Letter 951: Libanius defends himself against charges of encouraging students to study Latin/Law in Rome instead of Greek rhetoric.

Tell Calliopius not to speak ill of the spring as if it were leading some of our young men to Rome by sea. I am not doing the evil he claims, nor am I insulting the Greek tongue while adorning the Italian; no father could say I advised him to do such a thing. These are the fantasies of a foolish mind that hopes for what it most desires. If they had any sense, they would accept the advice of facts. This advice consists in examining those who have been returned to many cities by Rome—those who differ little from cattle.