The Letters of Cassiodorus
Canonicarii of, rebuked for despoiling the churches, xii. 13.
Buat, Count, on the life and ancestry of Cassiodorus, 118;
as to Theodora's share in the murder of Amalasuentha, 433 _n_.
Burgundians, King of (_see_ Gundibad);
cease to be 'Gentiles' under Gundibad, i. 46;
boundary of, with Ostrogothic kingdom, iii. 41;
dispute with Franks, viii. 10;
league with Amalasuentha, xi. 1 (_see_ 456 _n_);
invasion of Liguria and Aemilia, xii. 28; 527.
Butilianus, Presbyter, land allotment given by Theodoric to, in
neighbourhood of Trient, ii. 17.
C.
Caduca bona, property to which no heir is forthcoming, and which is
therefore claimed by the State, v. 24; vi. 8.
Caelianus, one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Basilius and
Praetextatus, iv. 22, 23.
Calabria, crops from, not forwarded expeditiously, i. 35;
regulations for corn-traffic in, ii. 26;
arrears of Siliquaticum in, v. 31.
'Calabri peculiosi,' viii. 33.
Calogenitus, sent by Amalasuentha to Justinian with a present of
marbles, x. 8, 9.
Campania, practice of _pignoratio_ prevalent in, iv. 10;
suffers from eruption of Vesuvius, iv. 50;
'industriosa Campania,' viii. 33;
Cancellarius of, to pay pension to retiring Primiscrinius, xi. 37;
the cupboard of Rome ('urbis regiae cella penaria'), xii. 22.
Campanianus, of Lucania, widow and family of, permitted to step down
from rank of Curiales, ix. 4.
Cancellarius,
an officer of humble rank in the Court of the Praetorian
Praefect, 111, 112;
origin of the name, 112;
his functions described, xi. 6;
of Faustus, desired to forward corn from Apulia, i. 35;
Beatus (Vir Clarissimus) ordered to supply rations to invalided
officer, xi. 10;
Gaudiosus, Cancellarius of Province of Inguria, xi. 14;
Anatholius, Cancellarius of Samnium, xi. 36;
Lucinus, Cancellarius of Campania, xi. 37;
Vitalian, Cancellarius of Lucania and Bruttii, xi. 39;
admonition to various Cancellarii, xii. 1, 10;
Sajones ordered to wait upon Cancellarii, xii. 3;
Anastasius, Cancellarius of Lucania and Bruttii, ordered to send
cheese and wine for royal table, xii. 12;
the same, ordered to be gentle with the citizens of Rhegium, xii. 14;
Maximus, Cancellarius of Lucania and Bruttii, xii. 15.
Canonicarii, tribute-collectors under Comes Rerum Privatarum, vi. 8;
to collect the Trina Illatio, xii. 16;
of Thuscia, xi. 38;
of Venetia, xii. 4, 6;
of Bruttii, rebuked for robbing the churches, xii. 13.
Candac, King of Alani, mentioned by Jordanes, 164.
Candax, apparently next of kin to a man slain by Crispianus, i. 37.
Capillati (?) of Suavia, iv. 49.
Capitularii horreariorum et tabernariorum, farmers of revenue derived
from granaries and taverns, x. 28.
Caprarius, Mons (situation of doubtful, but near Ravenna), xii. 17;
works of defence to be constructed near, xii. 17.
Capuanus, Senator, appointed Rector Decuriarum, v. 21, 22;
his character, v. 22.
Cardinalis = chief officer of Court, vii. 31.
Carpentum, official chariot of Praetorian Praefect, vi. 3;
of Praefect of the City, vi. 4;
of Consularis of a Province, vi. 20.
CARTARIUS (or Cartularius), Clerk in the Record Office, FORMULA
APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF, vii. 43.
Cartarii ordered to prepare transfers of property to Theodahad,
viii. 23;
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 Anima,' 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 Orthographia, 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;