letters of Theodahad to,x. 15,19,22,25,26;letter of Gudelina to,x. 24;letter of Witigis to,x. 32;his interference on bt half of a heavily taxed monastery,x. 26;on behalf of Veranilda, a Catholic convert,x. 26;petition of Senate to,xi. 13.L.Lactarius, Mons (Monte Lettere), description of,xi. 10;health-resort for consumptive patients,xi. 10.Land surveying among the Romans,iii. 52.Lard not to be exported from Italy,ii. 12.Largesse(Regalia Dona, Donativum), Goths summoned to Court to receive, on the Ides of June,v. 26,27;Starcedius' donative stopped on his retirement from service,v. 36.Laurentius, Presbyter, accused of rifling graves,iv. 18.Laurentius, Vir Experientissimus, ordered to collect in Istria stores of wine, oil, and corn for Ravenna,xii. 22,23,24.Lawsuits not to be interminable,i. 5.Leave of Absence, temporary, Formula Commeatalis ad Tempus,vii. 36.Lenormant, his work 'La Grande Grèce' quoted,7,8,71.Leodifrid,seeunderSajo.Leontius, Vir Spectabilis, his dispute about boundaries with Paschasius,iii. 52.Leontius, Praefecture of,105.Letters, origin of, from imitation of flight of cranes,viii. 12.Leucothea, Fountain of, its marvellous qualities,viii. 33.Liber, derivation of,xi. 38.Liberius (1), Praetorian Praefect under Theodoric (493-500),16;ii. 15,16;his fidelity to Odovacar,ii. 16;conduct in assignment of 'Tertiae,'ii. 16;father of Venantius,ii. 15;arranged gift from Theodoric to ex-Emperor (?) Romulus,iii. 35.Liberius (2), Spectabilis (possibly son of preceding), complains of unjust judgment by Marabad,iv. 47.Liberius (3), Senator, sent as ambassador by Theodahad to Justinian,45.Liberius (4, probably same as No. 3), Patrician, Praetorian Praefect of the Gauls (526),viii. 6;xi. 1.Liberius (5), second husband of Aetheria,iv. 12.Lictor, apostrophised by Cassiodorus in his 'Indulgentia,'xi. 40.Liguria, Province of, ships ordered from Ravenna to,ii. 20;the Gepidae on their way to Gaul to march peaceably through,v. 10,11;obscure allusion to troubles in,viii. 16;famine in 'Liguria industriosa' to be relieved by corn-distribution,x. 27;relief of 'devota Liguria,'xi. 15,16;Consularis of, addressed,xii. 8;invaded by the Burgundians,xii. 28;plunder-raid of Alamanni into,xii. 28;famine in, relieved,xii. 28.Lime, the praises of,vii. 17.Lime-kilns, President of,Praepositus Calcis, Formula of,vii. 17.Lucania, Province of, Eusebius is recommended to take holiday in,iv. 48;rustics of, at Feast of St. Cyprian,viii. 33;Campanianus, inhabitant of,ix. 4;'Montuosa Lucania' abounded in swine,xi. 39;measures for relief of, during presence of Gothic army,xii. 5. (SeealsoBruttii.)Lucrine Port (?) to furnish tiles for repair of walls of Rome,i. 25.Lucullanum, Castrum (Castel dell Ovo, at Naples), property at, given by Theodoric to Tulum, and by Athalaric to Joannes,viii. 25(seenote,p. 374).Lydus, Joannes, civil servant in Constantinople under Justinian, author of 'De Dignitatibus;' his account of the dignity of the Praetorian Praefect,40;on the official staff of the Praetorian Praefect,94-114;his disappointment with the emoluments of the Cornicularius,101;as to salutation of Praetorian Praefect,297;as to Scholares,302;jealousy of Magistriani,303;as to supply of paper for law courts,xi. 38.M.Maffei, Scipione, author of 'Verona Illustrate,' on situation of Verruca,224.Magic, trial of Roman Senators on accusation of practising,iv. 22,23;punishment of, according to Edictum Athalarici,ix. 18.Magister Officiorum, Formula of,vi. 6;nature of his office,36,37;jealousy between his subordinates and those of the Praefectus Praetorio,100,302;Eugenius promoted to office of,i. 12,13;office of, held by grandfather of Argolicus,iii. 12;as to Cursus Publicus,99;iv. 47;vi. 6;letter of Witigis to M.O. at Constantinople,x. 33.Magister Scrinii, Formula of,vi. 13.Magistriani, officers under Magister Officiorum, jealousy of, felt by members of Praefectoral staff,303.Magistri Scriniorum, Spectabiles,91.Magnus, a Spectabilis, of Gaul (?), to be reimbursed for losses sustained from the Franks,iii. 18.Major Domus, Steward of the Royal House; Theodahad calls Vacco 'majorem domus nostrae,' and orders him to superintend the purchase of provisions for Gothic garrison of Rome,x. 18.Mancipes mutationum, servants at posting-stations,iv. 47.Maniarius, complaint of, as to abstraction of his slaves by the Breones,i. 11.Manso, author of 'Geschichte des Ostgothischen Reiches,' quoted,333,336,401.Mappa, why used to denote the signal for the races,iii. 51.Marabad, Vir Illustris and Comes, appointed Governor of Marseilles,iii. 34;instructions to,iv. 12,46.Marcellinus Comes, chronicler in the reign of Justinian, as to introduction of Heruli into Italy,258n;as to eruption of Vesuvius,261n,262n.Marcellus on water-finding,iii. 53.Marcian, Vir Spectabilis, employed to collect grain for Italy in Spain,v. 35.Marcilianum (Sala, in Lucania),viii. 33.Marinus, his petition about the property of Tupha,iv. 32.Mark the Presbyter summoned for arrears of Siliquaticum,v. 31.Marriage, Confirmation of, and Legitimation of Offspring, Formula for,vii. 40.Marriage, Formula legitimating with First Cousin,vii. 46.Marriage law (Edictum Athalarici),ix. 18.Martinus, his son Romulus accused of parricide,ii. 14.Massa Palentiana, wrested from rightful owners by Theodahad,v. 12.Massa, a farm,viii. 23.Massilia (Marseilles), inhabitants of, to welcome Count Marabad,iii. 34;privileges confirmed to, and exemption from taxation granted to for one year,iv. 26.Master of the Horse, office of, abolished by Domitian,99.Matasuentha, granddaughter of Theodoric, married to Witigis,49.Maurentius, an orphan, taken under the King's guardianship,iv. 9.Maximian, Vir Illustris, one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Basilius and Praetextatus,iv. 22,23.Maximus, Flavius Anicius, Vir Illustris, Consul (523), encouraged to reward handsomely theVenatorin the amphitheatre,v. 42;appointed Primicerius Domesticorum (535),x. 11,12;married a wife of the Amal race,x. 11;discussion as to his subsequent history,424n.Mercury, inventor of letters,viii. 12.Milan, Church of, immunities granted to,ii. 29,30;charioteers of, to receive largesse from Felix,iii. 39;Bacauda, Tribunus Voluptatum at,v. 25;Jews of, protected from molestation,v. 37;famine in, to be relieved by Datius,xii. 27;sieges and demolition of,522.Militia, used of the purely civil service of the staff of the Praetorian Praefect,92;ii. 28;obligations of the title,ii. 31;used of service of Tribunus Voluptatum,v. 25;of functions of Count of Sacred Largesses,vi. 7;of functions of Comitiacus,vi. 13.Militia Litterata, the learned staff,479.Millenarius (in Gothic,thusundifaths), captain of a thousand,v. 27.Millet (panicum), to be sold to citizens of Milan at 20 modii per solidum,xii. 27.Minors, protection of, from fraud,iv. 35.Mint (Moneta) Master of, Formula appointing,vii. 32.Mommsen, Theodor, severe judgment of, on 'Chronicon' of Cassiodorus,29,120.Monopoly, letters relating to,ii. 26,30;iii. 19;x. 28.Montanarius, bearer of money to Bishop Severus,ii. 8.Mosaic, discription of,i. 6.Moscius, Mons, near Scyllacium,xii. 15.Mundus, General of Justinian, in Dalmatia,446n.Munitarius(Winithar), ancestor of Theodoric, 'aequitate enituit,'xi. 1.Music, dissertation on,ii. 40.N.Narbonne, Church of, possessions granted by Alaric, wrested from,iv. 17.Navy, Theodoric's directions as to raising,v. 16,17.Neapolis (Naples), territory of, suffers from eruption of Vesuvius,iv. 50;Formula of Count of Naples,vi. 23;FormulaaddressedHonoratis Possessoribus, et Curialibus Civitatis Neapolitanae,vi. 24.Neotherius, a spendthrift, and brother of Plutianus,i. 7,8.Nero, anecdote of, giving the signal for the chariot-race,iii. 51.Nicephorus Phocas, Emperor of the East (963-969), his work of restoration at Squillace,71.Nicomachus,seeCethegus.Nimfadius, Vir Sublimis, his adventure at the Fountain of Arethusa,viii. 32.Nivellius, Sebastianus, his edition of Cassiodorus,115,116.Nobilissimus, title given to nearest relatives of the Emperor,85,86.Nola, territory of, suffers from eruption of Vesuvius,iv. 50.Noricum, Provincials of, to exchange their cattle with the Alamanni,iii. 50.Notarii, Formula of,vi. 16.Notitia Utriusque Imperii, general correspondence of, with the 'Variae,'85;on the official staff of the Praetorian Praefect,94-114;illustration of the name,xii. 23.Numerarii, cashiers in the Court of Praetorian Praefect,96,108;spoliation of churches of Bruttii alleged to be committed in their name,xii. 13;referred to,xii. 23.Nursia, the birthplace of St. Benedict,375;colony of Goths settled at,viii. 26.O.Oath, mutual, between Athalaric and his subjects on his accession,viii. 3;between Goths and Romans,viii. 7.Obsonia (= relishes, anything eaten with bread, especially fish), to be distributed to the Roman people,xii. 11.Ocer, a blind Gothic warrior, reduced to slavery by Gudila and Oppas,v. 29.Odovacar (Odoacer), King (476-493), faithful service of Liberius to,ii. 16;possible allusion to times of,iii. 12;buried in a stone chest,207;Tupha an officer of,251;moderate taxation under,iv. 38;Opilio filled a place under (?),v. 41.Officium (official staff) of Praetorian Praefect,93-114;otherwise called Praetoriani,xi. 37;to be fined if they disobey the King's orders,ii. 26;duties of in collection of Bina and Terna,vii. 21;promotion of, on Christmas Day,xi. 17;their duties and rightful claims,xi. 37.Opilio, Count of Sacred Largesses, father of Cyprian,viii. 16,17;chosen for a place in household of Odovacar (?),v. 41.Opilio, son of above, Count of Sacred Largesses,viii. 16,17;ambassador from Theodahad to Justinian (535),45;evil character of, given by Boethius,363.Oppas, accused of enslaving Ocer, a blind Goth,v. 29.Orthography, difficulties of Latin, in Sixth Century,66.Ostrogotha, ancestor of Theodoric, 'patientiâ enituit,'xi. 1.Osuin (or Osum), Vir Illustris and Comes, made Governor of Dalmatia and Suavitt,ix. 8,9.P.Padus (Po), timber for navy to be collected upon the banks of,v. 17,20;stake-nets to be removed from mouth of,v. 17,20.Palamediaci calculi = draughts, citizens fond of playing at,viii. 31.Palmatiana, wine of Bruttii, described,xii. 12.Panis, derivation of, from Pan,vi. 18.Pannonia Sirmiensis, Colossaeus appointed Governor of,iii. 23,24;an old habitation of the Goths,iii. 23.Pantomimist, dispute as to choice of,i. 20;his menstruum (monthly allowance),i. 32,33.Papal election, contested between Symmachus and Laurentius (498),26;of Felix III (526),viii. 15.Paper, praises of,xi. 38.Paraveredi, extra horses,v. 39. (SeeErrata.)Parhippi, extra horses,iv. 47.Parma, sanitary measures in,viii. 29,30.Parricide, the horror of,ii. 14.Paschasius, Vir Spectabilas, his dispute about boundaries with Leontius,iii. 52.Patriciate, Formula of,vi. 2.Patricius, Vir Illustris, appointed Quaestor by Theodahad,x. 6,7.Patzenes, husband of Regina, story of his wife's intrigue with Brandila during his absence on Gaulish campaign,v. 32,33.Paula, an orphan, taken under the King's guardianship,iv. 9.Paulinus, Illustris and Patrician, claims of Festus and Symmachus against,i. 23[N.B. Compare the following passage from Boethius' 'Philosophiae Consolatio' i. 4: 'Paulinum consularem virum cujus opes palatini canes jam spe atque ambitione devorassent, ab ipsis hiantium faucibus traxi.' Considering the relationship between Boethius and Symmachus, it is impossible that Symmachus could be one of these 'palatini canes,' but perhaps not impossible that Festus may be here aimed at. Paulinus was Consul 498];Felix is praised for cultivating the friendship of,ii. 3;allowed to repair and appropriate public granaries,iii. 29.Paulinas (Flavius Theodoras Paulinus Junior), Vir Clarissimus, son of Venantius, grandson of Liberius, chosen Consul for 534,ix. 22.Peace, praises of,i. 1.Pedatura, length of wall assigned to be built by soldiers,v. 9.Pedonensis Civitas (situation unknown), Benedictus a citizen of,i. 36.Peraequatores, regulators of prices of provisions (?),vi. 6.Perfectissimi, fourth grade in the Imperial service,92,320;not mentioned by Cassiodorus,92.Pervasio, forcible appropriation of landed property, condemned by Edict of Athalaric,ix. 18.Peter, Consul (516) and rhetorician, ambassador from Justinian to Theodahad,46,47;x. 19,22,23,24.Petrus, Vir Spectabilis, illustrious by descent, allowed to enter the Senate,iv. 25;his troubles with the Sajo assigned to him as his Defensor,iv. 27,28.Physician, duty of a good,vi. 19.Picenum, Province of, Goths resident in,iv. 14;v. 26,27.Pietas = pity (very nearly),iv. 26.Pignoratio, lawless practice of, described and repressed,iv. 10.Pincian Hill,seeRome.Pithoeus (Pierre Pithou), editor of Cassiodorus, attributes to him the 'Computus Paschalis,'11.Placentia, provision dealers at,x. 28.Placidia, unfavourable comparison of with Amalasuentha,xi. 1.Planets, periods of,xi. 36.Pliny, on amber,266;on the elephant,443.Plutianus, a minor, Felix accused of defrauding,i. 7,8.Pola, Antonius, Bishop of,iv. 44.Pollentia, battle of, represented as Gothic victory by Cassiodorus,28.Polyptycha, official registers,v. 14,39.Pompeius Magnus, theatre of, the origin of his epithet,iv. 51.Pontonates (?),iv. 38.Popes,seeAgapetus,Felix III,Gregory the Great,John II,Symmachus,Vigilius.Porticus Curba (or Curiae), near the Forum, 'fabricae' to be erected above,iv. 30.Portus (Porto), quays and warehouses of, under the Praefectus Urbis Romae,87;'Portus Curas Agens,'ii. 12;Comes Portus,vii. 9;Vicarius Portus,vii. 23.Possessores,ii. 25;vi. 8;of Aestunae,iii. 9;of Arles,iii. 44;of Velia,iv. 11.Possessores Honorati, of Catena,iii. 49;of Forum Livii,iv. 8;of Feltria,v. 9;of Suavia,v. 14,15;of neighbourhood of Ravenna (?),v. 38;of Sicily,vi. 22;of Neapolis,vi. 24.Possessores Honorati, et Curiales, Formula addressed to,vii. 27;of Parma,viii. 29;of Bruttii, exhorted to return to their cities,viii. 31.Possessores, Curiales permitted to become,ix. 4;complain of abuses in corn-traffic,ix. 5.Potteries (figulinae), owners of, safeguarded,ii. 23.Praebendae, apparently = stipendia or annonae,219;claimed both in money and kind,v. 39.Praefectus Annonae, Formula of,vi. 18;office of, held by Paschasius,xii. 9.Praefectus Praetorio, Formula of,vi. 3;Formula as to Superintendence of Armourers,vii. 19;dignity of the office,39-41,134;quotation from Lydus as to,40;his functions described by Bethmann-Hollweg,41n;gradations of rank in his official staff,93-114;fine on, for disobeying King's orders,ii. 26;not to be allowed to oppress men in humbler station,iii. 20,27;as to Cursus Publicus,99;iv. 47;vi. 3;Albienus appointed (527),viii. 20;was Trigguilla his predecessor?368.Praefectus Urbis Romae, Formula of,vi. 4;an Illustris,86;his functions described,87,88;to punish insults against the Senate,i. 30,31;Artemidorus raised to dignity of,i. 42;Argolicus raised to dignity of (510),iii. 11;Quinque-viri associated with him for trial of Senators,iv. 22,23;his close companionship with the Praefectus Annonae,vi. 18;Honorius ordered to see to preservation of brazen elephants at Rome,x. 30.Praefectus Vigilum Urbis Romae, Formula of,vii. 7.Praefectus Vigilum Urbis Ravennatis, Formula of,vii. 8.Praepositus Sacri Cubiculi, an Illustris,86;his functions,88;to refund to Symmachus expense of restoration of Pompey's Theatre,iv. 51.Praepositi (?) have special rights as to the Cursus Publicus,v. 5.Praerogativarius (?), Joannes appointed,xi. 27.Praeses Provinciae, Formula of,vii. 2.Praetextatus, a Roman Senator, accused of magical practices,iv. 22,23.Prescription, title by,i. 18;ii. 27;v. 37.Prices, to be fixed by the Defensor of a city,vii. 11;by the Curator,vii. 12;tariff of, to be charged at Ravenna,xi. 11;regulated along the Flaminian Way,xi. 12;fixed in, Bruttii and Lucania,xii. 5;tariff of, for Istria,xii. 22,23;of corn sold for relief of Ligurians in time of famine,x. 27;xii. 27.Primicerius Augustalium, Beatus appointed,xi. 30(seeAugustales).Primicerius Cubiculariorum, a Spectabilis,88;his functions,88.Primicerius Deputatorum, Ursua appointed,xi. 30; (seeDeputati).Primicerius Domesticorum, Maximus appointed,x. 11,12.Primicerius Exceptorum, chief of shorthand writers, Patricius appointed,xi. 25.Primicerius Notariorum,vi. 16;a Spectabilis,91;his office (apparently) joined to that of Count of Sacred Largesses,vi. 7.Primicerius Singulariorum, Pierius appointed, in the room of Urbicus,xi. 31,32(seeSingularii).Primiscrinii, officers of Court of Praetorian Praefect,96,103;perhaps equivalent to Adjutores,103;might be chosen from the ordinary Exceptores,110;retiring Primiscrinius receives rank of Spectabilis,xi. 20;Andreas obtains rank of,xi. 21;