retiring Primiscrinius to receive pension,xi. 37.Princeps, head of the Officium of the Praefectus Praetorio, nature of his office,96,97,477n;ex-Princeps,ii. 28;title of, given to Magistriani,vi. 6;Formula recommending Principes to Comes,vii. 25;Formula announcing Appointment of Comes to Princeps,vii. 28.Princeps Augustorum,96;xi. 35.Princeps Magistrianorum,97,99,100.Princeps Dalmatiae, Formula of,vii. 24.Princeps Urbis Romae, Formula of,vii. 31.Prior, a military officer among the Goths,viii. 26;perhaps equivalent to 'Hundafath,'375.Probinus (or Provinus), Illustris and Patrician (perhaps same as Consul 489), obtains property by undue influence from Agapita,ii. 11;the transfer declared to be bonâ fide,iv. 40.Probus, Assessor of taxes,iv. 38.Proceres per Codicillos Vacantes, Formula of,vi. 10.Proceres Chartarum (?), subordinate to Count of Sacred Largesses,vi. 7.Procopius, his narrative of events in Italy in 534 and 535,42-48;makes no mention of the name of Cassiodorus,51;his statement of Justinian's argument as to the position of Theodoric,143n;his account of family of Venantius,221;attributes the death of Amalasuentha to Theodora,433n;quoted,370n,384n,390,397,431,434,518,522,527.Procula, wife of Brandila, her assault on Regina,v. 32.Prorogatores, purveyors (?),x. 28.Prosecutores frumentorum, petition of, as to loss of cargoes,iv. 7.Provincials, compensation to, for damage done by troops on march,ii. 8.Publianus, Vir Illustris, messenger from the Senate to Court at Ravenna as to election of Pope (526),viii. 15.Public property assigned on condition of improvement,vii. 44.Pulveratica (dust-money) not to be paid to a Judge on his journeys,xii. 15.Purple dye, history of the discovery of,i. 2.Pyctacium (pictacium or pittacium), delegatoris, bond or document of title,i. 18;iii. 35;xii. 20.Pythias, Count, pronounces decree in favour of liberty of Ocer, a blind Goth,v. 29.Q.Quaestor, Formula of,vi. 5;duties of the office of,14,135;v. 4;vi. 5;other Quaestors besides Cassiodorus between 501 and 510,25n;Ambrosius appointed (526),viii. 13;Felix appointed (527),viii. 18;Patricius appointed (534),x. 6.Quidila, son of Sibia, made 'Prior' of the Goths in Reate and Nursia,viii. 26.Quinque-viri associated with Praefectus Urbis to try two Senators accused of magical arts,iv. 22,23.R.Raetia (Grisons and Tyrol), Servatus, Duke of,i. 11;Alamannic refugees received in,ii. 41;guarded by fortress of Verruca,iii. 48;duties of the Duke of,vii. 4;derivation of the name fromrete,vii. 4.Rationales, bailiffs superintending the royal estates under the Comes Rerum Privatarum,vi. 8.Rationalii, persons charged with distribution of the annona,114.Rations for three days only, to be given to Provincial Governors and others journeying to Scyllacium,xii. 15.Ravenna, Basilica of Hercules (?) at,i. 6;mosaic ordered for,i. 6;ships ordered round from, to Liguria,ii. 20;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 receiveobsonia,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,431n;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,177n;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 ofCursus 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 ofpignoratioprevalent 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 theCursus 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. (Seealso,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. 33n.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;honour of, conferred on Stephanus,ii. 28;Comes Primi Ordinis, highest of,vi. 12;Formula conferring Rank of,vii. 37;Antianus, ex-Cornicularius, receives rank of,xi. 18;retiring Primiscrinius receives rank of,xi. 20.Spes, Spectabilis, has a concession for draining land,ii. 21.Spoletium (Spoleto), gratuitous admission to baths at,ii. 37;rebuilding behind the Baths of Turasius at,iv. 24;Honoratus, advocate at,v. 4.Staletti, near Squillace, near the site of Vivarian Monastery,71.Starcedius, Vir Sublimis, allowed to retire from military service, but without a pension,v. 36.Statue, theft of brazen, at Comum,ii. 35,36.Statues, care of, at Como,ii. 35,36;at Rome,vii. 13,15.Ste. Marthe, Denys de, author of 'Vie de Cassiodore,'118.Stephanus, killed by his servants and left unburied,ii. 19.Stephanus, petition of, against Bishop of Pola,iv. 44.Stratonicea, Edict of, by Diocletian, 'de pretiis venalium rerum,'470.Style, Cassiodorus on the different kinds of,139.Suarii, pork-butchers, subject to Praefectus Annonae,vi. 18.S(u)avia (Sclavonia), Fridibad appointed Governor of,iv. 49;order to be maintained in,iv. 49;grievances of the Possossores of, to be redressed,v. 14;Osuin appointed Governor of,ix. 8,9.Subadjuvae, deputy cashiers (?),109.Sublimis, epithet used in the 'Variae,'91n;equivalent to Spectabilis (?),91.Suevi (perhaps here the same as Alamanni) invade the Venetian Province (536),xii. 7.Sulcatoriae (?), some kind of merchant ships,ii. 20.Summons, Letters of, to the King's Court, Formulae Evocatoriae,vii. 34,35.Sundial, description of, to be made by Boetius for Gundibad,i. 45.Superbus, son of Armentarius, appointed Referendus Curiae,iii. 33.Sustineo, technically used of the King's reception of his guests,iii. 22(and28).Swords, description of, sent by King of the Vandals to Theodoric,v. 1.Symmachus, Pope(498-514), contested election with Laurentius,26.Symmachus the Elder, orator and leader of the Pagan party in the Senate,78;was he also a historian?78.Symmachus, Q. Aurelius Memmius, Consul (485), Patrician, father-in-law of Boethius, information as to, in the 'Anecdoton Holderi,'74,77-79;his speech for the 'Allecticii,'78;his Roman History,78;his claims against Paulinus,i. 23;one of the Quinque-viri appointed to try Barilius and Praetextatus,iv. 22,23;commended for his restoration of buildings in Rome,iv. 51;a saying of,xi. 1.T.Table of the King, provision of delicacies for,vi. 9;xii. 4,18.Tabularii, Cashiers of a municipality, a lower class of Numerarii,108.Tacitus, on amber, quoted,v. 2.Tanca, a Goth (?), accused of unjustly enslaving free rustics,viii. 28.Tarvisium (Treviso), corn-warehouse at, to be opened,x. 27.Taxation, arrears of,ii. 24,25;iv. 14;v. 31;immunity from,ii. 30;remissness in tax-collectors condemned,iii. 8;xii. 10;remission of, for citizens of Aries,iii. 32;remission of, for all Provincials of Gaul,iii. 40;iv. 19;remission of, for one year, for citizens of Marseilles,iv. 26;weight of, to be lessened,iv. 38;regulation of, for Province of Suavia,v. 14,15;