Ian Wood writes on Sidonius’ silence in his letters about activities mentioned in his epitaph:

Causarum moderans subinde motus
Leges barbarico dedit furori;
Discordantibus inter arma regnis
Pacem consilio reduxit amplo.

Ian Wood, ‘The Silence of Sidonius’, in: Alessandro Campus et al. (eds), Tempus Tacendi. Quando il silenzio comunica, Verona: Alteritas, 2023, 213-28.

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See also Wood 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021.