Chapter 47

the place 'ubi et innocentia perfugium et calumniatores jus possunt invenire districtum,' iv. 9; meant to be a blessing to his subjects, iv. 40; recourse to it by a distant suitor not compulsory, iv. 40; journey of the Heruli to, iv. 45; always ready for redress of grievances, v. 15; Nimfadius journeying to, viii. 32.

Comites of Pavia, iv. 45.

COMITIACUS (officer of the law courts), FORMULA BESTOWING HONORARY RANK ON, vi. 13; Stabularius, Comitiacus, v. 6; Florentinus, Vir Devotus, Comitiacus, viii. 7.

Commentariensis (or Commentarisius), officer in Court of Praetorian Praefect, nature of his functions, 104-106; Cheliodorus appointed, xi. 28.

Commonitorium, iii. 19; vii. 22.

Como, City and Lake of, the praises of, xi. 14.

COMPETITORES, FORMULA CONCERNING, vii. 44.

Compulsor, officer employed to compel payment of taxes, xii. 8.

Compurgation, evidences of a practice similar to, ix. 14 (p. 397).

Computus Paschalis, tract on determination of Easter, attributed to Cassiodorus, 10, 11.

Comum (_Como_), theft of brazen statue at, ii. 35, 36.

Concordia (_Caorle_), contributions of wine and wheat from, remitted, xii. 26.

Conductores, farmers of royal domain, losses of, in Apulia, i. 16; in Spain, v. 39.

Confiscated property, manner of asserting claims of Crown to, iv. 32.

Consiliarius (Assessor), nature of the office, 12, 13; Cassiodorus appointed to office of, 12.

Constantinople, character of diplomatists of, ii. 6; Cyprian's mission to, v. 41.

Constantius, Bishop, his petition as to spoliation of the Church, iv. 20.

Constantius, a farmer, unjustly reduced to slavery by Tanca, viii. 28.

CONSULARIS, FORMULA OF, vi. 20; of Liguria, xii. 8.

CONSULSHIP, FORMULA OF, vi. 1; of Cassiodorus (514), 25-26; of reigning Emperors, 28 _n_; of Felix, ii. 1, 2, 3; of Maximus, not to prevent his filling lower offices afterwards, x. 12.

Consuls, Eastern and Western, order of precedence of, in the Fasti, 122.

Consumption cured by milk of the cows on Mons Lactarius, xi. 10.

Corn, restraints on exportation of, i. 34; traffic in, for Southern Italy, regulated, ii. 26; traffic in, from western coast of Italy to Gaul, iv. 5, 7; traffic in, from Spain to Rome, v. 35; forestalling and regrating of, prohibited, ix. 5; sale of, at reduced price, in Liguria and Venetia, x. 27; distribution of, in Rome, xi. 5; sale of, at reduced price, to citizens of Milan, xii. 27.

Cornicularius, his position on the official staff of the Praetorian Praefect, 97; nature of his functions, 97-102; must be chosen from the Augustales, 110; Antianus vacates office of, xi. 18, 19; retired, to be pensioned, xi. 36.

Corrector (lowest grade of Provincial Governor) of Bruttii and Lucania, iii. 8.

Cosilinum (? _Padula_), a city of Lucania, viii. 33.

Costula, a free Goth, complains that servile tasks are imposed on him by Guduim, v. 30.

Cubiculum = royal treasury, v. 44; 'libra cubiculi nostri' = the standard pound, v. 39.

Cunigast (or Conigast), Vir Illustris, evil character of, according to Boethius, 376; ordered to administer justice between Tanca and his poorer neighbours, viii. 28.

Cura Epistolarum, officer charged with copying letters on fiscal matters, 109.

Cura Epistolarum Canonicarum, Constantinian appointed, xi. 23.

CURA PALATII, FORMULA OF, vii. 5.

CURATOR OF A CITY, FORMULA OF, vii. 12.

Curia, called by Antiquity Minor Senatus, ii. 18; vi. 3; ix. 2.

CURIALIS, FORMULA DIRECTING SALE OF PROPERTY OF, vii. 47.

Curiales, condition of, ii. 18; conflict between Curial and Ecclesiastical obligations, ii. 18; have to make good the Senators' deficiencies in payment of taxes,