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invited to Theodoric's Court, iii. 22.

Assertor Libertatis (of the Theodosian Code, iv. 8), a possible allusion to, iii. 43.

Astensis Civitas (_Asti_), to be especially helped in relief of necessities of Liguria, xi. 15.

Astronomy, reasons derived from, for pensioning off civil servants, xi. 36.

Athala, ancestor of Theodoric, 'mansuetudine enituit,' xi. 1.

Athalaric, grandson of Theodoric, date of birth of, 29 _n_; accession of (Aug. 30, 526), 37; manner of his education, 42; his death (Oct. 2, 534), 43; letters announcing his accession, viii. 1-7; edict of, ix. 2; his death announced to Justinian, x. 1; praises of, by Cassiodorus, xi. 1.

Athens (_Adige_), flows past fort of Verruca, iii. 48.

Attila, defeat of, in Catalaunian plains, 28; iii. 1; embassy of Cassiodorus (grandfather of Senator) to, i. 4.

Augiensis, Codex, of 'Anecdoton Holderi,' 73.

Augmentum, super-assessment, remitted by Athalaric for Dalmatia and Suavia, ix. 9; for Syracuse, ix. 10.

Augusta (_Turin_, or _Aosta_), Bishop of, falsely accused of treason, i. 9; fastnesses (clusurae) of, soldiers stationed at, ii. 5.

Augustales, highest class of Exceptores (shorthand writers), 104 _n_, 110; xi. 30.

Augustin, Vir Venerabilis (probably a bishop), brings the scarcity in Venetia under the notice of the King, xii. 26.

Augustus, builder of the Circus Maximus, iii. 51; his survey of the 'Orbis Romanus,' iii. 52.

Aurarii, persons liable to payment of 'lustralis auri collatio,' ii. 26.

Auraria Pensio = probably 'lustralis auri collatio,' ii. 30.

Avenio (_Avignon_), Gothic troops not to molest citizens of, iii. 38.

B.

Bacauda, Vir Sublimis, Tribunes Voluptatum, v. 25.

Bacaudae, insurgent peasantry of Gaul, v. 25.

Baiae, baths of, praises of, ix. 6; xii. 22.

Balthae, royal house of the Visigoths, was Athalaric descended from? viii. 5.

Balzani, Ugo, on Cassiodorus, 121.

Barbarians, checked by fear, not honour, ii. 5.

Barbaria, probably the name of the mother of Romulus Augustulus, 216.

Barbarian Kings, intellects of, subdued by diplomacy, iv. 3; do not use the grammatical art, ix. 21.

Baronius, Cardinal, author of 'Annales Ecclesiae,' quoted, 500 _n_, 511 _n_.

Basilius (No. 1), Vir Spectabilis, claims restoration of his wife's property from Probinus, ii. 10, 11; iv. 40.

Basilius (No. 2), accused of magical practices, iv. 22, 23 (_see_ note on p. 246).

Basilius (No. 3, possibly same as No. 2), Opilio connected with him by marriage, viii. 17; concerned in accusation of Boethius (?), 364 _n_.

Baths, gratuitous admission to, at Spoletium, ii. 37; of Turasius, at Spoletium, iv. 24; at Baiae, ix. 6.

Baudi de Vesme, fragments of oration of Cassiodorus (?), published by, 117.

Beatus, Vir Clarissimus and Cancellarius, ordered to supply rations to invalided officer, xi. 10; made Primicerius Augustalium, xi. 30.

Belisarius, Imperial general, his capture of Neapolis, 48; his campaign in Southern Italy, 492; his recovery and loss of Milan, 522; his entry into Ravenna, 51.

Bellum (war), derived from King Belus, i. 30.

Benedict, St., not alluded to by Cassiodorus, 55; relation of his rule to that of Cassiodorus, 57, 59.

Benedictus, a civil officer of some kind in the City of Pedon, guardianship of his children assigned to Theriolus, i. 36.

Bethmann Hollweig, his 'Gerichtsverfassung des sinkenden römischen Reichs,' 41, 95, 109 _n._

Bigamy, punishment of, according to Edictum Athalarici, ix. 18.

Bina, a kind of tax, iii. 8.

BINA ET TERNA, FORMULAE FOR THE COLLECTION OF, vii. 20, 21, 22.

Birds, habits of, i. 21; the hawk's way of teaching her young to fly, i. 24; the eagle and her young, i. 38; filial piety of the stork, ii. 14; instinct of young partridges towards their mother, ii. 14; the vulture protects little birds from attacks of the hawk, ii. 19; gulls fly inland when they foresee a storm, iii. 48; cranes when about to cross the sea clasp pebbles with their claws,