Reminding a Friend that Self Care is Important: Four Letters Between Fronto and Marcus Aurelius

Fronto to Marcus Aurelius: 

To my lord:

If you love me at all, get some sleep the night before you come into the Senate, so you can give your speech with a healthy appearance and a strong voice.

Marcus Aurelius to Fronto:

To my teacher:

I will never love you enough! I’ll get some sleep.

 

Domino Meo.

Si quicquam nos amas, dormi per istas noctes, ut forti colore in senatum venias et vehementi latere legas.

Magistro meo:

Ego te numquam satis amabo: dormiam.

--Fronto, Ad M. Caes. 5.1, 5.2

 

Fronto to Marcus Aurelius: 

To my lord: Get something to eat, lord...

Marcus Aurelius to Fronto: 

To my teacher: I got something to eat...

 

<Domino meo> Sume cibum, Domine...

<Magistro meo> Sumpsi cibum...

--Fronto, Ad Caes 5 Index [first lines of lost letters]

FRONTO	MAP:
Name:  Marcus Cornelius Fronto   Date:  100 – 160 CE Works: Letters	REGION  3
BIO:	Timeline:
Fronto was a Roman statesman born in Cirta (Numidia, located in northern Africa) whose rhetorical and literary abilities earned him the nickname “Second Cicero.” He was tutor and mentor to the future Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus; his correspondence with them provides unique insight into the personal lives of much of the Antonine dynasty.	SILVER AGE LATIN