5 surviving letters between Sidonius Apollinaris and Simplicius, spanning 467 AD.
Though my longing to see you has been attended by such ill fortune that you are still denied to my sight, you are...
Here at last — fulfilling my promise and your expectation — comes Faustinus: a nobleman of his household, to be...
There is a proverb — "you are urging a willing runner" — that fits anyone asked to do what he would have done anyway...
To Simplicius and Apollinaris [Sidonius's relatives, probably his son and another kinsman].
As for the fact that I sent a letter but received none in return — I attribute it to friendship, but I credit it...