Letter 3043: We delight in living by Roman law among those we seek to defend by arms, and our concern for moral order is no less...
XLIII. UNIGIS SPATHARIO THEODERICUS REX.
[1] Delectamur iure Romano vivere quos armis cupimus vindicare, nec minor nobis est cura rerum moralium quam potest esse bellorum. quid enim proficit barbaros removisse confusos, nisi vivatur ex legibus? [2] Quapropter cum deo propitio Gallias exercitus noster intravit, si qua mancipia servitium declinantia ad alios se, quam quibus videbantur competere, contulerunt, prioribus dominis iubemus sine aliqua dubietate restitui, quia confundi non decent iura imperante iustitia nec potest abiecto favere servitio libertatis defensor. [3] Aliorum forte regum proelia captarum civitatum aut praedas appetunt aut ruinas: nobis propositum est deo iuvante sic vincere, ut subiecti se doleant nostrum dominium tardius adquisisse.
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