13 surviving letters between Cassiodorus and Roman Senate, spanning 522 AD.
It is our policy, conscript fathers, to grant rewards to upright character and to kindle men of good promise toward...
VARIAE, BOOK 3, LETTER 12
Although care must always be taken in choosing a man to present for your approval -- since the judge whose own...
We would like the Senate's distinguished chamber to be filled by its own natural increase, and for its offspring to...
Receive, conscript fathers, the appointment that marks the beginning of our reign.
We are most grateful that you have accepted our grandfather of glorious memory's judgment in the election of a bishop.
The candidate before you, conscript fathers, possesses such an abundance of merits that we fear he will be thought...
Although your assembly always radiates with its native splendor, conscript fathers, it is made brighter whenever it...
If a man who has obtained a single royal appointment deserves your favor, conscript fathers, how much more must the...
Blameworthy excesses often provide the occasion for praiseworthy commands, and in a wonderful way the workings of...
We have rightly referred cases concerning your children to yourselves, since you who have an interest in the...
Our devotion, conscript fathers, is a most imperious thing -- since we are conquered by our own will, we who are...
The remedy we have devised for you, conscript fathers, with a devoted heart, we will not allow to be turned against...