Theodoric II. revered, in the person of Avitus, the
character of his preceptor.
__Mihi Romula dudum
Per te jura placent; parvumque ediscere jussit
Ad tua verba pater, docili quo prisca Maronis
Carmine molliret Scythicos mihi pagina mores.
Sidon. Panegyric. Avit. 495, etc.
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