The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator

the attention of Virgil, possibly a somewhat timid sailor. The name, however, given to the place by the Greek colonists who founded it, _Scylletium_, is thought by some to conta...

'It is generally supposed that long attendance at the Courts of Law increases the love of justice. The character of the Judge also is in some degree estimated by that of his off...

'I have hitherto forborne to distress you with the sad tidings of the death of my son of glorious memory, but now am able to mingle a joyful announcement with this mournful mess...

'Surrounded as you are by an innumerable multitude of subjects, and strong in the remembrance of their having turned back Attila[275], still do not fight with Clovis. War is a t...

'Friendship and relationship are turned to bitterness by the tidings that Amalafrida, of divine memory, the distinguished ornament of our race, has been put to death by you[574]...

[Footnote 712: This letter, which was not composed immediately after Cassiodorus' accession to office, most have been written after the death of the Frankish King Theodoric, whi...

'The swords which you have sent us are most beautiful: so sharp that they will cut other weapons; so bright that they reflect with a sort of iron light[371] the face of the beho...

'Peace by which the nations profit; Peace the fair mother of all liberal arts, the softener of manners, the replenisher of the generations of mankind. Peace ought certainly to b...

'Desiring to unite you to ourselves by the bonds of kindred, we bestow upon you our niece [Amalabirga, daughter of Theodoric's sister; see 'Anon. Valesii' § 70], so that you, wh...

'Your dignity, unlike that of most civil officers, is guarded by the sword of war. See however that this terrible weapon is only drawn on occasions of absolute necessity, and on...

'In old days the supreme reward of the Consulship was given to him who, by his strong right hand, had delivered the Republic. The mantle embroidered with palms of victory[423],...

'By excellent ordinance of the ancients the year is named from the Consul. Let the happy year take its title from our new Consul, _Felix_ [Consul with Secundinus, A.D. 511[247]].

The official staff that served under the Roman governors of high rank was an elaborately organised body, with a carefully arranged system of promotion, and liberal superannuatio...

'He has managed his private affairs so as to avoid the two extremes of parsimony and extravagance. He has become popular with the Goths by his manner of life, and with the Roman...

[Some MSS. read Justiniano, but there can be no doubt that Justino is the right reading. Athalaric's accession took place August 30, 526; the death of Justin, August 1, 527. Jus...

In the following chronological table of the life of Cassiodorus I have, for convenience sake, assumed 480 as the year of his birth, and 575 as that of his death. It is now, I th...

A few pages must be devoted to the MS. bearing the somewhat uncouth title of 'Anecdoton Holderi,' because it is the most recently opened source of information as to the life and...

(3) In order to supply the want of any full Church History in the Latin tongue, a want which was probably felt not only by his own monks but throughout the Churches of the West,...

It is well known that Diocletian introduced and Constantine perfected an elaborate system of administration under which the titles, functions, order of precedence, and number of...

Milan, Church of, immunities granted to, ii. 29, 30; charioteers of, to receive largesse from Felix, iii. 39; Bacauda, Tribunus Voluptatum at, v. 25; Jews of, protected from mol...

the AGENTES IN REBUS; and, after extolling the zeal and alacrity of those officers, who are constantly intent on enforcing obedience to the Imperial decrees and reverence for th...

The Ecclesiastical History ('Historia Tripartita') seems to have been the first of the works of Cassiodorus to attract the notice of printers at the revival of learning. The Edi...

The interest of the life of Cassiodorus is derived from his position rather than from his character. He was a statesman of considerable sagacity and of unblemished honour, a wel...

est, et monasterio multo tempore utiliter praefuit,' _may_ preserve a genuine and accurate tradition. Cassiodorus' mention of the two Abbots, Chalcedonius and Geruntius (De Inst...

Pannonia of old the dwelling of, iii. 23; in Picenum and Tuscia evading payment of taxes, iv. 14; ancestors of (Guttones), dealers in amber, 266; in Picenum and Samnium summoned...

Cassiodorus (3), father of Cassiodorus Senator, Comes Privatarum Rerum and Comes Sacrarum Largitionum under Odovacar, 3; Consularis of Sicily, 4; Corrector of Bruttii and Lucani...

1. TO THE VARIOUS CANCELLARII OF THE PROVINCES. General instructions 487 2. " ALL JUDGES OF THE PROVINCES. General instructions to Provincial Governors 488 3. " SAJONES ASSIGNED...

Taxation, arrears of, ii. 24, 25; iv. 14; v. 31; immunity from, ii. 30; remissness in tax-collectors condemned, iii. 8; xii. 10; remission of, for citizens of Aries, iii. 32; re...

Theodahad announces arrival of Gothic garrison to, x. 18; ordered by Theodahad to communicate with Justinian, x. 19; Cassiodorus writes to, on his elevation to the Praetorian Pr...

information as to his life in the 'Anecdoton Holderi,' 74, 79-84; really author of the theological treatises which have passed current with his name, 74, 80-83; and of a 'Bucoli...

'The necessity for a Preface often arises from some contrariety in an Author's position which prevents him from writing as he would wish to write. It is admitted that it is not...

under Regerendarius, 109; letter as to, i. 29; abuses of, to be reformed by the Sajo Gudisal, iv. 47; by Sajo Mannila, v. 5; abuses of, in Spain, v. 39; citizens of Scyllacium n...

TUITIO REGII NOMINIS, FORMULA BESTOWING, vii. 39; promised to owner of potteries, ii. 23; to Milanese Church, ii. 29; to Maurentius and Paula, iv. 9; alluded to in Edictum Athal...

Ennodius, Magnus Felix, Bishop of Ticinum (died 516), information given by, as to Boethius, 79 _n_; information as to Alamannic refugees, 195; his testimony to character of Deco...

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 acc...

Lucania, Province of, Eusebius is recommended to take holiday in, iv. 48; rustics of, at Feast of St. Cyprian, viii. 33; Campanianus, inhabitant of, ix. 4; 'Montuosa Lucania' ab...

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 suit...

Canonicarius of, ordered to collect wine for the King's table, xii. 4; taxes of, remitted, on account of invasion of the Suevi, xii. 7; 'Venetiae praedicabiles,' xii. 24; scarci...

1. TO ALARIC. Dissuades from war with the Franks 196 2. " GUNDIBAD. Dissuades from war 197 3. " THE KINGS OF THE HERULI, WARNI (GUARNI), AND THURINGIANS. Attempt to form a Teuto...

1. TO KING OF THE THURINGIANS. Marriage with Theodoric's niece 235 2. " KING OF THE HERULI. Adoption as son 236 3. " SENARIUS. Appointment as Comes Patrimonii 237 4. " SENATE. S...

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 cap...

blocks of marble to be forwarded from Faventia to, v. 8; fleet to be mustered at, v. 17, 19; aqueduct of, to be kept clean, v. 38; drinking water of, de-appetising, v. 38; polic...

1. OF THE COUNT OF A PROVINCE 319 2. OF A PRAESES 319 3. OF COUNT OF THE GOTHS IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES 320 4. OF THE DUKE OF RAETIA 322 5. " " PALACE ARCHITECT 323 6. " " COUNT...

1. TO EMPEROR ANASTASIUS. Persuasives to peace 141 2. " THEON. Manufacture of purple dye 143 3. " CASSIODORUS, father of the author. His praises 144 4. " SENATE. Great deeds of...

1. TO EMPEROR ANASTASIUS. Consulship of Felix 171 2. " FELIX. Same subject 172 3. " SENATE. Same subject 173 4. " ECDICIUS (or BENEDICTUS). Collection of _Siliquaticum_ 173 5. "...

burning of Jewish synagogue at, iv. 43; theatre of Pompey restored by Symmachus, iv. 51; to receive supplies of corn from Spain, v. 35; brazen elephants in Via Sacra, x. 30; pol...

1. TO KING OF THE VANDALS. Thanking for presents 264 2. " THE HAESTI. Their present of amber 265 3. " HONORATUS. } 4. " SENATE. } Promotion to Quaestorship, &c. 266 5. " MANNILA...

1. QUEEN AMALASUENTHA TO EMPEROR JUSTINIAN. Association of Theodahad in the Sovereignty 415 2. KING THEODAHAD TO EMPEROR JUSTINIAN. Same subject 416 3. AMALASUENTHA TO SENATE. S...

torpedo, its numbing touch, 18; i. 35; dolphins, habits of, iii. 48; echinus, 'that honey of flesh, that dainty of the deep,' iii. 48; the strange habits of the pike and the wra...

1. TO THE EMPEROR JUSTIN. Announcement of Athalaric's accession 347 2. " " SENATE. Same subject 348 3. " " ROMAN PEOPLE. Same subject 349 4. " " ROMANS SETTLED IN ITALY AND THE...

1. TO SENATE. On his promotion to the Praefecture. Praises of Amalasuentha. Comparison to Placidia. Relations with the East. Expedition against Franks. League with Burgundians....

1. TO HILDERIC. Murder of Amalafrida 384 2. EDICT. Oppression of the Curiales 385 3. TO BERGANTINUS. Gold-mining in Italy 387 4. " ABUNDANTIUS. Curiales to become Possessores 38...

1. OF THE CONSULSHIP 294 2. " " PATRICIATE 296 3. " " PRAETORIAN PRAEFECTURE 296 4. " " PRAEFECTURE OF THE CITY 299 5. " " QUAESTORSHIP 300 6. " " MAGISTERIAL DIGNITY, AND ITS E...

PAGE Historical position of Cassiodorus 1 His ancestry 3-4 His name 5-6 His birthplace 6-9 Date of his birth 9-12 His education 12 Consiliarius to his father 12 Quaestor 14-16 C...

'sordid burdens' = Curial obligations (?), ii. 28; of Aestunae, iii. 9; penalty on Jovinus for killing a fellow-curial, iii. 47; might be punished with stripes by Praetorian Pra...

the turtle-dove once widowed never takes another mate, v. 33; flight of cranes suggested to Mercury shapes of letters, viii. 12; thrushes, storks, and doves gregarious, the gree...

Senators' taxes in arrear, ii. 24; Senators with Gothic names, ii. 29, 35; iii. 13; proceedings on trial of Senators, iv. 22, 23; vi. 21; addressed on election of Pope Felix III...

Duda (Vir Spectabilis and Comes), instructions to, iv. 28, 32, 34; Gudisal ordered to reform abuses of _Cursus Publicus_, iv. 47; Mannila receives like instructions, v. 5; Veran...

Content of the MS. 74-75 To whom addressed 76 Information as to life of Symmachus 77 " " " Boethius 79 Religious position of Boethius 81 Information as to life of Cassiodorus 84