 Complete the following phrase:  After he was replaced, Ecdicius practically vanishes from the historical record. A letter written by Sidonius Apollinaris survives, in which he pleads with his brother-in-law to return to the Auvergne; but whether or not Ecdicius did return  or even if Sidonius sent the letter  is unknown. Some evidence suggests that he remained in Italy: there is a letter in the Variae of Cassiodorus 2.4.22, written after the 