Cassiodorus — The Letters of Cassiodorus — 27. King Athalaric to Dumerit the Sajo, and to Florentinus, a zealous Officer of the Court[554].

Cassiodorus
The Letters of Cassiodorus
BOOK VIII.
27. King Athalaric to Dumerit the Sajo, and to Florentinus, a zealous Officer of the Court[554].

27. King Athalaric to Dumerit the Sajo, and to Florentinus, a zealous Officer of the Court[554].

Robbery in the district of Faenza to be suppressed.

'Justice must be shown upon the wicked. Different diseases require different remedies.

'Let your Devotion speed instantly through the territory of Faventia, and if you find any persons, either Goths or Romans, concerned in the plunder of the possessors, punish them severely. How much better it would be for those misguided persons to live according to our will, and earn the reward of pleasing us.' [The last sentence is obscure, and perhaps the text is corrupt.]