Delay and Silence

Posted on January 13th, 2007 in Sidonius, Late Antiquity, Miscellanea by Craig

“You blame both my delay and my silence. Both these charges can be refuted: for I am coming and I am now writing. Farewell.” — Sidonius, fifth century Roman nobleman and Gallic bishop, to his friend Florentinus, Book 4.19. (Translation W. B. Anderson, Loeb Classical Library).