XCIII TO THE EMPEROR TRAJAN
THE free and confederate city of the Amiseni〖A colony of Athenians in the province of Pontus. Their town, Amisus, on the coast, was one of the residences of Mithridates.
〗 enjoys, by your indulgence, the privilege of its own laws. A memorial being presented to me there, concerning a charitable institution,〖Casaubon, in his observations upon Theophrastus (as cited by one of the commentators), informs us that there were at Athens and other cities of Greece certain fraternities which paid into a common chest a monthly contribution towards the support of such of their members who had fallen into misfortunes; upon condition that, if ever they arrived to more prosperous circumstances, they should repay into the general fund the money so advanced. M.〗 I have subjoined it to this letter, that you may consider, Sir, whether, and how far, this society ought to be licensed or prohibited.