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sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
… because he was elevated through the highest titles of office all the way to the imperial throne. But I can never agree with the proposition that men who stand on the perilous and slippery heights of political power are fortunate. For the hourly miseries endured in this life by those so-called happy men are beyond descr …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
On good rolls he says nothing; on bad ones he laughs. In neither case does he lose his temper; in both he plays the philosopher. He disdains second chances — refuses both to fear them and to inflict them, ignoring opportunities offered and brushing past obstacles. You would think that even in dice he is handling weapon …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
And the illustrious Gratianensis added: "A wide field for satirists is opened by this quarrel." At this the emperor turned his head toward me: "I hear, Count Sidonius, that you write satire." "And I, my lord," I replied, "hear the same thing." Then he said, but laughing: "Spare us at least." "But I," I said, "spare mys …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
Forbidden by the weight of his cares from maintaining the measured routine of his former peace, he instantly abandoned the rules of his old way of life and realized that the business of an emperor and the leisure of a senator simply cannot coexist. Nor did the future disappoint his present gloom. For though he had sail …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
Drunk on new wealth — and here you see their character even in small things — their very extravagance in spending betrays their inexperience in possessing. They cheerfully appear armed at dinner parties, in white at funerals, in furs at church, in black at weddings, and in beaver-skin cloaks at religious processions. N …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.02
To Audax. Where, I would like to know, are they hiding now — those men who used to congratulate themselves on their heaped-up wealth and their piles of tarnished silver? Where, too, is the presumption of those who puffed themselves up against the promise of younger men on the sole ground of their seniority? Where are t …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius To His Dear Philimatius, greetings. I nunc, et legibus me ambitus interrogatum senatu move, cur adipiscendae dignitati hereditariae curis pervigilibus incumbam; cui pater socer, avus proavus praefecturis urbanis praetorianisque, magisteriis Palatinis militaribusque micuerunt. et ecce Gaudentius meus, hactenus …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius To His Dear Felix, greetings. Gaudeo te, domine maior, amplissimae dignitatis infulas consecutum. sed id mihi ob this solum destinato tabellario nuntiatum non minus gaudeo. nam licet in praesentiarum sis potissimus magistratus et in Lares Philagrianos patricius apex tantis post saeculis tua tantum felicitate r …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
All this I passed over, hoping it would be more fitting to place your greeting among bishops than among senators — and judging it more just to number you among the servants of Christ than among the prefects of Valentinian. Nor should any hostile critic hold it against you that you are now counted among priests rather t …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
This color comes not from anger but from modesty. His shoulders are rounded, his upper arms powerful, his forearms hard, his hands broad. His chest juts out beyond a receding belly. A spine that sits lower than the ridge of his ribs divides the plain of his back. On either side, the flanks are knotted with prominent mu …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
… inst you can in no way be proved. At the same time, it is deeply unjust for the imperial judgment to lend its weight to private grudges, so that an innocent and carefree nobility is endangered on account of certain hatreds by an uncertain charge." When I bowed my head respectfully in thanks for this verdict, the faces …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
You bring the banner of the cross you have long carried to those wretched men who, through their own folly, still sit weighed down by the burdens of the flesh, and you extend the hand of your words to those who are wounded in conscience. You know how, seasoned commander that you are, to gather the wounded from the oppo …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Beyond them lay Paeonius, and then Athenius, a man seasoned by the vicissitudes of lawsuits and politics. After him came Gratianensis, a man who should be kept well apart from any hint of infamy, who though he ranked below Severinus in honor surpassed him in favor. I reclined last, where the left margin of the emperor' …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
… il, sent a letter ahead announcing his coming. In it he reports that he carries imperial letters patent granting the patriciate to your brother Ecdicius as well — whose honors bring you no less joy than my own. It comes quickly if you consider his youth, but very slowly if you consider his merits. For he long ago paid …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
For I know he would have said nothing about his own distinction, and you would have judged him not heartless but merely shy. As for me, I rejoice not so much in the insignia of rank — which you have been awaiting with all the more impatience for all the more freedom (though I rejoice greatly in these too) — as in the f …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
6. When Marcellian's conspiracy to seize the diadem was being hatched, Paeonius had set himself up as the standard-bearer for the noble young men in the faction -- still a newcomer even in old age -- until at last, thanks to his proven record of fortunate daring, the crack of a gaping interregnum shed a gleam of light …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
But why have I foolishly added these thoughts, as though I were giving advice when I came seeking it? Rather, let everything be arranged according to your judgment, decision, and letters — and made known to the clergy and the people. For we are not so far gone in folly that we would decide to summon you first — if it i …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius to his lord, Bishop Megethius. I deliberated long and hard, even though my spirit was stirred by affection and the eagerness to comply, over whether I should send you the little formal pieces I composed, as you requested. In the end, the view that I ought to obey you won out. So I have sent what you asked for …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius to his friend Attalus. I was glad — genuinely glad — to learn that you have begun to preside over the city of the Aedui [Autun]. My joy is fourfold: first, because you are my friend; second, because you are just; third, because you are firm; fourth, because you are nearby. All of which means that you are in a …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius To The Lord Pope Euphronius, greetings. Albiso antistes Proculusque levites, ideo to us morum magistri pronuntiandi, quia vestri merentur esse discipuli, the letters detulerunt, quarum me sacrosancto donastis affectu; quae tamen litterae plurimum to us honoris, plus oneris imponunt. unde et ipsarum sic benedic …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius To His Dear Ecdicius, greetings. Duo nunc pariter mala sustinent Arverni tui. 'quaenam?' inquis. praesentiam Seronati et absentiam tuam. Seronati, inquam: de cuius ut primum etiam nomine loquar, sic mihi videtur quasi praescia futurorum lusisse fortuna, sicuti ex adverso maiores nostri proelia, quibus nihil es …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Accordingly, in Avienus the rapid accumulation of honors was noted as pleasant, in Basilius their slow but steady growth as impressive. Both, to be sure, whenever they left their houses, were hemmed in by a crowd of clients going before, following behind, and pressing all around. But the hopes and ambitions of their re …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
When he rises, the palace guard begins its nighttime watches. Armed men take their posts at the entrances to the royal residence, where they will keep vigil through the first hours of sleep. But why should I go on? I promised you a brief portrait of the man, not an account of his kingdom. Besides, it is time to end thi …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius to his dear Eutropius, greetings. 1. I have long wanted to write to you, but now I am especially impelled to do so, since I am traveling to the city with Christ's blessing. My chief or sole reason for writing is to summon you from the depths of your domestic tranquility to take up the duties of the Palatine se …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
To Industrius. I recently visited the distinguished Vectius and closely observed his daily life, very much at my leisure. Since I found it worthy of being known, I judged it not unworthy of being told. First and foremost — for this rightly takes precedence over all other praise — his household maintains an unblemished …