Letter 11031: It is fitting that those who have completed their military oaths should receive the rewards of victory — for long...
Cassiodorus→Unknown|c. 522 AD|Cassiodorus
barbarian invasion
XXXI.
DE PRIMICERIO SINGULARIORUM QUI EGREDITUR.
[1] Decet palmae praemia consequi, qui sacramentis militaribus videntur esse perfuncti, quia diutinus labor sibi vindicat quod inexperta vix potest invenire nobilitas. et ideo, quoniam Urbicus primiceriatus sui noscitur tempora peregisse, inter domesticos et protectores sacram purpuram adoraturus accedat, ut venerandis clarificatus aspectibus militaribus excubiis se gaudeat liberatum.
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XXXI.
DE PRIMICERIO SINGULARIORUM QUI EGREDITUR.
[1] Decet palmae praemia consequi, qui sacramentis militaribus videntur esse perfuncti, quia diutinus labor sibi vindicat quod inexperta vix potest invenire nobilitas. et ideo, quoniam Urbicus primiceriatus sui noscitur tempora peregisse, inter domesticos et protectores sacram purpuram adoraturus accedat, ut venerandis clarificatus aspectibus militaribus excubiis se gaudeat liberatum.
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