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Constantius, victor, Augustus to Athanasius. The philanthropy of our condescension did not leave you for long to be overwhelmed and barked by the fierce waves of the sea; Our tireless piety did not ignore the fact that you were naked from your father’s shelter, deprived of your place and wandering in the wild impassable deserts. True, I delayed for a very long time in fulfilling my intention - to write to you, in the expectation that you would voluntarily come to us and ask for healing from the suffering you had suffered. But maybe fear prevented you from deciding to do this. Therefore, we send this scripture filled with goodwill to your firmness, so that, putting aside fear, you will try for your speedy arrival before our eyes, and for this, having satisfied your desires, having experienced our philanthropy, you will be returned to your place. At this end, I asked for you and the Emperor, my brother, the conqueror, Augustus Constance, to give you the opportunity to go, and by our common signal, having this guarantee of our mercy, you were returned to your fatherland. You might be interested in: