family of Liberius and Paulinas descended from,ix. 22,23.Decius, Caecina Maurus Basilius, Illustris, ex-Praefect of the City, and ex-Praetorian Praefect, undertakes to drain the Marsh of Decennonium,ii. 32,33;one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Basilius and Praetextatus (?),iv. 22,23.Decoratus (Vir Devotus), brother of Honoratus, appointed Quaestor, his character and early death,v. 3,4;conflicting testimony of Boethius and Ennodius as to,267n;instructions to, as to arrears of Siliquaticum,v. 31.Decuriae, guilds of copying-clerks, &c., connected with administration of justice,277.Defensor, Gothic soldier of a Roman noble,iv. 27,28.Defensor of a City, Formula of,vii. 11.Defensores of Church of Milan,ii. 30;of Aestunae,iii. 9;of the sacrosanct Roman Church,iii. 45;of Catena,iii. 49;of Ticinum,iv. 45;of Suavia,iv. 49;v. 14.'Defloratis prosperitatibus,' meaning of this phrase, used by Cassiodorus of his Gothic History,137n.Degeniatus = (apparently) stripped of official rank,xii. 10.Delegatoria, warrant for increased rations consequent on promotion,xi. 33,35.Denarius, puzzling passage as to relation of to solidus,i. 10.Deputati, fifteen shorthand writers of the highest class, appropriated to the Emperor's service,111;xi. 30.Dertona (Tortona), fortification of,i. 17;corn warehouse at, to be opened,x. 27;xii. 27.Diceneus, philosopher-king of Dacia, perhaps Cassiodorus' ideal of a king,32.Dionysius 'Exiguus,' author of our present chronology, a colleague of Cassiodorus in his literary enterprises,64.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chief authority on the Roman chariot-races,230.Discussores, assessors of taxes,iv. 38.Documents not to be tampered with by the Scribe,xii. 21.Domestici, life-guardsmen attached to the Provincial Governors, to receive larger pay,ix. 13.Domitian, office of Master of the Horse abolished by,99.Domitius, Spectabilis, has received a concession for drainage of land which he is too parsimonious to take full advantage of,ii. 21;complains of seizure of his estates by Theodahad,iv. 39.Domus Palmata, near the Forum,iv. 30.Donativum,seeLargesse.Drainage concession to Spes and Domitius,ii. 21.Drill, need of, exemplified,i. 40.Dromonarii, rowers in express boats,ii. 31;twenty-one dead,iv. 15.Dromones, express boats, one thousand to be built,v. 16.Druentia (Durance), River, frontier of Ostrogothic and Burgundian Monarchies,218;provisions for garrisons upon,iii. 41.Dux, a military officer of the rank of Spectabilis, his relation to the Comes,90n.Dux Raetiarum, Formula of,vii. 4.E.Eastern Empire, Amalasuentha's relations with,xi. 1.Ecclesiastical privileges and immunities,i. 9,26;ii. 29,30;iii. 14,37,45;iv. 17,20;viii. 24;ix. 15,16;x. 26,34;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,382n.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,79n;information as to Alamannic refugees,195;his testimony to character of Decoratus,267n;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(seenote).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,483n.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;i. 35;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 wrasse,xi. 40;in the fishponds (vivaria) of Scyllacium,xii. 15;the anchorage, exormiston, &c.,xii. 4,14.Flaminian Way, edict regulating prices upon the,xi. 12;to be put in order for the King's passage,xii. 18.Flavianus, Virius Nicomachus, Consul Suffectus (394), ancestor of Symmachus,78;a leader of the heathen party in the Senate,78;author of a Roman History,78.Formulae, reasons given by Cassiodorus for composing,138.Fornerius, notes of, on Cassiodorus,116.Forojulii (Cividale), contributions of wine and wheat from, remitted,xii. 26.Forum Livii (Forli), inhabitants of, to transport timber to Alsuanum,iv. 8.Franks, the, dispute of with Burgundians (533),viii. 10;war between Amalasuentha and,xi. 1.Franz, Adolph, author of 'M. Aurel. Cassiodorius Senator,'119.Fraudulent shipowners punished,v. 35.Frontinus (cir.a.d.97), author of 'Strategematicon' and 'De Aquaeductibus,' quoted by Lydus,97.Frontosus has embezzled a large sum of public money,v. 34;his evasions and slippery character,v. 34.'Furtivae actiones,' those concerned in, to be punished,v. 39.Fuscus, appointed Praetorian Praefect by Domitian,99.G.Garet, F.J., his edition of Cassiodorus,117;his ecclesiastical bias,217.Garismatium, a place supplying garum,514n.Garum, a kind of sauce,514n.Gaul, summons to the Goths to take up arms for invasion of,i. 24;Gemellus appointed Governor of,iii. 16;address to Theodoric's subjects in,iii. 17;remission of taxation in,iii. 32,40;iv. 19,36;especial desire of Theodoric for good government of,iii. 38;famine in, to be relieved from Italy,iv. 5,7;placed under government of Arigern (probably before Gemellus),iv. 16;Gepid troops ordered for defence of,v. 10,11;peace of, disturbed by Gesalic,v. 43;Athalaric's accession announced to his subjects in,viii. 6,7.Gemellus, Senator, appointed Governor of Gaul,iii. 16,17;instructions to,iii. 32,41;iv. 12,19,21.Genesius, Vir Spectabilis, directed to reform the sanitary condition of Parma,viii. 30.Genoa, Jews living at,ii. 27.Gensemund, an example of fidelity to the Amal race,viii. 9;his history mysterious,354n.Gentilis, barbarian,i. 46;ii. 16;viii. 22.Gentilitas, barbarism, misery of,iii. 17.Geometry, origin of,iii. 52.Gepidae, ordered for defence of Gaul, to march peaceably through Northern Italy,v. 10,11;extraordinarily high rate of pay of (?),v. 11.Germanus, his complaint against Bishop Peter,iii. 37.Gesalic, natural son of Alaric II, sheltered by Thrasamund, King of the Vandals,v. 43,44.Getae, confusion of, with Goths,31,32.Gibbon, on the 'Variae,'120;as to character of accusers of Boethius,365;as to Theodoric's participation in murder of Amalasuentha,433n.Gildias, Vir Spectabilis, Count of Syracuse, rebuked for oppression of the Sicilians,ix. 14(seealsoix. 11).Godomar, King of the Burgundians (524-534),456n.Gold-mining in Bruttii,ix. 3.Gothic History of Cassiodorus, estimate of, by its author,29,30,137;ix. 25;purpose of,30;Jordanes' abstract of,34.Gothic law for Gothic men (?),vii. 3;viii. 3;not for Romans,ix. 14.Goths, delight of in war,i. 24;manner of training young,i. 38;disputes between, and Romans, in Samnium, to be settled by Sunhivad,iii. 13;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 to royal presence,v. 26,27;free Gothic warriors enslaved,v. 29,30;degrading services not to be claimed from,v. 39;disputes with Romans, how to be decided,vii. 3;relation of Gothic Comes to his Roman staff,vii. 25;oath between, and Romans on Athalaric's accession,viii. 7;settled at Reate and Nursia,viii. 26;indignant at the murder of Amalafrida,ix. 1;'Gothorum laus est civilitas custodita,'ix. 14;dissensions between Gothic soldiers and Roman populace,x. 14;raise Witigis on the shield as King, 'indicamus parentes nostros Gothos inter procinctuales gladios, more majorum, scuto supposito, regalem nobis contulisse, praestante Deo, dignitatem,'x. 31.Gout, a living death,x. 29.Graius (?), Senatorial rank conferred on,vi. 14.Grammarians, twelve eminent, quoted by Cassiodorus,65;salaries of, to be increased,ix. 21.Granaries in Rome, repair of,iii. 29.Gravasiani (?),iv. 38.Green party in the Circus, complaint made by,i. 20;complaint against Theodoric (the Patrician) and Importunus,i. 27;mentioned,i. 32,33;rivalry of with the Blues,iii. 51.Gregory of Tours, incompleteness of his history of Clovis,24.Gregorythe Great, Pope (590-604), as to wine called Palmatiana,500n.Griffins dig for gold, and delight in contemplation of that metal,ix. 3.Guard at the Gates of a City, Formula respecting,vii. 29.Guardianship of orphans delegated by Theodoric,i. 36;of the young Hilarius not to be protracted,i. 38.Gudelina, wife of Theodahad, letters of, to Theodora,x. 20,21,23;letter of, to Justinian,x. 24;doubtful allusion of, to murder of Amalasuentha,x. 20.Gudila accused of enslaving Ocer, a blind Goth,v. 29.Guduim, Sajo,v. 27;Vir Sublimis and Dux,v. 30;accused of imposing servile tasks on Costula and Daila,v. 30.Gundibad(Gundobad), King of the Burgundians (473-516), Theodoric sends him a water-clock and sundial,i. 45,46;Theodoric asks him to assist in reconciling Clovis and Alaric,iii. 2;called 'senex' by Theodoric,iii. 2.H.Haesti, or Aestii, inhabitants of Esthonia, send present of amber to Theodoric,v. 2.Hannibal, death of,iii. 47.Hasdingi (Hasdirigi?), or Asdingi, royal family of the Vandals, honoured by alliance with the Amals,ix. 1.Heliodorus, a relative of Cassiodorus, Praefect in the Eastern Empire,i. 4.Helladius, candidate for office of Pantomimist,i. 20;ordered to come forth and amuse the people,i. 32.Heracleanus, Presbyter, messenger from Justinian to Theodahad,x. 25.Herminafrid, King of the Thuringians, married to Amalabirga, niece of Theodoric,iv. 1.Heruli, King of, appealed to by Theodoric to prevent war between Clovis and Alaric,iii. 3;King of, adopted as Theodoric's son by right of arms,iv. 2;to receive provisions at Ticinum on their journey to Ravenna,iv. 45.Hilarius, a young Goth, grandson of Baion,i. 38;to be allowed to enter on enjoyment of his property,i. 38.Hilderic, King of the Vandals (523-531), murders Amalafrida, widow of his predecessor,ix. 1.Histrius (or Historius),ii. 9.Homer quoted, as to travels of Ulysses,i. 39;as to Priam's request for the body of Hector,ii. 22.Homo; Theodosius is addressed by Theodahad asHomo suus; meaning of the term (?),x. 5.'Honesta missio' of the Theodosian Code illustrated by,v. 36.Honoratus, Vir Illustris, brother of Decoratus, appointed Quaestor; his character,v. 3,4.Hormisdas, Pope (514-523), election of during Consulship of Cassiodorus,26.Horses, description of, sent as a present by the King of the Thuringians,iv. 1.Hostilia, on the Po, place of rendezvous for the dromonarii,ii. 31.Hot-springs of Abano described,ii. 39.Hydruntum, or Hydron (Otranto), chief seat of the purple manufacture,i. 2.I.Ibbas, General of Theodoric in Gaul (perhaps the person to whomiv. 17is addressed),253.Ides of June (June 13th), sailors and ships to meet at Ravenna on,v. 19,20;eighth day before (June 6th), Goths to come to Ravenna for their largesse upon,v. 26.Illustratus Vacans, Formula of,vi. 11.Illustres, highest class of Ministers; who belonged to it?86-90;was an Illustris once, always an Illustris?89;were the Consuls Illustres?90.Illyricum, alleged loss of, under Placidia,xi. 1.Imperium, used of the Gothic kingdom,xii. 28.Importunus, Illustris and Consul (509), accused of assaulting the Green party at the Circus,i. 27.Importunus, Vir Illustris and Patrician, Consul (509), descended from the Decii,iii. 5;incident of the recitation of Lay of the Decii,iii. 5.Indictions, mode of reckoning by,123-125;remission of taxes at,i. 16.Indulgentia, an amnesty to prisoners,xi. 40.Inquilina persists in harassing Benatus with litigation,iv. 37.Interpretium not to be exacted from Apulian corn-merchants,ii. 26.Intestate property of widow claimed by the State,v. 24(seealsovi. 8);property of an African claimed by a fellow-countryman,xii. 9.Iron, mines of, in Dalmatia,iii. 25;praises of,iii. 25.Istria, Province of, large harvests of wine, oil, and corn in,xii. 22;extraordinary requisition from,xii. 22;plentiful yield of wine in,xii. 26.Italy, ought to enjoy her own products,ii. 12;western coast of, exports corn to Gaul,iv. 5.J.Januarius, Secretary of Joannes,iv. 32.Januarius, Assessor of taxes,iv. 38.Jews, of Genoa, permitted to rebuild but not enlarge their synagogue,ii. 27;their privileges confirmed,iv. 33;synagogue of, at Rome, burned by the mob,iv. 43;Christian servants of, punished for murdering their masters,iv. 43;of Milan, protected from molestation,v. 37.Joanna, widow of Andreas, intestacy of,v. 24.Joannes, Vir Spectabilis, Referendarius, receives gift of property at Castrum Lucullanum from Tulum, confirmed by Athalaric,viii. 25.Joannes, Cancellarius (533-534),xi. 6;appointed Praerogativarius,xi. 27.Joannes, mortgagee of property of Tupha,iv. 32.Joannes, Vir Clarissimus, Arcarius (perhaps same as preceding), pays off the debt of his father-in-law Thomas, and takes his property in Apulia,v. 6,7.Joannes, Arch-Physician, unjust judgment against, reversed,iv. 41.John II, Pope (Jan. 1, 533—May 27, 535), letter to, against simony at Papal elections,ix. 15;report from, as to imprisonment of Roman citizens,ix. 17;Cassiodorus sends greeting to, on his promotion,xi. 2.John complains that the Bishop of Salona has taken 60 tuns of oil from him,iii. 7.John, Spectabilis, ordered to enquire into abuses connected with aqueducts of Rome,iii. 31.Jordanes, relation of his book 'De Rebus Geticis' to the Gothic History of Cassiodorus,34;his quotations from Symmachus' History,78;as to 'Capillati' among the Getae,260n;as to Goths by the Baltic Sea,266;as to threatened war between Goths and Franks,402.Joseph, the Patriarch, office of Praetorian Praefect derived from,vi. 3;alluded to,x. 27;precautions of, against Egyptian famine,xii. 25;his bargain with the starving Egyptians criticised,xii. 28.Jovinus banished to the Lipari Islands for murder of a fellow-curial,iii. 47.Judges to visit each town once in the year, and not to claim more than three days' maintenance,v. 14.Julianus complains of injuries received from the servants of Bishop Aurigenes,iii. 14.Julian, Count and Illustris, Tata is ordered to conduct recruits to,v. 23.Justin, Emperor (518-527), Athalaric announces his accession to,viii. 1.Justinian, Emperor (527-566), his negotiations with Amalasuentha,43;with Theodahad,46,47;Amalasuentha announces her son's death and the association of Theodahad to,x. 1,2;present of marbles from Amalasuentha to,x. 8,9;