In [Letter 21] Andreas is rewarded for his faithful service on the Praetorian staff[773], by being promoted to the office of Primiscrinius.
In [Letter 22] Catellus, who stands next in grade for this promotion[774], obtains the post of Scriniarius Actorum.
In [Letter 23] Constantinian, to whose virtues Cassiodorus himself bears witness, receives the charge of letters relating to the collection of Land-Tax (Cura Epistolarum Canonicarum).
In [Letter 24] Lucillus is appointed a clerk in the War-Office (Scriniarius Curae Militaris).
In [Letter 25] Patricius is appointed chief of the shorthand writers (Primicerius Exceptorum).
In [Letter 26] Justus obtains a place as member of the Sixth Schola (Sextus Scholaris[775]).
In [Letter 27] Joannes, whom we saw in the [Sixth Letter] of this Book entrusted with the duties of Cancellarius, is rewarded for his faithful discharge of those duties by receiving the place of Praerogativarius[776].
In [Letter 28] Cheliodorus[777] is appointed to the place of Commentariensis (Magistrates' clerk).
In [Letter 29] Cart(h)erius is promoted to the office of Regerendarius (Secretary of the Post-Office), in the hope that this promotion will render him yet more earnest in the discharge of his Praetorian labours.