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Cassiodorus: Variae' (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians)

By S.J.B. Barnish

Book information

Year
1992
ISBN
9780853234364, 0853234361
Open Library ID
OL15370087M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
36 MB (37903216 bytes)
Pages
254\259
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

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." ... excellent and invaluable ..."—Classical Review

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