While it is not unheard of that a debtor pays his debts in goods (even recently the piety tax imposed by our Pontifex Maximus was partly paid by some in goods) it is certainly not what this Court intended when it ordered Drakus Cordatus to pay damages to Equitius and Clodius.
It was stated that it was meant to compensate for the loss of manpower that the death of the two young men represented; it was also asked by the plaintiffs as such.

As Aulus Equitius reasonably says, garum does not represent compensation in this case. It looks suspiciously like an insult to both the plaintiffs and the Court.

I am concerned that Drakus Cordatus' advisors are trying to bring more disgrace to the First Man. His reputation can only suffer not only among the poor people of the popular quarters but among his own class. Jokes should not be played on people too below himself to defend themselves.

I order Drakus Cordatus' representatives to pay Equitius and Clodius either in cash or in an appropriate credit letter redeemable by any reputable banker, and I advise them to do so before the news of their action reaches the ear of their patron in Hispania, or they may not like the consequences.