xii. 13, 20;
conflict between Ecclesiastical and Curial obligations, ii. 18.
Ecdicius, sons of, allowed to leave Rome to bury their father, ii. 22.
Edictum Athalarici, ix. 2, 18, 19, 20.
Edictum Theodorici, published by Nivellius, from a MS. belonging to Pithou, 116; punishment for adulterers according to, 283, 403; permission to parents to sell their children, 382 _n_.
Egregii, fifth rank in Imperial service, 92; not mentioned by Cassiodorus, 92.
Elephant, natural history of the, x. 30; brazen images of, in Via Sacra, x. 30.
Eloquence the special product of Rome--'Aliae regiones vina, balsama et olentia thura transmittant: Roma tradit eloquium, quo suavius nil sit auditum,' x. 7.
Endive of Bruttii has not the bitter fibres spoken of by Virgil, xii. 14.
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 Decoratus, 267 _n_; addressed his 'Paraenesis' to Ambrosius, 358.
Epiphanius employed by Cassiodorus to assist him in the compilation of 'Historia Tripartita,' 61.
Eufrasius the Acolyte sold a house at Rome to Pope Simplicius, iii. 45.
Eugenius, Vir Illustris, receives the dignity of Master of the Offices, i. 12, 13; possibly alluded to, viii. 19 (_see_ note).
Euric, King of the Visigoths (466-485), father of Alaric II, taxation in his time, v. 39.
Eustorgius, Bishop of Milan, his petition for protection to Milanese Church granted, ii. 29.
Eutharic, husband of Amalasuentha, Consulship of (519), 27, 28; adopted as son in arms by Justin, viii. 1.
Evans, Arthur J., on the topography of Squillace, 9, 68-72.
Exceptores, shorthand writers, 104, 110, 111; xi. 25; charged a fee for the bad paper which they supplied to suitors, 483 _n_.
Exormiston, a kind of lamprey (?), xii. 4, 14.
Expeditio, derivation of, i. 17.
F.
Famine, provisions for relief of, x. 27; unusual appearances foreboding the famine of 538, xii. 25; in Liguria to be relieved, xii. 28.
Faustus, Praetorian Praefect, Illustris, rebuked for his delay in sending corn from south of Italy to Rome, 17-19; i. 35; embassy of, to Constantinople (493), 23; Consulship of, 122; severely censured for his oppression of Castorius, iii. 20, 28; sent into the country for change of air, iii. 21; oppression of Joannes (?), iii. 27.
Faustus the younger, son of the above, i. 41; enquiry into character of, on his admission to the Senate, i. 41.
Faventia (_Faenza_), blocks of marble to be forwarded to Ravenna from, v. 8.
Felix III, Pope (526-530), election of, in deference to recommendation of Theodoric, viii. 15.
Felix (apparently a native of Milan), appointed Quaestor (527), viii. 18, 19; his pedigree, viii. 19.
Felix, Vir Clarissimus, accused by Venantius of defrauding the minor Plutianus, i. 7, 8.
Felix, Consul with Secundinus (511), his character and elevation to the Consulship, ii. 1, 2, 3; ordered to give largesse to charioteers of Milan, iii. 39.
Felix, Consul with Taurus (428), 173.
Felix, an assistant (probably Vices Agens), to Cassiodorus in the discharge of his duties as Praetorian Praefect, 450.
Feltria (_Feltre_), inhabitants of, to assist in erection of new city in district of Tridentum, v. 9.
Festus, embassy of, to Constantinople (497), 23; chosen by Agnellus to defend his interests in his absence, i. 15; his claims against Paulinus, i. 23.
Fidei-jussor, guarantor, i. 37; ii. 13; xi. 4.
Filagrius, Vir Spectabilis, petition of, as to his nephew's detention in Rome, i. 39.
'Filius per arma,' adoption of, iv. 2.
Firminus, complaints of, against Venantius, iii. 36.
Fiscus Gothorum, rights of, i. 19; its claims not to be pressed unduly, i. 22.
Fiscus, rights of, as to Castrum Lucullanum, viii. 25; rights of, to estates of deceased persons (Fiscus Caducus), ix. 14.
Fishermen, not to be enlisted for the navy, v. 16; their nets not to be allowed to hinder navigation of rivers, v. 17, 20.
Fishes, natural history of: the echeneis or sucking-fish, 18; i. 35; shell-fish of Indian Ocean, their power of arresting vessels, 18;