The Letters of Cassiodorus
favour bestowed on Church of, ii. 30;
marbles to be transported to, iii. 9, 10;
marble chests in which the citizens of Ravenna buried their dead,
iii. 19;
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;
police of, vii. 8;
elevation of Athalaric at, viii. 2, 5;
provision dealers at, x. 28;
tariff of prices at, xi. 11;
siliquatarius of, xii. 17;
defences of, to be strengthened, xii. 17;
Deusdedit, a Scribe of, xii. 21;
wine, oil, and corn to be furnished by Provincials of Istria to,
xii. 22, 23, 24.
Reate (_Rieti_, in the Sabine territory), Goths settled at, viii. 26.
Rector Decuriarum, Governor of Guilds, v. 21, 22;
same as Judex Decuriarum of Theodosian Code, 278.
RECTOR PROVINCIAE, FORMULA OF, vi. 21.
Referendi Curiae, Armentarius and his son Superbus appointed, iii. 33.
REFERENDARIUS, FORMULA OF, vi. 17;
Cyprian's services as, v. 40, 41; viii. 22;
Joannes, Vir Spectabilis, holds the post of, viii. 25.
Regerendarius (or Regendarius),
officer charged with regulation of the postal-service, 109;
Cartherius appointed, xi. 29.
Regina, wife of Patzenes, her intrigue with Brandila, v. 33;
assaulted by Brandila's wife, v. 32.
Religious toleration practised by Theodoric, 21, 22;
principle of, stated, ii. 27; v. 37; x. 26.
Remission of taxes, i. 16.
Renatus complains that he is harassed by litigation of Inquilina, iv.
37.
Reparatus, brother of Pope Vigilius,
appointed Praefect of the City, ix. 7;
his subsequent history, 390.
Restitutio in integrum, 252.
Retentator, a wrongful detainer, ii. 10.
Rhegium (_Reggio_) derivation of the name, xii. 14;
the citizens of, to be exempt from 'coemptio' of wheat and lard,
xii. 14.
Roccella, near Squillace, probable site of Scyllacium, 68.
Roman law only to be administered between Romans, ix. 14.
Roman citizens, release of, imprisoned on suspicion of sedition, ix. 17.
Rome, Theodoric's measures for embellishment of, i. 21; ii. 7;
walls of, to be repaired, i. 25, 28; ii. 34;
the nephews of Filagrius detained at, for their education, i. 39;
'everyone's country,' i. 39;
blocks of marble lying about in, to be used, ii. 7;
sons of Ecdicius detained at, ii. 22;
marbles on the Pincian Hill to be transported to Ravenna, iii. 10;
repair of granaries in, iii. 29;
Cloacae of, iii. 30;
repair of aqueducts and temples in, iii. 31; vii. 6;
sons of Valerian detained at, iv. 6;
new buildings overlooking Forum of, iv. 30;
'turris circi et locus amphitheatri' wrested from sons of Volusianus,
iv. 42;
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;
police of, vii. 7;
statues of, vii. 13, 15;
dissensions between citizens of, and Gothic troops (535), x. 14;
a Gothic garrison for, x. 18;
owns the shrines of the Apostles, xi. 2;
scarcity in, relieved by corn-distributions, xi. 5;
Roman citizens, and they only, to receive _obsonia_, xii. 11;
high character given to the Roman populace, xii. 11.
Romulus, assured that Theodoric's gift to him through the Patrician
Liberius shall not be revoked, iii. 35;
probably this is the ex-Emperor Romulus Augustulus, 216;
subsequent disposal of his palace, the Lucullanum, 374.
Romulus accused of murder of his father, ii. 14.
Rufinus, Praetorian Praefect under Arcadius, his usurpation caused
some of Praetorian Praefect's powers to be transferred to the
Magister, 99.
Rusticiana, farm of, in Bruttii, gold discovered at, ix. 3.
Rusticus, a priest and a friend of Theodahad, sent on return embassy
with Peter to Justinian, 431 _n_; x. 20, 24.
S.
Sabinus, ex-Charioteer, his pension increased, ii. 9.
Sacrilege, the folly of, xii. 13.
St. Cyprian's fair (in Lucania) described, viii. 33.
Sajo, Saio, or Sajus (henchman), description of his office, 177 _n_;
to go straight to object of his mission, and not to make pleasure
tours at the public expense, iv. 47;
Nandius, sent to summon Goths to war, i. 24;
to support Ecdicius in levying Siliquaticum, ii. 4;
Fruinarith to enquire into conduct of Venantius, ii. 13;
Grimoda ordered to redress the oppression of Faustus, iii. 20;
Leodifrid ordered to superintend building of houses near fort
Verruca, iii. 48;
Amabilis (?) ordered to superintend grain traffic from Italy to
Gaul, iv. 5;
Gesila ordered to make Gothic defaulters in Picenum and Tuscia pay
their taxes, iv. 14;
Tezutzat assigned as Defensor to Petrus, iv. 27;
Amara has wounded Petrus, whose Defensor he nominally was,
iv. 27, 28;
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;
Veranus to see that the Gepidae march peaceably through Liguria,
v. 10;
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;
iv. 25;
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, viii. 15;
Theodahad's elevation announced to, x. 4;
chidden by Theodahad for not accepting his invitation to Ravenna,
x. 13;
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
Praefecture, xi. 1;
petition of, to Justinian for peace, xi. 13.
SENATOR, FORMULA CONFERRING THE RANK OF, vi. 14.
Severinus (or Severianus), Vir Illustris,
appointed a Commissioner for Province of Suavia, to remedy financial
abuses, v. 14, 15;
again sent to Suavia and Dalmatia with Osuin, ix. 9.
Severus, Vir Spectabilis, apparently Governor of Bruttii and Lucania,
vii. 31-33.
Sextarius, corn measure, ii. 26.
Sicily, inhabitants of, suspicious,
and with difficulty won over to the rule of Theodoric, i. 3;
Filagrius, a citizen of Syracuse, asks leave to return to, i. 39;
possessions of Milanese Church in, ii. 29;
Valerian, a citizen of Syracuse, allowed to return thither, iv. 6;
FORMULA OF COUNT OF SYRACUSE, vi. 22;
_augmentum_ imposed by Theodoric remitted by Athalaric, ix. 10, 11,
12;
oppressive acts of Censitores and Count of Syracuse rebuked, ix. 11,
14.
Sidonius, Apollinaris, possible quotation from, iii. 16.
Sigismer, Illustris and Count, sent to administer to the Senate the
oath of fidelity to Athalaric, viii. 2.
Signine Channel, near Ravenna (?), shrubs growing in, to be rooted up,
v. 38.
Sila, Mount, in Bruttii, celebrated for its cheese, xii. 12.
Silentiarii, thirty life-guards, 88.
Siliqua, one-twenty-fourth of solidus, 173.
Siliquaticum, a tax of one-twenty-fourth on sales in open market,
collection of, ii. 4;
exemption from, ii. 30; iv. 19;
collection of arrears of, in Dalmatia, iii. 25;
collection of arrears of, in Apulia and Calabria, v. 31.
Siliquatarii, ii. 12, 26; xii. 17.
Simeon, Vir Illustris and Comes, appointed to collect arrears of
taxation in Dalmatia, iii. 25, 26.
Simeonius (an Apulian or Calabrian), summoned for arrears of
Siliquaticum, v. 31.
Simony practised at Papal elections, edict against, ix. 15, 16.
Simplicius, Pope (468-483), bought a house at Rome claimed by the
Samaritans, iii. 45.
Singularii, servants charged with conveying the orders of the
Praetorian Praefect into the Provinces, 113;
origin of their name, 113. (_See_ also, xi. 31, 32.)
Sipontum in Apulia, merchants of, despoiled by Byzantine fleet (?),
ii. 38.
Sirmium, war of (504), Tulum's services in, viii. 10;
Cyprian's services in, viii. 22.
Slave of a Senator, murderer of a freeborn citizen,
to be surrendered, i. 30;
as to levy of slaves for the navy, v. 16;
Gothic soldier made a slave wrongfully, v. 29;
degrading services (servitia famulatus) not to be claimed of
freeborn Goths, v. 30, 39;
Tanca is accused of unjustly enslaving two rustic neighbours,
viii. 28.
Slaves, runaway, to be restored to their owners, iii. 43;
did free Italians sell their children as? viii. 33 _n_.
Solidus, 'the ancients wished that it should consist of 6,000 denarii'
(?), i. 10.
Sona, Illustris, iii. 15.
Sontius (_Isonzo_), River of, Theodoric's crossing of,
made an era in lawsuits as to landed property, i. 18;
the Lucristani (?) on, ordered to attend to the Cursus Publicus,
i. 29.
Sors, land-allotment, ii. 17.
Sors nascendi of the Curialis, ii. 18.
Spain, to send corn-supplies to Rome, v. 35;
abuses in administration of, to be repressed, v. 39.
Spatarius, sword-bearer, an officer in the royal household, iii. 43.
Spectabiles, second class of Ministers, who belonged to it? 90, 91;