The Variae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator

The Variae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator The Right Honourable and Illustrious Ex-Quaestor of the Palace, Ex-Ordinary Consul, Ex-Master of the Offices, Praetorian Prefect and Patrician : Being Documents of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths in Italy, Chosen to Illustrate the Life of the Author and the History of His Family - Translated Texts for Historians

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Publisher's Synopsis

Cassiodorus (c.485-585), Roman senator and consul, served in various high offices from c.505 to c.538, under the kings of the Ostrogoths, who had inherited the imperial administration of Italy. For long periods the Goths' chief publicist, he compiled the state papers he had drafted, as their regime crumbled under Byzantine attack. This selection is the first translation to appear since 1886.

Book information

ISBN: 9780853234364
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 945.01092
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 202
Weight: 350g
Height: 207mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 14mm