) | |
| καὶ ἀνθύπατος· | |
| 5 | οὐ τὰ τυχόντα πταίσματα ἐτολμήσαται, |
| ὦ ἀνόσιοι Σμυρναῖοι, οὐ καθ’ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν ἀλλά%⁸⁰ | |
| εἰ δεῖ σαφέστερον εἰπεῖν%⁸⁰ καὶ κατ’ αὐτῆς τῆς πολιτείας, | |
| καὶ οὐκ ἔδει | |
| ὑμᾶς οὕτως ἐλεεινῶς ἐκφυγεῖν τὴν δίκην· | |
| διὰ δὲ τὰς ἐκβοήσεις ταύτης τῆς λαμπρᾶς | |
| 10 | Ἐφεσίων μητροπόλεως καὶ ὄτι οὐ δεῖ αὐτῶν τὰς |
| δεήσεις τὸ καθόλου παρακρούεσθαι, ἀπολύομεν | |
| ὑμᾶς νυνὶ ὀφίλοντας τὸ εὐσεβὲς τοῦτο καὶ | |
| φιλάνθρωπον Ἐφεσίοις ἐπιγράψαι ☩. |