Letter 3023: Your poem reached me and I have read it with the pleasure that work of genuine quality always gives, alongside the...

Let your concern for me extend beyond surface courtesy.

As long as the rumors are still circulating and nothing is settled, stay calm and enjoy your leisure.

The honours of martyrs ought to be very eagerly coveted by all who rest their hopes on the Lord, and more especially by you who seek after virtue. By your disposition towards the great and good among your fellow servants you are showing your affection to our common Lord. Moreover, a special reason for this is to be found in the tie, as it were, ...

My son Parthenius's arrival needs no embellishment of recommendation.

I would not say that Julian was equally distressed at leaving us and delighted at going to you — rather, his...