Chapter 60

Gudinand and Avilf ordered to muster sailors and collect timber for navy, v. 19, 20; Tata ordered to conduct recruits to Count Julian, v. 23; Guduim ordered to summon Gothic captains to Court, v. 27; Catellus and Servandus (?), 'Viri Strenui,' to collect fines from fraudulent shipowners, v. 35; a Sajo (unnamed) accused of rough treatment of a deacon, viii. 24; Dumerit sent to repress robbery at Faventia, viii. 27; Quidila sent with Athalaric's orders to Sicily, ix. 10; to execute vengeance on Pervasores, ix. 18; BOND FOR PROPER USE OF SAJO'S SERVICES, FORMULA OF, vii. 42; was he necessarily the instrument by which 'tuitio regii nominis' was given? 341; Sajones assigned to various Cancellarii, xii. 3; their duties and temptations, xii. 3; Paulus, Vir Strenuus, perhaps a Sajo, xii. 26.

Salamander, nature of, iii. 47.

Salona (in Dalmatia), inhabitants of, to be armed and drilled, i. 40; Bishop of, takes 60 tuns of oil from one John, iii. 7.

Salt-works at Venice, xii. 24.

Samaritans contest possession of a house in Rome with the Roman Church, iii. 45.

Samnium, Province of, Sunhivad appointed Governor of, iii. 13; practice of _pignoratio_ prevalent in, iv. 10; Goths resident in, v. 26, 27; Anatholius, Cancellarius of, xi. 36; retiring allowance of Cornicularius charged on revenues of, xi. 36.

Sarsena (?), Curia of, ii. 18.

Scholares, household troops, under Magister Officiorum, v. 6.

Scholaris, Sextus (?), Justus appointed, xi. 26.

Schubert, von, author of 'Unterwerfung der Alamannen,' 120, 524, 527.

Science, list of Greek men of, whose works were translated by Boetius, i. 45.

Scribe, importance of the office of, xii. 21.

Scrinia, the four, under the Magister Officiorum, 36, 112; to provide themselves with paper, xi. 38.

Scriniarii, vii. 21, 22.

Scriniarius, 106.

Scriniarius Curae Militaris, 109; Lucillus appointed, xi. 24.

Scrinium Memoriae, 102.

Scriniarius Actorum, Catellus obtains rank of, xi. 22.

Scyllacium (_Squillace_), birthplace of Cassiodorus, 6; the Greek colony, Scylletion, 6, 7; Roman colony, Minerva Scolacium, 7, 8; appearance of, 8; xii. 15; modern remains at, 9; Cassiodorus founds his monasteries at, 55; topography of, 68-73; citizens of, not to be called on to contribute to the _Cursus Publicus_, xii. 15.

Scythian, vagueness of the term, which was often applied to the Goths, 31, 32.

Senarius, Vir Illustris, appointed Comes Patrimonii, iv. 3, 4; instructions to, as Comes Privatarum Rerum, iv. 7, 11, 13.

Senate of Rome, attitude of Theodoric and Cassiodorus towards, 26, 27; flattery of, i. 13, 42; iii. 12; v. 41; not to degrade themselves by altercations with the mob in the Circus, i. 27, 30; enquiry into character of candidates for admission to, i. 41;