Quote from Letter 5,34 to Severus, rhetor of the exarch of Ravenna. May 595
But be aware that Agilulf, king of the Lombards, does not refuse to make a general peace, provided the patrician lord will agree to arbitration. For he complains that many acts were committed against him in his territory, during the time of the peace.
And since he demands satisfaction for himself, if reason leads to arbitration, he also promises that he himself will give satisfaction in every way, if it is agreed that some hostile deed was done on his side during the peace. Since therefore there is no doubt that what he seeks is quite reasonable, there ought to be arbitration, so that, if anything has been done wrongly on either side, it might be settled, provided the general peace can be strengthened with God's protection. For you well know how necessary this is for all of us.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, translated by John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMPS, 2004), II, 346
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