Letter 165: The soldiers serving under Modestus have done me many favors.
To Andronicus (358–361)
The soldiers under Modestus have done me many favors, and in return for those many favors they ask but one — one that I could grant through you. Consider, then, whether it sits well with you that we should be willing to receive kindness yet unable to repay it.
The favor is this: that you not prove harsh toward Leontius in the matter of the assistance that is owed him — assistance confirmed by many other things and, not least, by a letter from the Emperor himself.
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