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During the time of otium Romans

Cultivated Romans loved to read and write letters

epistulae commendaticiae

short letters were written on

a page of papyrus is called

a book was a long strip of papyrus, made from chartae

a book was kept in a scroll called

Romans wrote all their letters themselves

secretaries were called

a slave employed in writing correspondance from dictation or copying was called

Cicero left us more than

Another famous letter writer was

a Roman letter follows a conventional structure

The letter begins with the writer's name in the dative

the tense used in letters is called

The letter was always signed at the end

the motive for publishing literary works was