Chapter text=F:book=13:letter=58

TO C. TITUS RUFUS (PRAETOR URBANUS) LAODICEA (FEBRUARY)

L. Custidius is my fellow tribesman, fellow townsman, and intimate friend. He has a suit at law, which he is about to bring before you. I limit my recommendation of him to you—as your honour and my modesty demand—to asking for him a ready access to you: that in all just demands he may be successful without any reluctance on your part, and may have reason to know that my friendship, though I am very far away, is of service to him, especially with you