Letter 6014: I can see you're still wondering whether the confiscation of property followed Rufinus's punishment [Rufinus was a...
10 Dubitare vos video, an Kufini poenam secuta sit etiam publicatio facultatum.
fides praesto est imperialibus signata praeceptis; et tamen praedonis annosi merita
pendentibus non fuit ambigendum, quod spolia orbis desideraret aerarium. atque 2
utinam tanto gaudio non obstreperet defectus annonae, quem nulla producit novae
firugis accessio. praeterea ipsius cibi qualitas gignit horrorem, cormmpit valetudinem
i& corpomm, graviorque hominibus talis alimonia quam poena ieiunii. solatur inter haec 3
populum spes frumenti a patribus oblati, et religiosa optimatium voluntas tenet con-
cordiam civitatis. nunc votis opus est, ut divina opitulatio invehat commeatus, dum
salus civium privata conlatione producitur.
XV (XVI) hieme 395/6.
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