Letter 6034: Although Your Greatness requires no elaboration from me, the obligations of friendship require at least a letter.

Ennodius of PaviaFaustus Albus|c. 519 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
friendship
From: Ennodius, bishop of Pavia
To: Faustus Albus [a different Faustus, distinguished by the cognomen Albus]
Date: ~520 AD
Context: A letter to Faustus Albus, whose greatness is acknowledged but whose silence needs correction.

Ennodius to Faustus Albus.

Although Your Greatness requires no elaboration from me, the obligations of friendship require at least a letter. I write not to inform but to maintain — and to remind you, gently, that maintenance requires two parties.

A letter in return would be most welcome. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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