Resultados18 letters/passages
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
Know, Senators, what we intend when we choose character first in our judges, especially in a position that traditionally proclaims the law. Under our rule, the quaestorship is not armed with royal power; it is grounded in law. [5] Our will is the will of the ancient emperors, whom we desire to imitate to the same degre …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
It is well established that the Senate set the standard for how people should live -- everything that brings honor to the Roman name can be traced back to your institutions. You were called "fathers" from the very beginning so that the lives of citizens might be shaped by your example. You established the obligations o …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
When we requested your presence, we were not planning to inflict the injury of harassment, but considering with deep thought what was truly in your interest — so that you should have done willingly what we knew would benefit you. [6] Return, then, to your former devotion. Let my cares, which I bear for the common good, …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
We have crowned with our benefits the man already rich in virtues, wealthy in character, and full of great honors -- Senator. If you consider his merits, Senators, you will acknowledge that successive distinctions only make him more glorious, like the athlete who is celebrated more for his many crowns than for any sing …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
Variae, Appendix, Letter 9 — King Theoderic to the Senate of Rome To the master of the world, guardian and restorer of liberty — to the Senate of the City of Rome — Flavius Theodericus, King. A petition has reached us, Conscript Fathers, concerning the welfare of the church, and the gracious proposal of your sacred ass …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.02
It would be an outrage if a man who can barely meet his own obligations is crushed under the weight of someone else's. This is something we cannot overlook without compromising civic order -- that people are being stripped of their property without even the excuse of war, and that those who rush to serve the state are …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] After we dismissed the venerable bishops from their embassy and did not oppose your petitions — even though some were open to criticism — certain people came to us and reported that the city of Rome is still troubled by pointless anxiety, and is acting in ways that, unless our forbearance intervened, would create r …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] Although our royal generosity has often produced candidates for your body, and our abundant favor has been, so to speak, a second nature for you, you now have a man whom it was fitting for us to choose and proper for you to receive. Just as it was fortunate for him to be raised by us, so it will be a credit to be a …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] Let no one think, Senators, that we acted without reason in granting honors — that after the distinction of the consulship we now confer something seemingly lesser. On the contrary, the merits of the candidate persuaded us that a man already mature in achievement should not appear to receive nothing further, simply …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] Take heart, Senators — all your energies should be directed toward giving thanks to an excellent ruler, since you now know that my promotion of this man was designed with your benefit in mind. When the king honors one senator, he honors the order itself, for every elevation from within your ranks is a testament to …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
King Athalaric to the Senate of the City of Rome. [1] Although I have barely passed from boyhood into youth, I am not unaware of the obligations that my station imposes upon me. The Senate of Rome is the ancient guardian of Roman tradition, and it is my constant care to ensure that this venerable institution retains it …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
We often grew angry at dishonest cases, yet the voice of the reporter never displeased us. We sometimes condemned the case while admiring its advocate, and he repeatedly withstood the force of our temper because he possessed the secret of our goodwill. [5] He also boasts no obscure lineage. His father, as you will reca …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] After the happy news of the beginning of our reign was conveyed to you, a fitting occasion has arisen for us to speak, Senators — so that you may know we have chosen a judge whose eloquence does us credit. A quaestor who speaks well is an ornament to the state: he gives proper voice to our wishes and upholds ancien …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
Bronze was discovered by Ionos, king of Thessaly; lead by Midas, king of Phrygia. How wretched it would be if, where others gained a reputation for foresight, we should seem to have earned one for neglect! Temples and public buildings that we granted to many petitioners for restoration have instead been given over to d …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
Although we wish to devote unflagging care to our entire state and, with God's favor, to restore all things to their former condition, the city of Rome demands our most anxious attention, because every improvement there brings joy to all. It has come to our knowledge through the reports of many -- who cannot conceal wi …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
Consider, Senators, what we think of you -- that we choose for the highest dignities men of your own stock whom we have never met, not from negligent indifference but from the honorable presumption of good birth. Let uncertain matters be brought to examination; what is known through lineage needs no trial. For when a m …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
[1] You have cause, Senators, to give thanks to a glorious ruler, since the distinguished Tuluin — resplendent in our own kinship — has been granted the honor of your order. This was done not to diminish the Senate's dignity but to enrich it, for a body that welcomes proven merit from every quarter grows stronger with …
cassiodorus · c. 522 · score 0.01
It pleases us, Senators, when citizens show devotion to public welfare, because when we recognize the praiseworthy spirit of our people, we find occasion for just reward. What could be more senatorial than to devote oneself to public benefit, so that a man may serve the country into which he was born? The magnificent p …