From: Theoderic (through Cassiodorus), King of the Ostrogoths
To: Osuin, Count
Date: ~522 AD
Context: A brief letter ordering Count Osuin to support Simeonius in his fiscal mission to Dalmatia.
Although your own good judgment should be enough to provide assistance to those assigned to public duty, our reminder adds to the assurance. We have sent Simeonius, a distinguished man whose loyalty and devotion have long been known to us, to administer the siliquaticum tax and the iron mines in the province of Dalmatia by our appointment. Do not deny him the support he requests, so that your excellency may become all the more commendable to us when it hastens to serve the public interest.
XXVI. OSUIN V. I. COMITI THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Quamvis prudentiae tuae sit utilitati publicae deputatis ferre praesidium. tamen ammonitio nostra se cumulat, ut securius fiat. ubi se reverentia nostrae iussionis accommodat. Simeonium itaque virum clarissimum, cuius fides olim nobis est cognita vel devotio comprobata, ad ordinationem siliquatici nec non ferrariarum ad provinciam Dalmatiam nostra ordinatione direximus. cui expetita solacia non negetis, ut sublimitas tua nobis commendatior fiat, cum actibus se publicis praebere festinat.
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From:Theoderic (through Cassiodorus), King of the Ostrogoths
To:Osuin, Count
Date:~522 AD
Context:A brief letter ordering Count Osuin to support Simeonius in his fiscal mission to Dalmatia.
Although your own good judgment should be enough to provide assistance to those assigned to public duty, our reminder adds to the assurance. We have sent Simeonius, a distinguished man whose loyalty and devotion have long been known to us, to administer the siliquaticum tax and the iron mines in the province of Dalmatia by our appointment. Do not deny him the support he requests, so that your excellency may become all the more commendable to us when it hastens to serve the public interest.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.