The letter of Paullus Fabius Maximus, Roman proconsul of the province of Asia, written in 9 BC, proposing one of the most remarkable acts of the early imperial cult: that the calendar of every Greek city in the province be reformed so that the year begins on the birthday of Augustus — 23 September — the day all magistrates take office. The letter argues the case in soaring religious language — Augustus' birth as the world's rescue, 'the beginning of life' for all — and asks the koinon of Asia to adopt the reform by decree. The koinon's answering decree gave the inscription its fame, calling the birthday of the god the beginning of the 'good tidings' (euangelia) for the world. This reader presents the proconsul's Greek letter, with verbatim text, translation, apparatus and a section-by-section commentary.亚细亚行省罗马代执政官保卢斯·法比乌斯·马克西穆斯于公元前9年所撰之书信，提出早期皇帝崇拜中最不寻常之举措之一：改革行省内各希腊城邦之历法，使岁首始于奥古斯都之诞辰——9月23日——亦即各长官就任之日。书信以崇高之宗教辞令申说其理由——奥古斯都之降生乃世界之拯救、众人「生命之始」——并请亚细亚省议会以决议采行此改革。省议会之答复决议使此铭文声名远播，称此神之诞辰为世界「福音」（euangelia）之始。本校订本呈现代执政官之希腊书信，附原文、译文、校勘与逐节笺注。