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to receive the wine collected for the royal table, xii. 4.

Casa Arbitana taken from heirs of Argolicus and Amandianus, v. 12.

Casa Areciretina, deed of gift of, from Agapita to Probinus, annulled, ii. 11; this decree revoked, iv. 40.

Cassian, one of the founders of Western Monachism, Cassiodorus' qualified praises of, 55.

Cassiodorus (1), an Illustris, great-grandfather of Cassiodorus Senator, 3; history of, i. 4.

Cassiodorus (2), grandfather of Cassiodorus Senator, Tribunus and Notarius under Valentinian III, his embassy to Attila, 3; history of, i. 4.

Cassiodorus (3), father of Cassiodorus Senator, Comes Privatarum Rerum and Comes Sacrarum Largitionum under Odovacar, 3; Consularis of Sicily, 4; Corrector of Bruttii and Lucania, 4; Praetorian Praefect (cir. 500), 4, 12; Patrician (cir. 504), 4; frequently confused with his son, 11; his praises, i. 3, 4; a man of tried integrity and pure fidelity, i. 26; invited to visit Court of Theodoric, iii. 28.

CASSIODORUS, MAGNUS AURELIUS SENATOR, his position in history, 1, 2; his name, Cassiodorus or Cassiodorius (?), 5; Senator not a title, 5; his birthplace, Scyllacium, 6; date of his birth (cir. 480), 9-12; his love of Natural History, 12; ix. 24; appointed Consiliarius under his father, 12; his panegyric on Theodoric, 13, 16; appointed Quaestor, 14; ix. 24; his special utility, as Quaestor, to Theodoric, 15; his official correspondence, the 'VARIAE,' 16-19, 22-24; statesmanlike insight which led him to second Theodoric's policy, 20, 21; his religious tolerance, 22; duration of his Quaestorship, 25; his Consulship (514), 25; restores harmony between clergy and people of Rome, 25; Patrician, 27; his 'Chronicon,' its defective character, 27-29; his Gothic History, 29-35; ix. 25; appointed Magister Officiorum, 36; ix. 24; his services to the regent Amalasuentha, 38; provides ships and soldiers for the state, 38; appointed Praefectus Praetorio, 39; ix. 24; letters during his Praefecture, 42; continues in office after murder of Amalasuentha, 46; announces the elevation of Witigis, 49; his position during the first five years of the Gothic War, 50; he retires from office (538 or 539?), 51; probably did not meet Procopius, 51; edits the 'Variae,' 51, 52; writes the treatise 'De Animâ,' 53, 450, 512; his reasons for publishing the 'Variae,' 133-140; letter written by himself to himself on receiving the Praetorian Praefecture, describing his many virtues, ix. 24; letters to the Senate on the same subject, ix. 25; xi. 1; his account of his occupations as Praetorian Praefect, 450; issues his Edict, xi. 8, 9; his own and his ancestors' services to Bruttii and Lucania, xi. 39; his praises of Scyllacium, xii. 15; resides at Ravenna (?) during the war, 506; retires to Scyllacium and founds two monasteries there, 54; probably never Abbot, 56; devotes the leisure of his monks to literature, 57; his relation to the Benedictines, 59; his merits as a transcriber of the Scriptures, 60; his Commentary on the Psalms, 60; on the Epistles, 61; his Tripartite History, 61; his 'Institutiones Divinarum et Humanarum Lectionum,' 62-65; his 'De Orthographiâ, 65, 66; his death, (575?), 66; his knowledge of Greek probably slight, 61; information derived from the 'Anecdoton Holderi' as to his life, 74, 84; editions of his works, 115-121; chronology of the life of, 122-130.

Castellius, Mons, near Scyllacium, monastery founded by Cassiodorus at, 55.

Castorius unjustly deprived of his property by Faustus, iii. 20.

Castrensis, Butler or Seneschal, 88, 91.

Catabulenses, freighters, transport masters, iv. 47; ordered to transport marbles from Pincian Hill to Ravenna, iii. 10.

Catana, walls of, to be repaired with stones of amphitheatre, iii. 49.

Cathalia (?), petition of inhabitants of, as to collection of Tertiae, i. 14.

Catos, the mob of the circus is not precisely a congregation of, i. 27; 'the father of Felix was the Cato of our times,' ii. 3.

Cellaritae, provision dealers (?), x. 28.

Celsina, _see_ Curritana.

Censitores, tax-collectors, ix. 12.

Cethegus, Rufus Petronius Nicomachus, Consul (504), Magister Officiorum, Patrician, probably the person to whom the 'Anecdoton Holderi' was addressed, 76.

Chameleon, appearance and habits of, v. 34.

Chance, the world not governed by, xii. 25.

Chariot-race, effect of, on spectators, iii. 51; picture of, from Cilurnum gem, 231.

Cheese of Mount Sila described, xii. 12.

Chorda, the lyre so called 'quia facile corda moveat,' ii. 40.

Christmas Day (Natale Domini), promotions of Praefect's staff upon, xi. 17.

'Chronicon' of Cassiodorus, faulty character of the work, 28, 29.

Chrysargyron, tax on traders = 'lustralis auri collatio,' ii. 26 _n_.

Church, Dean, author of article on Cassiodorus, 121.

Cilurnum (_Chesters_ in Northumberland), gem found at, representing chariot-race, 231.

Circus, factions of the, i. 20, 27, 30, 31; iii. 51.

Circus Maximus, description of, iii. 51; plan of, 227.

City and country life contrasted, viii. 31.

Civilitas, Theodoric's anxious care for, 20; description of, iv. 33; Theodahad exhorted to observe, iv. 39; for the sake of it even Jews are to be protected, v. 37; references to, iv. 41, 44; v. 31; vi. 5; ix. 14, 18, 19.

CLARISSIMUS, FORMULA CONFERRING RANK OF, vii. 38.

Clarissimus, title of ministers of the third rank, 91; epithet of Clarissimus conferred on all Senators, 91.

Clavicularii, gaolers, 114; under orders of Commentariensis, 104.

Climate, influence of, on character, xii. 15.

Cloacae of Rome, description of, iii. 30.

Clovis (Luduin), King of the Franks, date of letters to, 23, 24; Theodoric marches his troops against (508), i. 24; a harper sent to, chosen by Boethius, ii. 40; congratulated on victory over Alamanni, ii. 41; letter dissuading from war with Alaric II, iii. 3; called 'regius juvenis' by Theodoric, iii. 2; his overthrow of the Alamannic kingdom, 527.

Clusurae, mountain fastnesses, ii. 5, 19.

Codicilli Vacantes, vi. 10.

Coelianus, with Agapitus, seems to have had special jurisdiction in cases affecting Patricians, i. 23, 27.

Coemptio (purveyance) of wheat or lard not to be claimed from the citizens of Rhegium, xii. 14.

Cognitor, trier of causes, viii. 12; ix. 14, 18.

Cohortes, used of civil servants of Praetorian Praefect, xi. 36.

Coloni, apparent case of, reduced to slavery, viii. 28; 'coloni sunt qui agros jugiter colunt,' viii. 31.

Colossaeus, Illustris and Comes, appointed Governor of Pannonia Sirmiensis, iii. 23; pun on his name, iii. 24; rations ordered for him and his suite, iv. 13.

Colosseum described, v. 42.

COMES ARCHIATRORUM, FORMULA OF, vi. 19.

Comes, a Spectabilis, nature of his office (military), 90 _n_; relation of Comes to his Principes, vii. 25, 28.

COMES DOMESTICORUM (VACANS), FORMULA OF, vi. 11; Arator receives the rank of, viii. 12.

Comes Domorum, his functions, 88.

COMES FORMARUM, FORMULA OF, vii. 6.

COMES GOTHORUM, FORMULA OF, vii. 3; servants of, have oppressed Provincials of Suavia, v. 14; his dignity almost the only one peculiar to the Gothic state, 320.

COMES NEAPOLITANUS, FORMULA OF, vi. 23; reference to, vi. 24.

COMES PATRIMONII, FORMULA OF, vi. 9; references to, iv. 3, 15; Bergantinus as, ordered to transfer property to Theodahad, viii. 23; ordered to commence gold-mining in Bruttii, ix. 3; Willias (Comes Patrimonii) ordered to increase the pay of the Domestici, ix. 13.

COMES PORTUS URBIS ROMAE, FORMULA OF, vii. 9.

COMES PRIMI ORDINIS, FORMULA OF, vi. 12, 13; letter addressed to, ii. 28.

COMES PRINCIPIS MILITUM (?), FORMULA OF, vi. 25.

COMES PROVINCIAE, FORMULA OF, vii. 1.

COMES RAVENNAS, FORMULA OF, vii. 14.

COMES RERUM PRIVATARUM, FORMULA OF, vi. 8; an Illustris, 86; iv. 7; his functions, 89; office of, held by father of Argolicus, iii. 12; held by Senarius (510), iv. 13.

COMES ROMANUS, FORMULA OF, vii. 13.

Comes Sacrae Vestis, Keeper of the Wardrobe, 88.

COMES SACRARUM LARGITIONUM, FORMULA OF, vi. 7; an Illustris, 86; his functions, 88; orders given to, ii. 31; reports remissness of Venantius, iii. 8; office of, held by grandfather of Argolicus, iii. 12; Bina and Terna to be collected under his superintendence, vii. 21; Ambrosius held office of, viii. 13; Opilio, father and son, held office of, viii. 16; Cyprian held office of, v. 40.

COMES SECUNDI ORDINIS, FORMULA OF, vii. 26.

COMES SYRACUSANUS, FORMULA OF, vi. 22 (_see_ also ix. 11, 14).

Comitatus of the King, litigants summoned to, i. 7; iv. 44, 45; v. 12, 32; presence of in Liguria requires extraordinary supply of provisions,